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Pennsylvania Code › Title 22 - EDUCATION › Part IX - State Library and Advisory Council on Library Development › Subpart A - State Library › Chapter 131 - GENERAL PROVISIONS; STATE AID › ELIGIBILITY FOR STATE AID › Section 131.16 - Per capita State aid to a county library and local library which agree to merge or conjoin

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
A county library and another local library may seek State
						aid as merged or conjoined libraries as provided in section 303(3) of The
						Library Code (24 P.S. §
												4303(3)), if, prior to
						application for State aid as such, the two library boards of directors enter
						into an agreement to merge the boards in accordance with section 411 of The
						Library Code (24 P.S. §
												4411) by the end of
						5 years of participation in State aid as merged or conjoined libraries. An
						agreement shall be approved by resolution of the municipal governments involved
						if the members of one or both of the library boards of directors are appointed
						by those governments.
The Library Code (24 P.S. §§
														4101-4503) was repealed by the act of
						  November 1, 2012 (P.L. 1683, No. 210) and replaced by 24 Pa.C.S. Chapter 93
						  (relating to Public Library Code).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 22 - EDUCATION › Part IX - State Library and Advisory Council on Library Development › Subpart A - State Library › Chapter 131 - GENERAL PROVISIONS; STATE AID › ELIGIBILITY FOR STATE AID › Section 131.17 - District library centers

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
A local library may not receive State aid as a district
						library center unless it can first qualify in full for State aid as a local
						library, except that the State Librarian may waive this requirement for no more
						than 2 consecutive years upon receipt of evidence that the financial ability of
						the community is substantially curtailed or steps are being taken to become
						fully qualified during the year succeeding the one in which the library first
						failed to qualify fully.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 22 - EDUCATION › Part IX - State Library and Advisory Council on Library Development › Subpart A - State Library › Chapter 131 - GENERAL PROVISIONS; STATE AID › ELIGIBILITY FOR STATE AID › Section 131.18 - Regional library resource centers

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
A library designated by the State Librarian to serve as a
						regional library resource center shall be eligible to receive State aid
						annually as provided in section 303(5) of The Library Code (24 P.S. §
												4303(5)) when its plan for
						use of such funds is approved by the State Librarian in accordance with Chapter
						141 (relating to plans for the use of State aid).
The Library Code (24 P.S. §§
														4101-4503) was repealed by the act of
						  November 1, 2012 (P.L. 1683, No. 210) and replaced by 24 Pa.C.S. Chapter 93
						  (relating to Public Library Code).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 22 - EDUCATION › Part IX - State Library and Advisory Council on Library Development › Subpart A - State Library › Chapter 131 - GENERAL PROVISIONS; STATE AID › ELIGIBILITY FOR STATE AID › Section 131.19 - Ineligibility for State aid

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a)
Registration fee.
A library which charges a registration fee
					 for service is not eligible for State aid.
(b)
Annual fee for service.
A library is not eligible to receive State aid on behalf of a municipality the
					 residents of which are required to pay an annual fee for service.
(c)
Plans subject to
					 approval.
Each library desiring to receive State aid shall submit to
					 the State Librarian a plan for the use of the funds and no payment of State aid
					 will be made until the plan is approved by the State Librarian in accordance
					 with Chapter 141 (relating to plans for the use of State aid).
(d)
School-public libraries.
Libraries of elementary and secondary schools, both public and private, and of
					 institutions of higher education, are not eligible to receive State aid even
					 though the libraries may be rendering services to the general public, with the
					 following exceptions:
(1) College or
					 university libraries designated by the State Librarian as district library
					 centers and eligible for State aid under section 303(4) of The Library Code
					 (24
					 P.S. §
													4303(4)).
(2) The Pennsylvania State University Library
					 which is cited in section 209 of The Library Code (24 P.S. §
													4209) as a Regional Library Resource Center
					 and is eligible to receive State aid under section 303(5) of The Library Code.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 22 - EDUCATION › Part IX - State Library and Advisory Council on Library Development › Subpart A - State Library › Chapter 131 - GENERAL PROVISIONS; STATE AID › ELIGIBILITY FOR STATE AID › Section 131.20 - Additional State aid

