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Cease income traded Education Library Service and integrate into Public Library Service

The council will stop charging schools for the Education Library Service and instead offer it for free to primary schools through the Public Library Service.

Individual Decision Day·2026-05-27·Approved

Plain-English summaries and outcome labels are Cornwall Political Watch's own AI extractions from the published minutes, not Cornwall Council wording. Where a “From the minutes” quote is shown, it is verbatim from the minutes the outcome was extracted from.

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The Portfolio Holder sought approval to end the Education Library Service (ELS) traded model due to declining viability and integrate it into the Public Library Service, offering free borrowing to primary schools.

From the minutes

The Portfolio Holder confirmed it was to end the traded service and integrate ELS into the Public Library Service.

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