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<h2 style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:22.0pt;font-family:"PT Sans",sans-serif;color:#313131;letter-spacing:.95pt">Governor Whitmer's Fiscal Year 2023 Proposed Budget<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
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<span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PT Sans",sans-serif;color:black">Today, Governor Whitmer introduced her FY23 proposed budget
</span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PT Sans",sans-serif;color:black">with a $74.1 billion spending plan, the largest in state history. The Governor’s priorities for FY23 are laid out specifically on<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.milibraries.org/assets/docs/FY23%20Executive%20Budget%20Presentation.pdf" target="_self"><span style="color:#058689;letter-spacing:.2pt;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">page
3 of the budget presentation document</span></a> and the Budget Stabilization Fund – “Rainy Day Fund” has increased by $51.8 million bringing the total fund to $1.5 billion.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PT Sans",sans-serif;color:black">Even with increases in revenue, the Governor’s General Fund budget, which totals $14.3 billion, remains flat for Library State Aid at $15,067,700 but also continues to include $800,000
for a Library Pilot project for school and public library collaboration. (<a href="https://www.milibraries.org/assets/docs/FY23%20General%20Omnibus.pdf" target="_self"><span style="color:#058689;letter-spacing:.2pt;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">See
pages 79 and 80 in the FY23 General Omnibus Budget</span></a>). Other line items for the Library of Michigan take into account slight salary and program increases from FY22 for MeL and other library operations. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PT Sans",sans-serif;color:black">Of special note to libraries from the Governor’s Budget recommendations from the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.michigan.gov/budget/-/media/Project/Websites/budget/Fiscal/Executive-Budget/Current-Exec-Rec/FY23-Education-Omnibus.pdf"><span style="color:#058689;letter-spacing:.2pt;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Education
Omnibus (page 111, section 32n)</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>is a $25 million fund with an additional $25 million in one-time funding to develop a competitive grant program to expand access to quality, affordable programming before
and after the school day for young people. Qualifications include:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PT Sans",sans-serif;color:black">Serve children in any of the grades - kindergarten to 12. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PT Sans",sans-serif;color:black">Be a community-based organization that is exempt from federal income tax under section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code, 26 USC 501, an institution
of higher education, community or adult education program, a public library, or a local government. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PT Sans",sans-serif;color:black">These programs must be used to support expanded learning opportunities, including but not limited to mentoring, leadership, community engagement, agriculture, art, music, literacy,
science, technology, engineering, mathematics, health, and recreation programming.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PT Sans",sans-serif;color:black">MLA will be looking deeper into these multi-page budgets and providing further analysis in the days to come.
<span style="background:white">View the </span></span><a href="https://www.milibraries.org/assets/docs/FY23%20Budget%20Press%20Release.pdf" target="_self"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PT Sans",sans-serif;color:#058689;letter-spacing:.2pt;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">FY23
Budget Press Release.pdf</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#4597A5">Deborah E. Mikula</span></b><span style="color:#4597A5"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Executive Director</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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