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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:black">Your work to advocate for increased investment in libraries has again been rewarded. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:black">For the third straight year, MLA is proud to announce an additional $500,000 has been included in the State of Michigan budget for State Aid to Libraries. In addition, $800,000
was allocated for the library pilot program that addresses a partnership between public and school libraries. Resources were also included for the Poet Laureate ($100,000), and $1.2 million was awarded through an enhancement grant to the Inkster Library. (One
hundred unique projects were identified to receive $205 million in the newly released budget.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:black">The state budget also includes $25 million for out of school time (OST) grants, split between intermediate school districts (ISD) and community-based organizations (CBO) with
at least 60% going to CBO which includes nonprofits, public libraries and local municipalities. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:black">No deal was reached between the Governor and the legislature for any major tax cuts or rebates, despite a near $9 billion state surplus. Federal stimulus packages and unexpectedly
high tax collections have created the surplus and there will be further talks taking place this fall. Continued advocacy will be needed with the state legislature to ensure federal COVID relief dollars that remain unspent can be deployed for the benefit of
libraries and Michigan youth and families.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:black">Linked here is a copy of the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.house.mi.gov/hfa/PDF/Summaries/22h5783h2cr1_general_omnibus_conference_report_summary.pdf" target="_blank" title="https://www.house.mi.gov/hfa/PDF/Summaries/22h5783h2cr1_general_omnibus_conference_report_summary.pdf"><b><span style="color:#008789">General
Omnibus Budget</span></b></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>for your perusal, as well as the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2021-2022/billanalysis/House/pdf/2021-HLA-0845-5A3690D7.pdf" target="_blank" title="http://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2021-2022/billanalysis/House/pdf/2021-HLA-0845-5A3690D7.pdf"><b><span style="color:#008789">Education
Omnibus Budget</span></b></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>which is where the OST grants are listed.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:black">Thank you to Governor Whitmer and to the Michigan Senators and Representatives who continue to recognize the value and importance that libraries bring to every community and
campus throughout Michigan.<o:p></o:p></span></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>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Michigan Library Association<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">3410 Belle Chase Way, Suite 100<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Lansing, MI 48911<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Office: 517-394-2774, ext. 5<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">Direct: 517-881-1266 </span></b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:red">*Please note new number</span></i><b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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