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
To be eligible for additional State aid, a local library,
						county library or county library merged or conjoined must make a minimum
						financial effort equal to $.0005 or $2 per capita for each person residing in
						the direct service area, whichever is less, during the same fiscal year in
						which it qualifies for per capita State aid.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 22 - EDUCATION › Part IX - State Library and Advisory Council on Library Development › Subpart A - State Library › Chapter 131 - GENERAL PROVISIONS; STATE AID › APPLICATION FOR AND PAYMENT OF STATE AID › Section 131.31 - Application-general

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
Application for State aid shall be made in accordance
						with instructions provided by the State Library and shall be submitted to the
						State Library by October.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 22 - EDUCATION › Part IX - State Library and Advisory Council on Library Development › Subpart A - State Library › Chapter 131 - GENERAL PROVISIONS; STATE AID › APPLICATION FOR AND PAYMENT OF STATE AID › Section 131.33 - Plan for use of State aid

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
A payment of State aid may not be made until the library
						submits a plan for its use in accordance with instructions provided by the
						State Library and until the plan is approved by the State Librarian. Plans
						shall be submitted and judged in accordance with Chapter 141 (relating to plans
						for the use of State aid).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 22 - EDUCATION › Part IX - State Library and Advisory Council on Library Development › Subpart A - State Library › Chapter 131 - GENERAL PROVISIONS; STATE AID › APPLICATION FOR AND PAYMENT OF STATE AID › Section 131.34 - Payment of State aid

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(a)
					 State aid for a municipality shall be paid only to the library board of
					 directors responsible for service to the municipality, and may be granted only
					 once in any year on the basis of the population of the municipality; provided
					 that, in the case of a municipality served by a library governed, under a home
					 rule charter adopted under the Home Rule Charter and Optional Plans Law
					 (53
					 P.S. §§
												1-101-1-1309), by an agency other
					 than a library board of directors, the aid may be paid to the municipal
					 government. Except as provided in this subsection, State aid for district
					 library service shall be paid only to the board of directors of the library
					 agency designated as a district library center by the State
					 Librarian.
(b) State aid shall be
					 paid as soon as possible after receipt and approval of the application of the
					 library, verification of eligibility, and approval of the plan of the library
					 for its use.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 22 - EDUCATION › Part IX - State Library and Advisory Council on Library Development › Subpart A - State Library › Chapter 131 - GENERAL PROVISIONS; STATE AID › APPLICATION FOR AND PAYMENT OF STATE AID › Section 131.35 - Sharing by two or more libraries

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
Two or more libraries may divide State aid in accordance
						with section 417 of The Library Code (24 P.S. §
												4417), but State aid shall be paid to only
						one library board of directors upon approval by the State Librarian of the
						terms of an agreement previously entered into among the boards of directors of
						the several libraries.
The Library Code (24 P.S. §§
														4101-4503) was repealed by the act of
						  November 1, 2012 (P.L. 1683, No. 210) and replaced by 24 Pa.C.S. Chapter 93
						  (relating to Public Library Code).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 22 - EDUCATION › Part IX - State Library and Advisory Council on Library Development › Subpart A - State Library › Chapter 131 - GENERAL PROVISIONS; STATE AID › APPLICATION FOR AND PAYMENT OF STATE AID › Section 131.36 - Reduction of State aid

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
The full amount of per capita aid, additional aid,
						district library center aid and regional library resource center aid authorized
						by section 303 of The Library Code (24 P.S. §
												4303) will be paid if sufficient funds are
						appropriated by the General Assembly. If an insufficient amount of money is
						appropriated, each type of aid will be reduced proportionately.
The Library Code (24 P.S. §§
														4101-4503) was repealed by the act of
						  November 1, 2012 (P.L. 1683, No. 210) and replaced by 24 Pa.C.S. Chapter 93
						  (relating to Public Library Code).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 22 - EDUCATION › Part IX - State Library and Advisory Council on Library Development › Subpart A - State Library › Chapter 131 - GENERAL PROVISIONS; STATE AID › APPLICATION FOR AND PAYMENT OF STATE AID › Section 131.37 - Change of fiscal year

