[PL-Directors] Governor's Budget Released

[MaryKay Dahlgreen]

Greetings Library Directors:
The Governor released his Recommended Budget for the 2015-2017 biennium this morning and I wanted to share a couple of items with you:


*         A recommended  increase of  $139,769 in the Ready to Read/Reading for Success grant program that will expand the program to include 15-17 years olds and raise the minimum grant to $1,200.

*         Shift a State Library Specialist  1 position from donation funding to general fund

As most of you know, the next step will be to present our budget request to the Legislature. We will do that before a subcommittee of the Joint Ways and Means Committee during the regular Legislative session coming up in 2015.

This is a great improvement over the Governor's Recommended Budget for the State Library in  2013-2015. I appreciate all the support the State Library has received from the library community.
I will keep you posted as we move through the budget process.

Please contact me if you have questions or concerns.

MaryKay

Full Recommended Budget is available at: http://www.oregon.gov/gov/priorities/pages/budget.aspx  State Library is on page I 335


MaryKay Dahlgreen
Oregon State Librarian
503-378-4367
marykay.dahlgreen at state.or.us
http://oregon.gov/osl
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