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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Never wanting to keep MLA members in the dark, we are finally able to share the state of Michigan budget with you (links below for the House Fiscal Agency Conference Reports for the General Omnibus
Budget and the School Aid Fund). With little to no advance public review of the budget, in the early morning hours today, the FY25 State of Michigan budget (beginning October 1) has finally passed through the conference committee, the Senate and the House. The
budget now awaits the Governor’s signature before the July 1<sup>st</sup> deadline. (Just as a reminder, she also has line item veto power, so nothing is in stone until she signs.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none">While we haven’t had time to digest the entire budget, we have highlighted some of the items that we have been watching including (DRUMROLL PLEASE) a $1,000,000 increase to State Aid bringing
it to $16,567,700. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none">And while we didn’t get everything we asked for in the budget…your voices were heard and communications with your state legislators made a difference! Advocacy is a full year commitment – it
never ends, so keep up the good work. We are #StrongerTogether. MLA will share more details soon on other MLA priorities.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Thank you MLA Members!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2023-2024/billanalysis/House/pdf/2023-HLA-0747-4CE6C7D4.pdf">GENERAL OMNIBUS BUDGET</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none"> </span></b><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Dept of Education</span></u></b><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none">State Aid to Libraries - $1,000,000 increase (page 21)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Poet Laureate - $100,000 (on-going support rather than one time funding) (page 22)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Library of Michigan allocation of $450,000 for 3 FTE staff members for operation support was not adopted in the final budget (Page 23)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Dept. of Lifelong Education, Advancement and Potential (MILEAP)</span></u></b><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none">State Archives will be moving from the Dept. of Natural Resources to the new MILEAP department - $1.915M with 14.5 FTE<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Dept. of Labor and Economic Opportunity (LEO) </span></u></b><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Senate One-Time Grant Programs (Page 118)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none">No funds were included for Community Center grants ($20M proposed by Senate)
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none"> No funds were included for Community Revitalization and Municipal Support grants ($15.5M proposed by Senate)
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Enhancement Grants (Page 118) (<i>There may be other libraries that will benefit from the $335,987,000 dollars allocated to these enhancement grants, but perhaps are listed under their city,
township or county)<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:56.0pt;text-indent:-.25in"><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Community Enhancement Grants – Senate Bill 747, (S-1) CR-1, Sec. 1050a</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"> -
</span><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Hazel Park Library infrastructure grant $200,000 (Page 130)</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:56.0pt;text-indent:-.25in"><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Community Enhancement Grants – Senate Bill 747, (S-1) CR-1, Sec. 1050d</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"> -
</span><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Krause Memorial Library Expansion $1,000,000 (Page 131)</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Dept. of Natural Resources</span></u></b><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none">America 250 Commission Grants (one time only) $5,000,000 (Page 167)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Plan, develop, encourage, and coordinate the commemoration of the 250<sup>th</sup> anniversary of the United States. [We think this is going to be a great opportunity
for our libraries to get involved in the 2026 celebration.]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://www.milibraries.org/assets/docs/1474-FINAL%20FY25%20Education%20Omnibus%20HB%205507%20H-1%20CR-1%20Conference%20Report.pdf">SCHOOL AID FUND</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Out of School Time grants (retained at $50M but includes an additional $25M one-time only increase for a total of $75M) and revises the department administering the program from MDE to MiLEAP
(Page 17)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Dolly Parton Imagination Library – retains $4M one-time funding and revises the department administering the program from MDE to MiLEAP (Page 17)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none">School Libraries (Senate provided for a $25M one-time SAF) – This was not adopted in the final SAF budget (Page 19)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We will keep looking through these extensive documents and will make sure to let you know if we find anything else that is worthy of note to libraries throughout Michigan.
<a href="https://www.michigan.gov/whitmer/news/press-releases/2024/02/07/whitmer-fy25-budget-a-roadmap-for-making-it-in-michigan#:~:text=The%20fiscally%20responsible%20budget%20recommendation,funds%20for%20one-time%20purposes.">
Linked here also is the press release from the Governor’s Office celebrating the passage of the FY25 budget</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#4597A5;mso-ligatures:none">Deborah E. Mikula</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#4597A5;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Executive Director</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Michigan Library Association<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">PO Box 27337<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Lansing, MI. 48909<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Office: 517-394-2774, ext. 5<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="mailto:dmikula@milibraries.org"><span style="color:#0563C1">dmikula@milibraries.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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