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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 256.57 ENRICH IOWA PROGRAM – 1 2 INTENT – FUNDING. 1 3 1. The general assembly finds and declares that the public 1 4 library is at the heart of each community, an integral 1 5 component in this state's education system, and an invaluable 1 6 source of wisdom and knowledge for this state's lifelong 1 7 learners. It is therefore in the interest of the citizens of 1 8 Iowa that a comprehensive initiative be undertaken to reduce 1 9 inequities in library services throughout the state and 1 10 provide public libraries with the funds necessary to meet the 1 11 present and future needs of this state's citizens. 1 12 2. There is appropriated from the general fund of the 1 13 state to the department of education for each fiscal year the 1 14 sum of three million dollars, which shall be allocated to the 1 15 division of libraries and information services for the 1 16 following purposes and in the following amounts: 1 17 a. Of the funds allocated each year, the division shall 1 18 distribute one million eight hundred thousand dollars to 1 19 eligible public libraries that comply with the standards set 1 20 forth in the in service to Iowa: public library measures of 1 21 quality publication adopted by the commission of libraries. 1 22 The amount distributed to each eligible public library shall 1 23 be based upon one or more of the following: 1 24 (1) The level at which the eligible public library 1 25 complies with the in service to Iowa publication adopted by 1 26 the commission on libraries. 1 27 (2) The number of people residing within an eligible 1 28 library's geographic area. 1 29 (3) The amount of funding the eligible public library 1 30 received in the previous fiscal year for service to rural 1 31 residents and to contracting communities. 1 32 Moneys received by a public library under this paragraph 1 33 shall supplement, not supplant, local funding. 1 34 b. For purposes of technology development, coordination of 1 35 technology, and resource sharing by the state and regional 2 1 libraries, resulting in equitable access to library resources, 2 2 the sum of six hundred fifty thousand dollars to be used by 2 3 the division of libraries and information services. Moneys 2 4 allocated under this subsection shall also be used to extend 2 5 the availability of statewide on-line databases using the 2 6 Internet and information resources. Moneys allocated to the 2 7 division in this paragraph may be distributed to regional 2 8 libraries. 2 9 c. For purposes of establishing a grant program 2 10 administered by the division, the sum of four hundred fifty 2 11 thousand dollars. The division shall award grants on a 2 12 competitive basis to eligible public libraries that submit to 2 13 the division plans for innovative technologies and services, 2 14 cooperative alliances between public libraries, or for 2 15 physical library facilities enhancement. An application 2 16 submitted shall also contain a commitment of at least a 2 17 dollar-for-dollar match of the grant assistance. The division 2 18 shall appoint an advisory committee for purposes of 2 19 recommending priorities and criteria for the awarding of 2 20 grants under this paragraph. The advisory committee shall 2 21 submit its report and recommendations to the state librarian 2 22 and the commission of libraries by August 15, 1997. 2 23 d. For purposes of administering the enrich Iowa program, 2 24 and assisting eligible public libraries to obtain funding 2 25 under the program, the sum of one hundred thousand dollars. 2 26 3. For purposes of this section, "eligible public library" 2 27 means a public library that meets at least all of the 2 28 following requirements: 2 29 a. Submits to the division of libraries and information 2 30 services all of the following: 2 31 (1) The report provided for under section 256.51, 2 32 subsection 1, paragraph "h". 2 33 (2) An application and report form for accreditation that 2 34 provides evidence of the library's compliance with at least 2 35 one level of the standards established in accordance with 3 1 section 256.51, subsection 1, paragraph "k". 3 2 (3) Any other application or report the division deems 3 3 necessary for the implementation of this program. 3 4 b. Participates in the library resource and information 3 5 sharing programs established by the state library. 3 6 4. By January 15 of each year, the division shall submit a 3 7 program evaluation report to the general assembly and the 3 8 governor detailing the uses and the impacts of funds 3 9 appropriated under this section. 3 10 5. Notwithstanding section 8.33, unencumbered or 3 11 unobligated funds remaining on June 30 of the fiscal year for 3 12 which the funds were appropriated shall not revert but shall 3 13 be available for expenditure for the following fiscal year for 3 14 purposes on this section. 3 15 EXPLANATION 3 16 This bill establishes the enrich Iowa program and makes a 3 17 standing appropriation of $3 million to the department of 3 18 education for allocation to the division of libraries and 3 19 information services for the support of the program. 3 20 The program has four components. The first provides direct 3 21 distribution of $1.8 million to eligible public libraries that 3 22 comply with the division's in service to Iowa publication. 3 23 The amount distributed to a library under the bill can be 3 24 increased based upon compliance, the number of people residing 3 25 within the library's geographic area, and the amount of 3 26 funding the library received in the previous fiscal year for 3 27 service to rural residents and to contracting communities. 3 28 The second component includes an appropriation for $600,000 3 29 for purposes of technology development, coordination of 3 30 technology, resource sharing by the state and regional 3 31 libraries, and to extend the availability of statewide on-line 3 32 databases using the Internet and information resources. 3 33 The third component establishes a grant program for public 3 34 libraries that submit to the division plans for innovative 3 35 technologies and services, cooperative alliances between 4 1 public libraries, or for physical library facilities 4 2 enhancement, and a commitment of $1-for-$1 match of the grant 4 3 assistance. The bill allocates $450,000 for grant awards. 4 4 For purposes of administering the program, the bill 4 5 allocates $100,000 to the division of libraries and 4 6 information services. Unencumbered funds appropriated in the 4 7 bill will not revert at the end of a fiscal year. 4 8 The bill directs the division to submit, by January 15 of 4 9 each year, a program evaluation report to the general assembly 4 10 and the governor detailing the use and the impact of funds 4 11 appropriated. 4 12 LSB 2049YC 77 4 13 kh/sc/14
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