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91_SB0268
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1 AN ACT to amend the Illinois Library System Act by
2 changing Section 8.4 and adding Section 8.7.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Illinois Library System Act is amended by
6 changing Section 8.4 and adding Section 8.7 as follows:
7 (75 ILCS 10/8.4) (from Ch. 81, par. 118.4)
8 Sec. 8.4. School library grants. Beginning July 1,
9 1989, the State Librarian shall make grants annually under
10 this Section to all school districts in the State for the
11 establishment and operation of qualified school libraries, or
12 the additional support of existing qualified school
13 libraries, from funds appropriated by the General Assembly.
14 Such grants shall be in the amount of $0.75 per student as
15 determined by the official enrollment as of the previous
16 September 30 of the respective school having a qualified
17 school library. If the moneys appropriated for grants under
18 this Section are not sufficient, the State Librarian shall
19 reduce the amount of the grants as necessary; in making these
20 reductions, the State Librarian shall endeavor to provide
21 each school district that has a qualifying school library (i)
22 at least the same amount per student as the district received
23 under this Section in the preceding fiscal year, and (ii) a
24 total grant of at least $100.
25 To qualify for grants under this Section, a school
26 library must:
27 (1) Be an entity which serves the basic information
28 and library needs of the school's employees and students
29 through a bibliographically organized collection of
30 library materials, has at least one employee whose
31 primary duty is to serve as a librarian, and has a
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1 collection permanently supported financially, accessible
2 centrally, and occupying identifiable quarters in one
3 principal location.
4 (2) Meet the requirements for membership in a
5 library system under the provisions of this Act.
6 (3) Have applied for membership in the library
7 system of jurisdiction if the system is a multitype
8 library system under this Act.
9 (4) Provide, as mutually determined by the Illinois
10 State Librarian and the Illinois State Board of
11 Education, library services which either meet or show
12 progress toward meeting the Illinois school library
13 standards as most recently adopted by the Illinois School
14 Library Media Association.
15 (5) Submit a statement certifying that the
16 financial support for the school library or libraries of
17 the applying school district has been maintained
18 undiminished, or if diminished, the percentage of
19 diminution of financial support is no more than the
20 percentage of diminution of the applying school's total
21 financial support for educational and operations purposes
22 since the submission of the last previous application of
23 the school district for the school library per student
24 grant that was funded.
25 Grants under this Section shall be made only upon
26 application of the school district for its qualified school
27 library or school libraries.
28 (Source: P.A. 88-375.)
29 (75 ILCS 10/8.7 new)
30 Sec. 8.7. Illinois Information Advantage Grant Program.
31 There is established an Illinois Information Advantage Grant
32 Program to be administered by the State Librarian to ensure
33 that every Illinois resident has access to electronic
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1 information resources. The State Librarian shall distribute
2 annual Illinois Information Advantage grants, upon the
3 approval of applications from libraries and library systems,
4 for initiatives to accomplish one or more of the following
5 goals:
6 (1) Access to electronic resources and information.
7 (2) Purchases of necessary technology, equipment,
8 and infrastructure improvements.
9 (3) Staff and patron training.
10 (4) Program development.
11 The State Librarian shall establish by rule the criteria
12 for awarding the grants. The State Librarian may also expend
13 appropriations on behalf of libraries statewide for direct
14 purchases of equipment and services that support the Illinois
15 Information Advantage Grant Program in libraries.
16 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
17 becoming law.