Advocacy
Library Day at the Legislature - February 16, 2010
All files in this list are in pdf format.
- Registration Form
- Tallahassee Hotels
- Library Day Schedule
- FLA Library Day Issues
- Legislative Alert
- E-Gov Fact Sheet
- How Libraries Change Lives
- Why Floridians Value Public Libraries
- State Aid Awards 2008-09 & Estimates 2009-10
- Construction 2010-11 Ranked Grant List
- Legislative Leadership & Key Committees
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
Thank Governer Crist for saving State Aid to Libraries last year. Ask for his help with State Aid, public library construction and funding for library cooperatives this year.
Download a page of 4 bookmarks with information on how (pdf)
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
Report on 2008 FLA Legislative Platform
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)
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 by Senator 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.)
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