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Teri's IMLS reminder and update email from 12/23 included the finalized and posted 2026 Grant Award Guidance and Assurances and Certifications.</div>
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I went through and compared the finalized 2026 <span style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134);"><u><a style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); margin: 0px; text-align: left;" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="1" title="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.imls.gov/sites/default/files/2025-12/fy26grantawardguidance.pdf__;!!CPANwP4y!U1mhryBtUm5e9D6FJ4kqYNGJc5fx1wff8lX3xtOUn4y5NZovvPKqHbBv7Gp--KIMJhCx3-9ab5mbrGYNQQuzbg$" class="OWAAutoLink elementToProof" id="OWAa2e6ab4c-c31d-6b53-9d0b-586ddfbc863e" href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.imls.gov/sites/default/files/2025-12/fy26grantawardguidance.pdf__;!!CPANwP4y!U1mhryBtUm5e9D6FJ4kqYNGJc5fx1wff8lX3xtOUn4y5NZovvPKqHbBv7Gp--KIMJhCx3-9ab5mbrGYNQQuzbg$">Grant
Award Guidance</a></u></span> and <span style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134);"><u><a style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); margin: 0px; text-align: left;" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="2" title="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.imls.gov/sites/default/files/2025-12/fy26lstaassurancescertifications.pdf__;!!CPANwP4y!U1mhryBtUm5e9D6FJ4kqYNGJc5fx1wff8lX3xtOUn4y5NZovvPKqHbBv7Gp--KIMJhCx3-9ab5mbrGalufUZhQ$" class="OWAAutoLink elementToProof" id="OWA4e4d4cd9-828a-2fc8-0e80-1fb8e2bda90e" href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.imls.gov/sites/default/files/2025-12/fy26lstaassurancescertifications.pdf__;!!CPANwP4y!U1mhryBtUm5e9D6FJ4kqYNGJc5fx1wff8lX3xtOUn4y5NZovvPKqHbBv7Gp--KIMJhCx3-9ab5mbrGalufUZhQ$">Assurances
and Certifications</a></u></span> with 2025. Passing along what I noted in case this is helpful to anyone else.</div>
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The main changes were on page 2 of the Assurances and Certifications under the Nondiscrimination section.</div>
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Revised: Introductory text</div>
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Added: Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, 42 U.S.C. § 2000a et seq</div>
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Removed: Layperson's summary about each statute</div>
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Removed: note on E.O. 13166, which is the limited English proficiency (LEP) access</div>
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Reworded: last bullet point</div>
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Added: Attorney General's <a id="anchor-a38e5cf1-7dba-eba3-9f84-b3ee773b8e40" title="https://www.justice.gov/ag/media/1409486/dl" href="https://www.justice.gov/ag/media/1409486/dl">
Guidance for Recipients of Federal Funding Regarding Unlawful Discrimination</a>.</div>
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There were also a few references in the previous Grant Award Guidance and Assurances and Certifications about the retirement of FSRS.gov system (data and functionality transitioned to Sam.gov) but those have been removed given that the transition has happened.</div>
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Back in July when the AG's Guidance was issued, Georgia reached out to IMLS and then shared what they were told on this listserv (attached). </div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Office: 617-725-1860 ext. 252</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Mobile: 857-488-6616</span></p>
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