[lstac] Budget

[Forbes, Lyndsay (BLC)]

Hi all,

Here's a very timely follow up to a conversation from our meeting yesterday.  This article<https://bookriot.com/we-can-still-save-the-institute-for-museum-and-library-services/> from Kelly Jensen outlines next steps in the process around funding and the budget bill.

Also, I was so intrigued by the Texas' bill funding that I went and found it. Here's the link to the full budget bill: https://lrl.texas.gov/scanned/89ccrs/sb0001.pdf#navpanes=0 The text below starts at the bottom of I-89 (page 103 of 1,056).


12. Contingency for Library Support Services Federal Funds. Contingent upon the suspension or
interruption of federal Institute of Museum and Library Sciences funding, the following amounts
are appropriated from the General Revenue Fund to the Texas State Library and Archives
Commission for each fiscal year of the 2026-27 biennium for the purpose of supplanting reduced
Federal Public Library Service Fund 118:

(a) An amount not to exceed $6,991,590 in Strategy A.1.1, Library Support Services;
LIBRARY & ARCHIVES COMMISSION
(Continued)
A306-Conf-1-B I-90 May 26, 2025
(b) An amount not to exceed $903,289 in Strategy A.2.1, Disabled Services; and
(c) An amount not to exceed $597,153 in Strategy B.1.1, Provide Access to Information and
Archives.

In the event that federal funding is suspended or interrupted during the 2026-27 biennium,
appropriations of Federal Public Library Service Fund 118 shall be proportionally reduced by the
same amount as the General Revenue appropriations made in this section. Funding appropriated in
this section shall be used to support essential services to improve libraries by assisting with data
collection, reporting, grant assistance, e-resources, support for broadband deployment and digital
opportunities, programming support, and training for the field. In the event that federal funding is
resumed during the 2026-27 biennium, any amounts expended from the General Revenue Fund
shall be transferred to the Federal Public Library Service Fund 118 and the General Revenue
appropriations reduced by the same amount.





Lyndsay Forbes

Project Manager and Grants Specialist

Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners

Office: 617-725-1860 ext. 252

Mobile: 857-488-6616




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