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Department of State Legislation

State Aid to Public Libraries Grant

Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development

Proposed Budget
Jan 29: Chair proposed approx. $17.3 million in state aid combined with additional library funding of approx. $4 million. This total reaches the combined total needed to meet Maintenance of Effort to draw full federal LSTA funding.
Moves to Senate Appropriations Committee

House TED (Transportation & Economic Development) Appropriations Subcommittee:

Proposed Budget (p. 378)
Jan. 28: Chair proposed additional nonrecurring funding for State-Aid to libraries which would maintain the current year funding level ($21.8M); combined with additional library funding items of approx. $4 million. This total reaches the combined total needed to meet Maintenance of Effort to draw full federal LSTA funding.
Moves to House Appropriations Committee

Public Library Construction Grant

No proposed amount in House budget
$2 million presented in Senate budget

Multi-type Library Cooperatives

Clean-up Bills

SB 1570 (Perry) Division of Library and Information Services; Removing the date by which the division must submit an annual report regarding the allocation of library funding to the Chief Financial Officer; revising the duties and responsibilities of the division in the administration of the Florida State Archives; revising the duties and responsibilities of the division in the administration of the records and information management program; removing a limitation on the annual grant amount that the administrative unit of a library cooperative may receive from the state for purposes of sharing library resources, etc.

SENATE - On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development, 02/13/20, 12:30 pm, 110 Senate Building

HB 1455 (Rodriguez) Division of Library and Information Services; Revises duties of Division of Library & Information Services, State Archives, records & information management program, & library cooperative grants.

HOUSE - Favorable by Transportation and Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee; YEAS 11 NAYS 0

HOUSE - Now in State Affairs Committee

Smart Horizons Career Online High School

Senate Form 2029 (Stargel) $2M funding request. Smart Horizons Career Online Education (SHCOE), a Florida-based, AdvancED/SACS/NCA/NWAC accredited online school district, partners with public libraries across Florida to offer a career-based, adult high school diploma program designed to prepare adults for transition into the workplace

HB 3885 (Latvala, (CO-SPONSORS) Polsky) $2M funding request. Provides an appropriation for the Online Workforce-Based Adult High School Program.

Local Funding Requests

S1552 HB3103	Wakulla County Library - High Risk Shelter (PDF)	Montford	$12,000,000	Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development
S1620 HB3781	African American History Museum and Library - Palm Beach (PDF)	Powell	$410,000	Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development
1989	Backup Generators - Branch Libraries and Community Centers - Leon (PDF)	Montford	$800,000	Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development
1990	Wind Mitigation Studies - Branch Libraries and Community Centers - Leon (PDF)	Montford	$200,000	Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development
2029	Online Adult High School Program for State of Florida Library System (PDF)	Stargel	$2,000,000	Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development
2547	Construct Clsrm, Lab, & Library Bldg-Blount (PDF)	Perry	$17,689,656	Appropriations
HB2765	City of Safety Harbor Public Library Expansion	Grant	$2,000,000	Appropriations