Illinois Administrative Code › Title 23 - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL RESOURCES › Part 3035 - ILLINOIS STATE LIBRARY GRANT PROGRAMS › Subpart A - STATE GRANTS › Section 3035.115 - Public Library Per Capita and Equalization Aid Grants

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) To be eligible
				for a per capita or an annual equalization grant, a public library shall show
				that it will either meet or show progress toward meeting Serving Our Public
				4.0: Standards for Illinois
				Public Libraries (2019) (produced by the Illinois Library Association, 560 W.
				Washington Boulevard #330, Chicago IL 60661). The material incorporated by
				reference includes no later amendments or editions. A grant applicant must
				raise or improve its performance levels in relation to the standards, when
				those levels are below the standards, according to objectives, time frames, and
				priorities the library shall state in its application for a grant, and that it
				shall also state are consistent with the terms of the plan of service of the
				system of which it is a member. (See Section
				8.1(1) of the
				Illinois Library System Act [75 ILCS 10 ].) The applying
				library must be in good standing with the library system of which the applying
				library is a member and meet the criteria of a "full member library" or a
				"developmental member library" as defined in 23 Ill. Adm. Code
				3030.110. Pursuant to
				75 ILCS
				10/3, the applying library must certify that it has
				adopted either the American Library Association's Library Bill of Rights that
				indicates materials should not be proscribed or removed because of partisan or
				doctrinal disapproval or provide a written policy, adopted by the public
				library's board of trustees, that indicates the library will protect the
				intellectual freedom of the library user and shall prevent censorship of its
				library materials, ensuring that items are not withdrawn from its library
				collection merely because individuals or groups object to the material. The
				applicant library shall certify that for grants made under this Section on or
				after January 1, 2024, and upon request of the State Librarian, the library
				agrees to provide the Illinois State Library with any final decision for the
				reconsideration of library materials during the term of the grant
				award.
b)
Application for
				annual equalization grants and per capita grants to public libraries shall be
				made each year.
(Section 8 of the Act) Whenever an applicant library
				reports any changes in the population count for the eligible service area
				population, the applicant library must submit with the grant application the
				appropriate supporting legal documentation for the population count change. The
				Illinois State Library will validate the eligible service area population of a
				public library using the latest census of the population of Illinois, or of a
				municipality or parts of a municipality, as prepared and submitted to the
				Secretary of State's Index Department by the federal government and certified
				by the Secretary of State in accordance with the application deadline date
				established by the Illinois State Library.
c) For a public library to qualify for a per
				capita grant, it must be a member of a library system and not under suspension.
				The application shall show that grant funds will be used to meet or make
				progress in meeting Illinois library standards cited in subsection
				(a).
d) A public library that
				receives a per capita grant and or equalization aid and contracts for service
				with another public library must, within 30 days after receipt of the grant
				funds, remit the entire amount to the public library that provides the
				service.