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The measure approved for consideration by the full House proposes an increase of nearly 27% from CPB’s current funding levels and recommends $20 million for a public safety program funded through FEMA.
Additional programs will be produced by GBH in Boston and Dave Peth.
An eight-episode prequel is setting the stage for the PBS Kids show’s July premiere.
The bill would boost Ready To Learn funding by more than $2 million.
Fourteen public television stations will each get $175,000.
CPB would get only $15.5 million next year and $15 million in 2020 to shut itself down.
Both the House and Senate Appropriation panels defied the president on CPB funding.
The committee recommends $25.7 million for the public TV early literacy project.
The bill does not include funding for public broadcasting’s interconnection project or public TV’s Ready To Learn.