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
If a library wishes to change its fiscal year from that
						under which it initially qualified for aid as provided in §
											131.11(a) 
						(relating to local libraries), it may do so subject to the following
						conditions:
(1) Prior to the beginning
					 of the fiscal year which it proposes to adopt, the library must file with the
					 State Librarian a request for approval of the change.
(2) If the change is to a fiscal year ending
					 December 31, the local financial effort during the year ending on the June 30
					 following the end of the proposed fiscal year must equal or exceed the local
					 financial effort during the proposed fiscal year. If the change is to a year
					 ending June 30, the local financial effort of the library during the fiscal
					 year ending December 31 preceding June 30 of the proposed fiscal year must
					 equal or exceed the local effort of the proposed fiscal year. The aid shall be
					 determined by the local financial effort of the old fiscal year if it is
					 smaller than the local financial effort of the proposed year.
(3) If the local financial effort of the old
					 fiscal year is lower than that of the proposed fiscal year, the library shall
					 file another request and again follow the procedure specified in paragraphs (1)
					 and (2) to achieve the change.
(4)
					 Approval by the State Librarian of a request to change a fiscal year will not
					 be final until the local financial effort of the old fiscal year equals or
					 exceeds the local financial effort of the proposed fiscal year. When the
					 approval is final, the adopted fiscal year must remain unchanged for a minimum
					 of ten years.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 22 - EDUCATION › Part IX - State Library and Advisory Council on Library Development › Subpart A - State Library › Chapter 131 - GENERAL PROVISIONS; STATE AID › DETERMINATION OF SERVICE AREA › Section 131.41 - Local library

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
A local library initially may apply for State aid for the
						municipality in which it is located, and for as many of the other
						municipalities in its direct service area on behalf of which it can qualify for
						State aid with the required local financial effort. After 5 years of
						participation in State aid, however, the local library may only qualify for
						State aid with the local financial effort required for all the municipalities
						to which it offers its services free of charge.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 22 - EDUCATION › Part IX - State Library and Advisory Council on Library Development › Subpart A - State Library › Chapter 131 - GENERAL PROVISIONS; STATE AID › DETERMINATION OF SERVICE AREA › Section 131.42 - Expansion of service area

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
A local library may expand its direct service area to
						receive State aid at any time it is able to meet the local financial effort
						required of $.00025 times market value of taxable property of the municipality
						or municipalities added, if it complies with the following conditions:
(1) The municipality or municipalities for
					 which State aid is sought are contiguous to the existing service area for which
					 State aid is received.
(2) No other
					 library has a prior claim to the municipality or municipalities in its own
					 direct service area.
(3) All the
					 municipal authorities affected agree to the inclusion of the municipality in
					 the direct service area of the library.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 22 - EDUCATION › Part IX - State Library and Advisory Council on Library Development › Subpart A - State Library › Chapter 131 - GENERAL PROVISIONS; STATE AID › DETERMINATION OF SERVICE AREA › Section 131.43 - Reduction of service area

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
A local library may reduce its direct service area by not
						applying for State aid for municipalities which it plans to exclude from the
						direct service area to which it gives its services free of charge. The
						municipal authorities affected shall be so notified.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 22 - EDUCATION › Part IX - State Library and Advisory Council on Library Development › Subpart A - State Library › Chapter 131 - GENERAL PROVISIONS; STATE AID › DETERMINATION OF SERVICE AREA › Section 131.44 - Plans for expansion or reduction

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
If a library intends to expand or reduce its direct
						service area it shall perform all of the following:
(1) Notify the municipal authorities of the
					 municipalities affected.
(2) Notify
					 the county library board of directors if one exists within the same
					 county.
(3) Include a description
					 and justification of the action in its plan for the use of State funds
					 submitted for approval by the State Librarian.
(4) Append to the plan for the use of State
					 funds copies of the notification sent to the municipal authorities of the
					 municipalities affected, and to the county library board of directors, if one
					 exists within the same county, and of agreements received from the municipal
					 authorities or county library board of directors.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 22 - EDUCATION › Part IX - State Library and Advisory Council on Library Development › Subpart A - State Library › Chapter 131 - GENERAL PROVISIONS; STATE AID › DETERMINATION OF SERVICE AREA › Section 131.45 - County library

