<div dir="ltr">FYI!<div><br></div><div>Suzanne L. Sager</div><div><br><div><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Don Wood</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dwood@ala.org">dwood@ala.org</a>></span><br>Date: Fri, Jun 10, 2016 at 11:27 AM<br>Subject: [alacro-l] Good News for Library Funding From Senate Appropriations Committee<br>To: "<a href="mailto:alacro-l@lists.ala.org">alacro-l@lists.ala.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:alacro-l@lists.ala.org">alacro-l@lists.ala.org</a>><br><br><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">On June 9, the Senate Appropriations Committee delivered good news for libraries by increasing funding for LSTA
Grants to States and National Leadership Grants to Libraries, while also providing level funding for Innovative Approaches to Literacy (IAL). The Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee approved the bill
just two days ago with no amendments or controversial policy riders.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The Grants to States program, which the President’s budget proposed cutting by $950,000, will instead be
<i>increased</i> in the Senate bill by $314,000, raising its total funding to $156.1 million for FY2017. That reflects an increase of over $1.25 million from the President’s request. National Leadership Grants will also receive a $314,000 increase, bringing
its total to $13.4 million. Overall, the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) will receive a $1 million increase to $231 million for FY2017.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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