[Fla-ffb] [Fla-pld] State Aid at Risk of losing $4.5 million; please help!

[Johnson, Amy L.]

FLA Members and Supporters,

DOS staff and I are watching the budget committee meetings this weekend very closely. Attached to this email you will find a comparison of the current State Aid awards with the estimated awards given the State Aid to Libraries budget suggestion from this evening ($17,304,072).

Budget meetings will continue Monday morning at 9:30 a.m.

Please contact me if I can provide any additional information.

Amy L. Johnson
Director
Division of Library and Information Services
850.245.6603 voice
850.245.6735 fax
amy.johnson at dos.myflorida.com<mailto:amy.johnson at dos.myflorida.com>
Florida Certified Contract Manager (FCCM)
[DLIS-H-HiRes_RGB]

From: Fla-pld <fla-pld-bounces at lists.fsu.edu> On Behalf Of Lisa O'Donnell
Sent: Sunday, March 8, 2020 3:10 PM
To: fla at lists.fsu.edu; fla-pld at lists.fsu.edu
Cc: fla-ffb at lists.fsu.edu
Subject: [Fla-pld] State Aid at Risk of losing $4.5 million; please help!


EMAIL RECEIVED FROM EXTERNAL SOURCE
Excuse cross-posting!
FLA Members & Supporters,

URGENT REQUEST: Ask Florida Senate to match House budget for State Aid.

The House and Senate Budget Conference process is underway this weekend and currently the Transportation, Tourism and Economic Development (TED) conferees are considering State Aid to Public Libraries funding.

As we reported last week, the Senate budget shows a $4.5 million decrease to State Aid to Public Library grant funding as compared to current year funding. While the combined library funding in the Senate budget does reach Maintenance of Effort level to draw Federal LSTA funding, the $4.5 million loss is a major hit to the grant program.

Please Take Action now! Use the pre-written message to contact your Senator and Representative(s) and encourage Senators to, at the very least, MATCH THE HOUSE BUDGET OF $21.8 million for State Aid<https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/cqrcengage.com/alafl/app/write-a-letter?15&engagementId=506715__;!!PhOWcWs!l5zbyUPrfk0qDOZtjvNyDYCCLKNM9nFf6MbMybHEonMqT6K-e7XdYMcl5kGxk0iaW0DH$>.

If you are a constituent of the following, please consider calling their Capitol offices now; you can leave the message with staff:

Senate TED Conferees<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.flsenate.gov/Committees/Show/ATD/__;!!PhOWcWs!l5zbyUPrfk0qDOZtjvNyDYCCLKNM9nFf6MbMybHEonMqT6K-e7XdYMcl5kGxk6ahnbVk$>: Senators Travis Hutson (Senate TED Conference Chair), Jeff Brandes, Tom Lee, Keith Perry, Wilton Simpson, Annette Taddeo, Perry Thurston and Victor Torres.

House TED Conferees<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Committees/committeesdetail.aspx?CommitteeId=3009__;!!PhOWcWs!l5zbyUPrfk0qDOZtjvNyDYCCLKNM9nFf6MbMybHEonMqT6K-e7XdYMcl5kGxk0Fa3LtN$>: Jay Trumbull (House TED Conference Chair), Brad Drake, Dan Daley, Bobby D. DuBose, Elizabeth Anne Fetterhoff, Joseph Geller, Blaise Ingoglia, Thomas J. Leek, Rene Plasencia, Anthony Rodriquez, David Smith, and Barbara Watson

It's easy and important. Simply click the link below to get started.

SEND A MESSAGE NOW TO YOUR STATE SENATOR & REPRESENTATIVE(S<https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/cqrcengage.com/alafl/app/write-a-letter?15&engagementId=506715__;!!PhOWcWs!l5zbyUPrfk0qDOZtjvNyDYCCLKNM9nFf6MbMybHEonMqT6K-e7XdYMcl5kGxk0iaW0DH$>) to ask them to match the House's budget for State Aid.

Thank you,
FLA Advocacy Team

[Facebook]<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.facebook.com/FloridaLibraryAssociation/__;!!PhOWcWs!l5zbyUPrfk0qDOZtjvNyDYCCLKNM9nFf6MbMybHEonMqT6K-e7XdYMcl5kGxk60I3rEp$>

[Twitter]<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/twitter.com/TweetFLAlibrary?lang=en__;!!PhOWcWs!l5zbyUPrfk0qDOZtjvNyDYCCLKNM9nFf6MbMybHEonMqT6K-e7XdYMcl5kGxk99SIrNc$>

[Website]<https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/www.flalib.org__;!!PhOWcWs!l5zbyUPrfk0qDOZtjvNyDYCCLKNM9nFf6MbMybHEonMqT6K-e7XdYMcl5kGxkwSvkEHd$>

[Email]<mailto:admin at flalib.org>

[Instagram]<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.instagram.com/floridalibraryassociation/__;!!PhOWcWs!l5zbyUPrfk0qDOZtjvNyDYCCLKNM9nFf6MbMybHEonMqT6K-e7XdYMcl5kGxk9dv-YGm$>



-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.fsu.edu/pipermail/fla-ffb/attachments/20200308/5649e50b/attachment.html>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: image003.png
Type: image/png
Size: 41200 bytes
Desc: image003.png
URL: <http://lists.fsu.edu/pipermail/fla-ffb/attachments/20200308/5649e50b/attachment.png>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: State Aid Estimate comparison 2019-2020 actual with 2020-21 est at $17M.pdf
Type: application/pdf
Size: 109073 bytes
Desc: State Aid Estimate comparison 2019-2020 actual with 2020-21 est at $17M.pdf
URL: <http://lists.fsu.edu/pipermail/fla-ffb/attachments/20200308/5649e50b/attachment.pdf>