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a) The
					 direct service area of a county library shall be the whole county less those
					 municipalities which form the direct service areas of other local libraries. If
					 a new local library is legally formed within the county, its service area shall
					 be subtracted from the county library service area. Conversely, if a local
					 library ceases to claim a municipality in its own direct service area, that
					 municipality shall be added to the county library service area and shall be
					 counted when determining the local financial effort required of the county
					 library for receiving State aid.
(b) A county library may only receive State
					 aid on the basis of the whole county library service area as defined during the
					 year of its application.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 22 - EDUCATION › Part IX - State Library and Advisory Council on Library Development › Subpart A - State Library › Chapter 131 - GENERAL PROVISIONS; STATE AID › DETERMINATION OF SERVICE AREA › Section 131.46 - Controversies over service areas

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
The State Librarian is authorized to act as arbiter in
						defining the direct service area of a library in the event a municipality is
						claimed by more than one library as part of any library service area. In such
						arbitration, opportunity shall be afforded the municipal authorities of the
						municipality affected to express their wishes with respect to library
						service.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 22 - EDUCATION › Part IX - State Library and Advisory Council on Library Development › Subpart A - State Library › Chapter 131 - GENERAL PROVISIONS; STATE AID › DETERMINATION OF SERVICE AREA › Section 131.47 - Contracts for free library services

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
A board of library directors of a local library or
						district center library may enter into a contract with the officers of a
						municipality to provide free library service to the residents and the taxpayers
						of that municipality or with another board of library directors to provide free
						service to the residents and taxpayers of all or a portion of the service area
						for which it is responsible. However, before any such contract is negotiated
						which would result in a library providing free service to residents of a
						library district other than the one in which it is situated, notice with
						opportunity to participate in the negotiation shall be given to the head
						librarians of the two district library centers involved. The contract shall be
						effective only upon approval of the State librarian.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 22 - EDUCATION › Part IX - State Library and Advisory Council on Library Development › Subpart A - State Library › Chapter 131 - GENERAL PROVISIONS; STATE AID › AUTHORIZED COMPONENTS OF LOCAL FINANCIAL EFFORT › Section 131.51 - General

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
Cash receipts of a local library, except State and
						Federal funds that are specifically designated to finance libraries, which are
						expended for annual public library operating costs shall be allowed as local
						financial effort, subject to this chapter. Moneys derived from local sources,
						or from Federal or State sources that are not specifically designated to
						finance libraries, which are paid directly to employes by a municipal
						government, or agency thereof, for work in and for a public library shall also
						be allowed as local financial effort.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 22 - EDUCATION › Part IX - State Library and Advisory Council on Library Development › Subpart A - State Library › Chapter 131 - GENERAL PROVISIONS; STATE AID › AUTHORIZED COMPONENTS OF LOCAL FINANCIAL EFFORT › Section 131.52 - Tax funds

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a)
					 Library income expended for public library service which derives from local
					 taxes, whether received through a direct library tax or appropriation from the
					 municipal authorities, may be counted as part of local financial effort, but a
					 local library which receives an appropriation from a county library board of
					 directors deriving from county and State funds may count as local financial
					 effort only that proportion of the county library appropriation which derives
					 from county funds and which excludes the proportion deriving from State
					 funds.
(b) County funds may not be
					 counted as part of the local effort of a local library if they are a component
					 of the local financial effort with which the county library or the county
					 library board qualifies for per capita State aid. Per capita aid will be paid
					 to only one library for the expenditure of a given amount of local
					 money.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 22 - EDUCATION › Part IX - State Library and Advisory Council on Library Development › Subpart A - State Library › Chapter 131 - GENERAL PROVISIONS; STATE AID › AUTHORIZED COMPONENTS OF LOCAL FINANCIAL EFFORT › Section 131.53 - Gifts

