Advocacy
Report on 2008 FLA Legislative Platform
Download the pdf file
Campaign to Convince Floridians of the Value of Libraries
2008 Honor Roll Advocacy Fundraising Campaign
National and State Legislative Informaton and Alerts (CapWiz)
FLA 2008 Legislative Platform
- Download the pdf
- State Construction Grants - Ranked List 2007-08 (pdf)
- FAME Legislative Platform 2008 (pdf)
State Aid to Public Libraries History
- 2008-2009 State Aid Estimates (pdf)
- State Aid Grants from FY 2001 through 2007 (pdf)
- State Aid Grants from FY 1961 through 2008 (pdf)
State Aid to Public Libraries - Proposed Changes to F.S. 257
- Summary of proposed changes to F.S. 257 (pdf)
- Side-by-side comparison of existing F.S. 257 current and proposed (pdf)
- Comparison of 2006-07 S.A. Grants to new formula (pdf)
- House Bill 21
(filed by Representative Don Davis for the 2008 legislative session. This bill continues last year's effort to revise the state aid funding formula in F.S. 257.) - Senate Bill 82
(filed bySenator Mike Fasano for the 2008 legislative session. This bill continues last year's effort to revise the state aid funding formula in F.S. 257.)
2008 FLA Library Days at the legislature
- Information
- Registration Form (doc)
Final Report on the 2007 FLA Legislative Platform
- See the report (pdf)
Advocacy Tools
- Have you tried the Personal Savings Calculator to see the value of the public library services you use? Go to http://dlis.dos.state.fl.us/savingscalculator/ and give it a try
- FLA Campaign to Convince Floridians of the Value of Public Libraries
- Power Point presentation for Friends and other groups
- Impact of E-government on Florida Libraries
(Results of a 2006 survey conducted by the Florida Department of State, State Libraries and Archives of Florida)
Legislative Advocacy Fundraising
Contacts
- Legislative Committee
Chair, Wendy Breeden - Lobbyists
Mark Maxwell
Ruth O'Donnell
- Florida Legislature
- Governor
- U.S. Congress
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