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Gray slams council bill requiring school librarians

By Lisa Gartner
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Gray slams council bill requiring school librarians

Mayor Vincent Gray spoke out against a bill introduced by the D.C. Council Wednesday that would require all D.C. Public Schools to hire a full-time librarian.

Is the mayor anti-reading? Not quite. D.C. Public Schools recently laid off dozens of librarians to balance its budget for the 2012-13 school year, and Gray said he supports the decisions made by Chancellor Kaya Henderson.

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