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
Gifts of money which are expended for public library
						service may be counted as part of local financial effort, and the monetary
						value of gifts of books, supplies or other operating materials may be included
						as part of the local financial effort of the library if the items were
						purchased specifically for the library. In cases where value for the items is
						claimed, the library shall have available among its records receipts or
						invoices which clearly show the cost of the items and indicate that the
						purchase was made specifically for presentation to the library. The value of
						gifts in kind not specifically purchased for the library is not allowable as a
						portion of local financial effort.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 22 - EDUCATION › Part IX - State Library and Advisory Council on Library Development › Subpart A - State Library › Chapter 131 - GENERAL PROVISIONS; STATE AID › AUTHORIZED COMPONENTS OF LOCAL FINANCIAL EFFORT › Section 131.54 - Volunteer labor

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
The value of volunteer labor contributed to a library is
						not allowable as a portion of local financial effort.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 22 - EDUCATION › Part IX - State Library and Advisory Council on Library Development › Subpart A - State Library › Chapter 131 - GENERAL PROVISIONS; STATE AID › AUTHORIZED COMPONENTS OF LOCAL FINANCIAL EFFORT › Section 131.55 - Endowment and investment income

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
Library income expended for public library service which
						derives from endowments or investments may be counted as part of local
						financial effort, but no funds invested to increase the endowment or investment
						income shall be allowable as a portion of local financial
						effort.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 22 - EDUCATION › Part IX - State Library and Advisory Council on Library Development › Subpart A - State Library › Chapter 131 - GENERAL PROVISIONS; STATE AID › AUTHORIZED COMPONENTS OF LOCAL FINANCIAL EFFORT › Section 131.56 - Rental fees

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
Library income expended for public library service which
						derives from rental of the library's meeting rooms, part of its facilities or
						real estate holdings may be counted as part of local financial effort, and a
						library which charges rental fees for books may count that income as part of
						its local financial effort only if it makes available to its patrons an equal
						or larger quantity of new, free, informational and recreational materials of a
						parallel nature to those in the rental collection, or which duplicate the
						rental collection.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 22 - EDUCATION › Part IX - State Library and Advisory Council on Library Development › Subpart A - State Library › Chapter 131 - GENERAL PROVISIONS; STATE AID › AUTHORIZED COMPONENTS OF LOCAL FINANCIAL EFFORT › Section 131.57 - Nonresident fees

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
A library may charge an annual nonresident fee to patrons
						who do not reside in or are not taxpayers to municipalities from which public
						funds are received and for which State aid is claimed, and the income may be
						counted as part of the local financial effort of the library.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 22 - EDUCATION › Part IX - State Library and Advisory Council on Library Development › Subpart A - State Library › Chapter 131 - GENERAL PROVISIONS; STATE AID › AUTHORIZED COMPONENTS OF LOCAL FINANCIAL EFFORT › Section 131.58 - Rented quarters

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
Library expenditures for rent paid to a landlord other
						than the municipal authorities or its own board of library directors may be
						included as part of the local financial effort of a library. Local effort
						credit will not be allowed on the estimated or prorated value of annual rent
						for library quarters occupied without charge.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 22 - EDUCATION › Part IX - State Library and Advisory Council on Library Development › Subpart A - State Library › Chapter 131 - GENERAL PROVISIONS; STATE AID › AUTHORIZED COMPONENTS OF LOCAL FINANCIAL EFFORT › Section 131.59 - Shared utilities; janitorial and other services

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
In instances where a library shares utilities, supplies,
						janitorial or other services with a municipality or some other agency, without
						paying for them, the value of these items may be calculated and included as
						part of local financial effort. In such instances, however, the statement
						reporting the value of the items shall be accompanied by a report of the total
						expenditures by the municipality or other party for the items in which the
						library shares. The cost of repairs to or alterations of a shared building or
						to the grounds around it may not be included as local financial effort unless
						the repairs or alterations are to the part of the building occupied exclusively
						by the library. The local effort allowed for the shared services covered by the
						subsection shall not exceed 15% of the library's total allowable local
						effort.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 22 - EDUCATION › Part IX - State Library and Advisory Council on Library Development › Subpart A - State Library › Chapter 131 - GENERAL PROVISIONS; STATE AID › AUTHORIZED COMPONENTS OF LOCAL FINANCIAL EFFORT › Section 131.60 - Capital expenditures

