Advocacy
We Have Another State Aid to Public Libraries Legislative Crisis !
- State Aid Crisis - Press Release - March 11, 2010 (pdf)
- 2010-2011 Estimated Grant Amounts (pdf)
- 2009-2010 Grant Amounts (pdf)
- Contact legislators and keep up to date using CapWiz online advocacy tools
- Sample State Aid Bookmark from Okaloosa County (pdf)
- View and Download State Aid Poster
Lawsuit against Florida Division of Library Services by LSSI - re. full-time status of public library heads
- FLA Intervenes - Legal Action in Library Advocacy (pdf)
- Legal Challenge to Full -Time Library Heads Dismissed (pdf)
FLA wins inaugural ALA Presidential Award for Advocacy, sponsored by ALTAFF
2010 Legislative Advocacy Fundraising campaign
National and State Legislative Information and Alerts
Why Floridians Value Public Libraries
FLA 2010 Legislative Platform
- Download the Legislative Platform (pdf)
- Ranked list of public library construction grant applications to be considered by the 2010 Florida Legislature (pdf)
FLA 2009 Legislative Platform
- Download the Legislative Platform (pdf)
- Ranked list of public library construction grant applications to be considered
by the 2009 Florida Legislature (pdf) - State Aid 2009-10 Estimates with $21,253,978 Appropriation Compared with 2008-09 Final Grants (pdf)
Early Voting Sites - Survey of Participating Libraries
National and State Legislative Information and Alerts (CapWiz)
Campaign to Convince Floridians of the Value of Libraries
State Aid to Public Libraries
- State Aid 2009-10 Estimates with $21,253,978 Appropriation Compared with 2008-09 Final Grants (pdf)
- 2008-09 State Aid Final Grants (as reduced) with 2009-10 Estimates Based on $25.5M Appropriation (pdf)
- Background on 2008-09 Mid-Year Cuts to State Aid (pdf)
- FY08-09 State Aid with $3.3 million Reduction (pdf)
- State Aid Grants from FY 2001 through 2007 (pdf)
- State Aid Grants from FY 1961 through 2008 (pdf)
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