It means they won’t be given state funds this year. As to how it affects them, I honestly don’t know how much of a budget they depend on these funds for, if there are other funds that can’t be removed, etc. Maybe a librarian could enlighten us on that. My only point is that the MO congress seemingly thinks it’s ok to risk precious resources for communities because they want to throw a temper tantrum about a lawsuit that the people of the state likely had no knowledge of and certainly no culpability for.