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a)
					 Capital expenditures shall conform with the following:
(1) The amount of capital expenditures
					 included within local financial effort may not exceed 10% of the total
					 operating expenditures of the library. The capital expenditures shall include
					 those made for the following:
(i) Construction
					 and equipment and furnishings for the construction.
(ii) Major renovation which would add to the
					 useable floor space of the library and equipment and furnishings for the added
					 facilities.
(iii) Purchase of real
					 estate for new or rehabilitated library facilities.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 22 - EDUCATION › Part IX - State Library and Advisory Council on Library Development › Subpart A - State Library › Chapter 131 - GENERAL PROVISIONS; STATE AID › AUTHORIZED COMPONENTS OF LOCAL FINANCIAL EFFORT › Section 131.61 - Investments

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
Funds invested for library income may not be included as
						part of local financial effort. The investments include the purchase of stocks,
						bonds, long and short term notes, real estate acquired for income purposes,
						deposits in savings accounts or savings and loan associations, or other
						purchases for income or capital appreciation.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 22 - EDUCATION › Part IX - State Library and Advisory Council on Library Development › Subpart A - State Library › Chapter 131 - GENERAL PROVISIONS; STATE AID › AUTHORIZED COMPONENTS OF LOCAL FINANCIAL EFFORT › Section 131.62 - Repayment of loans

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
Funds expended for the repayment of cash loans made to a
						library against anticipated income may not be included as part of local
						financial effort.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 22 - EDUCATION › Part IX - State Library and Advisory Council on Library Development › Subpart A - State Library › Chapter 131 - GENERAL PROVISIONS; STATE AID › AUTHORIZED COMPONENTS OF LOCAL FINANCIAL EFFORT › Section 131.63 - Income from contracts

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a) A
					 library which receives money from another library by contract to render
					 services may not include the money as part of its local financial effort if the
					 other library has used it as part of its local financial effort to qualify for
					 per capita State aid or if the money is State or Federal money.
(b) Money paid to and spent by a local
					 library to administer or provide a service outside of its direct service area
					 may not be included as a component of local financial effort.
(c) Income from and expenditures resulting
					 from contracts shall be clearly identified in the report of the auditor or
					 treasurer of the library specified in §
											131.32(2)
					 (relating to proof of eligibility) and the statistical report specified in §
											131.32(3).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 22 - EDUCATION › Part IX - State Library and Advisory Council on Library Development › Subpart A - State Library › Chapter 131 - GENERAL PROVISIONS; STATE AID › AUTHORIZED COMPONENTS OF LOCAL FINANCIAL EFFORT › Section 131.64 - Cost of raising money

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
Funds expended to raise or procure money for the library
						may not be included as part of local financial effort. The expenditures shall
						include, but are not limited to, the cost of fund campaigns, prizes for
						lotteries, maintenance costs of income-producing properties, fees paid to tax
						collectors and administrators of trusts or endowments, and commissions and
						taxes on the sale or transfer of property.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 22 - EDUCATION › Part IX - State Library and Advisory Council on Library Development › Subpart A - State Library › Chapter 131 - GENERAL PROVISIONS; STATE AID › TERMINATION OR REDUCTION OF STATE AID › Section 131.71 - Termination of aid to a local library

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
A local library shall cease to qualify for State aid for
						either of the following reasons:
(1)
					 If, in the sixth year of participation in State aid, the local financial effort
					 has not reached a sum equal to or exceeding $.0005 times market value, or $2
					 per capita, whichever is less. State aid will not be restored until such time
					 as the local financial effort does reach or exceed $.0005 times market value,
					 or $2 per capita, whichever is less.
(2) If, after 6 years from the first payment
					 of State aid, a local library is unable to achieve the applicable standards of
					 service because its required local financial effort plus State aid is
					 insufficient. Continuation of State aid in such cases shall be subject to the
					 approval by the State Librarian of an extension of time in which to reach the
					 applicable standards, as provided in section 304 of The Library Code
					 (24
					 P.S. §
												4304).
The Library Code (24 P.S. §§
														4101-4503) was repealed by the act of
						  November 1, 2012 (P.L. 1683, No. 210) and replaced by 24 Pa.C.S. Chapter 93
						  (relating to Public Library Code).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 22 - EDUCATION › Part IX - State Library and Advisory Council on Library Development › Subpart A - State Library › Chapter 131 - GENERAL PROVISIONS; STATE AID › TERMINATION OR REDUCTION OF STATE AID › Section 131.72 - Termination of aid to a county library merged or conjoined with a local library

