Assembly and Senate Budget
Subcommittees Approve Library Funding for CLSA
NEWS
FROM THE CAPITOL: 5.24.2016
by Mike Dillon & Christina DiCaro, CLA Lobbyists
This morning at the State Capitol, the Assembly
Budget Subcommittee on Education Finance approved, without discussion, $1.8
million in “ongoing funding” for the California Library Services Act and $3
million in “one time funding” for CLSA to encourage innovative “digital
delivery” projects among the 8 regional Systems. The vote of the Assembly Subcommittee was
unanimous (5-0). Last week, the Senate
Budget Subcommittee on Education Finance also approved the same funding motions
for the CLSA on a unanimous vote of 3-0.
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The Subcommittees did not approve new funding for
broadband grants this year.
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The Conference Committee will likely commence
hearings after the Memorial Day weekend in order to meet the Constitutional
deadline of June 15 to have the Budget
passed and sent to the Governor.
At this point in time, because the Senate and the Assembly adopted the
exact same action on the CLSA items, we anticipate that this funding will
remain in the Budget. READ MORE @
