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1 1 Section 1. There is appropriated from the general fund of
1 2 the state to the department of education for the fiscal year
1 3 beginning July 1, 1996, and ending June 30, 1997, the
1 4 following amount, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to
1 5 be used for the purpose designated:
1 6 DIVISION OF LIBRARIES AND INFORMATION SERVICES
1 7 For purposes of developing and implementing a reading-for-
1 8 rewards grant program to establish summer reading programs for
1 9 at-risk children pursuant to section 256.57:
1 10 .................................................. $ 1,000,000
1 11 Sec. 2. NEW SECTION. 256.57 READING-FOR-REWARDS GRANT
1 12 PROGRAM.
1 13 1. If the general assembly appropriates moneys for the
1 14 establishment of reading-for-rewards programs, the division of
1 15 libraries and information services shall establish a reading-
1 16 for-rewards grant program, and develop criteria for the
1 17 formation of reading-for-rewards consortia, resources to
1 18 assist the consortia, guidelines and a process for selecting
1 19 consortia grant recipients, and a waiver process, in
1 20 consultation with the department of education, by which the
1 21 state librarian may waive the matching funds requirement if a
1 22 community's economic condition otherwise prohibits
1 23 participation in the program.
1 24 2. To be eligible for a reading-for-rewards grant, a
1 25 reading-for-rewards consortium shall consist of a partnership
1 26 between one or more libraries and schools, and membership in
1 27 the consortium may include, but is not limited to, business,
1 28 labor, community, and charitable organizations.
1 29 3. To receive approval for a reading-for-rewards grant, a
1 30 consortium shall submit to the division a plan that includes,
1 31 but is not limited to, the following provisions:
1 32 a. Children identified as at-risk by the participating
1 33 school, who are entering grades three through seven, are
1 34 eligible to participate in the program.
1 35 b. Books available in the participating elementary or
2 1 middle school library are acceptable for use within the
2 2 program. Other books may be approved by a librarian at the
2 3 participating library.
2 4 c. Involvement of volunteers, who will discuss one-on-one
2 5 with each child each book the child reads under the program.
2 6 d. At the end of the five-week summer program, a
2 7 graduation day shall be held during which each participating
2 8 child will receive two dollars, or an equivalent
2 9 consideration, for each book read.
2 10 e. Substantiation that the consortium will provide
2 11 matching funds of fifty percent of the cost of the program.
2 12 The matching funds requirement may be met by substituting in-
2 13 kind services, based on the value of the services, for actual
2 14 dollars.
2 15 4. Not more than ten percent of the funds appropriated by
2 16 the general assembly shall be used for administrative purposes
2 17 by the division.
2 18 5. The division shall annually report to the general
2 19 assembly regarding the success of the reading-for-rewards
2 20 grant program.
2 21 6. Notwithstanding section 8.33, unencumbered or
2 22 unobligated funds remaining on June 30 of the fiscal year for
2 23 which the funds were appropriated shall not revert but shall
2 24 be available for expenditure for the following fiscal year for
2 25 the purposes of this section.
2 26 EXPLANATION
2 27 This bill provides for the establishment of the reading-
2 28 for-rewards grant program and appropriates $1,000,000 to the
2 29 division of libraries and information services, through the
2 30 department of education, for the implementation of the program
2 31 for the 1996-1997 fiscal year.
2 32 The division of libraries and information services shall
2 33 develop criteria for the formation of reading-for-rewards
2 34 consortia, resources to assist consortia, guidelines and a
2 35 process for selecting grant recipients, and, in consultation
3 1 with the department of education, a waiver process by which
3 2 the state librarian may waive the matching funds requirement
3 3 if a community's economic condition otherwise prohibits
3 4 participation in the program.
3 5 To be eligible for a grant, a reading-for-rewards
3 6 consortium shall consist of a partnership between one or more
3 7 libraries and schools, and membership in the consortium may
3 8 include, but is not limited to, business, labor, community,
3 9 and charitable organizations.
3 10 To receive approval for a grant, a consortium shall submit
3 11 to the division a plan that includes, but is not limited to,
3 12 the following provisions:
3 13 1. Children identified as at-risk by the participating
3 14 school, who are entering grades three through seven, are
3 15 eligible to participate in the program.
3 16 2. Books available in the participating elementary or
3 17 middle school library are acceptable for use within the
3 18 program. Other books may be approved by a librarian at the
3 19 participating library.
3 20 3. The enlistment of volunteers, who will discuss one-on-
3 21 one with each child each book the child reads under the
3 22 program.
3 23 4. At the end of the five-week summer program, the
3 24 consortium shall hold a graduation day during which each
3 25 participating child will receive two dollars cash, or its
3 26 equivalent, for each book read.
3 27 5. The consortium must provide evidence of the
3 28 availability of matching funds of 50 percent of the cost of
3 29 the program. The matching funds requirement may be met by
3 30 substituting in-kind services, based on the value of the
3 31 services, for actual dollars.
3 32 The division shall use not more than 10 percent of the
3 33 funds appropriated for administrative purposes, and shall
3 34 report annually to the general assembly on the success of the
3 35 reading-for-rewards grant program. Funds appropriated for the
4 1 program shall not revert to the general fund of the state but
4 2 shall be available for the program in the following fiscal
4 3 year.
4 4 LSB 3445HC 76
4 5 kh/cf/24
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