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1 1 Amend Senate File 549 as follows:
1 2 #1. Page 21, by inserting after line 2 the
1 3 following:
1 4 "Sec. . NEW SECTION. 256.57 ENRICH IOWA
1 5 PROGRAM – INTENT – FUNDING.
1 6 1. The general assembly finds and declares that
1 7 the public library is at the heart of each community,
1 8 an integral component in this state's education
1 9 system, and an invaluable source of wisdom and
1 10 knowledge for this state's lifelong learners. It is
1 11 therefore in the interest of the citizens of Iowa that
1 12 a comprehensive initiative be undertaken to reduce
1 13 inequities in library services throughout the state
1 14 and provide public libraries with the funds necessary
1 15 to meet the present and future needs of this state's
1 16 citizens.
1 17 2. There is appropriated from the general fund of
1 18 the state to the department of education for each
1 19 fiscal year the sum of three million dollars, which
1 20 shall be allocated to the division of libraries and
1 21 information services for the following purposes and in
1 22 the following amounts:
1 23 a. Of the funds allocated each year, the division
1 24 shall distribute one million eight hundred thousand
1 25 dollars to eligible public libraries that comply with
1 26 the standards set forth in the in service to Iowa:
1 27 public library measures of quality publication adopted
1 28 by the commission of libraries. The amount
1 29 distributed to each eligible public library shall be
1 30 based upon the following:
1 31 (1) The level at which the eligible public library
1 32 complies with the in service to Iowa publication
1 33 adopted by the commission of libraries.
1 34 (2) The number of people residing within an
1 35 eligible library's geographic area and for whom the
1 36 library was established.
1 37 (3) The amount of funding the eligible public
1 38 library received in the previous fiscal year for
1 39 service to rural residents and to contracting
1 40 communities.
1 41 Moneys received by a public library under this
1 42 paragraph shall supplement, not supplant, local
1 43 funding.
1 44 b. For purposes of technology development,
1 45 coordination of technology, and resource sharing by
1 46 the state and regional libraries, resulting in
1 47 equitable access to library resources, the sum of six
1 48 hundred fifty thousand dollars to be used by the
1 49 division of libraries and information services.
1 50 Moneys allocated under this subsection shall also be
2 1 used to extend the availability of statewide on-line
2 2 databases using the Internet and information
2 3 resources. Moneys allocated to the division in this
2 4 paragraph may be distributed to regional libraries.
2 5 c. For purposes of establishing a grant program
2 6 administered by the division, the sum of four hundred
2 7 fifty thousand dollars. The division shall award
2 8 grants on a competitive basis to eligible public
2 9 libraries that submit to the division plans for
2 10 innovative technologies and services, cooperative
2 11 alliances between libraries, or for physical library
2 12 facilities enhancement. An application submitted
2 13 shall also contain a commitment of at least a dollar-
2 14 for-dollar match of the grant assistance. The
2 15 division shall appoint an advisory committee for
2 16 purposes of recommending priorities and criteria for
2 17 the awarding of grants under this paragraph. The
2 18 advisory committee shall submit its report and
2 19 recommendations annually to the state librarian and
2 20 the commission of libraries by August 15.
2 21 d. For purposes of administering the enrich Iowa
2 22 program, and assisting eligible public libraries to
2 23 obtain funding under the program, the sum of one
2 24 hundred thousand dollars.
2 25 3. For purposes of this section, "eligible public
2 26 library" means a public library that meets at least
2 27 all of the following requirements:
2 28 a. Submits to the division of libraries and
2 29 information services all of the following:
2 30 (1) The report provided for under section 256.51,
2 31 subsection 1, paragraph "h".
2 32 (2) An application and report form for
2 33 accreditation that provides evidence of the library's
2 34 compliance with at least one level of the standards
2 35 established in accordance with section 256.51,
2 36 subsection 1, paragraph "k".
2 37 (3) Any other application or report the division
2 38 deems necessary for the implementation of this
2 39 program.
2 40 b. Participates in the library resource and
2 41 information sharing programs established by the state
2 42 library.
2 43 4. By January 15 of each year, the division shall
2 44 submit a program evaluation report to the general
2 45 assembly and the governor detailing the uses and the
2 46 impacts of funds appropriated under this section.
2 47 5. Notwithstanding section 8.33, unencumbered or
2 48 unobligated funds remaining on June 30 of the fiscal
2 49 year for which the funds were appropriated shall not
2 50 revert but shall be available for expenditure for the
3 1 following fiscal year for purposes of this section."
3 2 #2. By renumbering as necessary.
3 3
3 4
3 5
3 6 BILL FINK
3 7
3 8
3 9
3 10 ROD HALVORSON
3 11
3 12
3 13
3 14 ROBERT E. DVORSKY
3 15 PATTY JUDGE
3 16 SF 549.715 77
3 17 kh/sc/28
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