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  • Literacy push: L.A. libraries allow young people to read away their fines

    Dean Paton

    June 18, 2018 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    After realizing that their system of fines for lost and late books was actually preventing kids and young people from reading more, L.A. libraries instituted a new program that's already showing results. The program, the Great Read Away, is an opportunity for kids to "read away" their fines, erasing $5 of the fine for each hour spent reading. "During the program’s first 11 months, young readers logged 1.6 million minutes of reading time, and 10,000 accounts were cleared completely of fines."

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