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A county library which is merged or conjoined with a
						local library shall cease to qualify for per capita State aid for either of the
						following reasons:
(1) If the merged
					 or conjoined libraries do not have a single library board of directors after 5
					 years of participation in State aid.
(2) If, in the 11th year of participation in
					 State aid, the local financial effort has not reached a sum equal to or
					 exceeding $.0005 times market value, or $2 per capita, whichever is less. State
					 aid will not be restored until such time as the local financial effort does
					 reach or exceed $.0005 times market value, or $2 per capita, whichever is
					 less.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 22 - EDUCATION › Part IX - State Library and Advisory Council on Library Development › Subpart A - State Library › Chapter 131 - GENERAL PROVISIONS; STATE AID › TERMINATION OR REDUCTION OF STATE AID › Section 131.73 - Reduction of aid to a local library

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State aid to a local library shall be reduced by the
						formula specified in section 303(1) of The Library Code (24 P.S. §
												4303(1)) if the library
						fails to increase its local financial effort by the scale of increase set forth
						in that section.
The Library Code (24 P.S. §§
														4101-4503) was repealed by the act of
						  November 1, 2012 (P.L. 1683, No. 210) and replaced by 24 Pa.C.S. Chapter 93
						  (relating to Public Library Code).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 22 - EDUCATION › Part IX - State Library and Advisory Council on Library Development › Subpart A - State Library › Chapter 131 - GENERAL PROVISIONS; STATE AID › TERMINATION OR REDUCTION OF STATE AID › Section 131.74 - Reduction of aid to a county library merged or conjoined with a local library

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Per capita State aid to a county library which is merged
						or conjoined with a local library shall be reduced by the formula specified in
						section 303(3) of The Library Code (24 P.S. §
												4303(3)) if the library
						fails to increase its local financial effort by the scale of increase set forth
						in that section.
The Library Code (24 P.S. §§
														4101-4503) was repealed by the act of
						  November 1, 2012 (P.L. 1683, No. 210) and replaced by 24 Pa.C.S. Chapter 93
						  (relating to Public Library Code).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 22 - EDUCATION › Part IX - State Library and Advisory Council on Library Development › Subpart A - State Library › Chapter 133 - CERTIFICATION OF LIBRARY PERSONNEL › Section 133.1 - Purpose of certification

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The purpose of certification by the State Librarian is to
					 implement the responsibility to counsel local libraries on minimum standards,
					 as required in section 201(5) of the Library Code (24 P.S. §
											4201(5)). Certification is
					 also designed to facilitate recognition of qualified persons by the local
					 library boards of the Commonwealth when employing staff, extending services to
					 larger service areas, and entering into cooperative service
					 arrangements.
The Library Code (24 P.S. §§
													4101-4503) was repealed by the act of
						November 1, 2012 (P.L. 1683, No. 210) and replaced by 24 Pa.C.S. Chapter 93
						(relating to Public Library Code).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 22 - EDUCATION › Part IX - State Library and Advisory Council on Library Development › Subpart A - State Library › Chapter 133 - CERTIFICATION OF LIBRARY PERSONNEL › Section 133.2 - Procedure for certification

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(a)
Application.
Application for certification shall be made in
				  accordance with instructions provided by the State Library.
(b)
Examination.
Certification examinations will be prepared under the auspices of the State
				  Librarian and shall be offered as often as necessary, but not less than once
				  annually. Applicants for examinations will be notified of the time and place of
				  the examination not less than 6 weeks prior to the date of the
				  examination.
(c)
Certificate.
Upon successful completion of certification
				  requirements, an applicant will be awarded an official certificate prepared by
				  the State Library, which will be valid without requiring renewal but, upon
				  recommendation of the State Librarian, will be subject to annulment by the
				  Department of Education under section 1211 of the Public School Code of 1949
				  (24
				  P.S. §
											12-1211). Persons to whom certificates
				  are issued by virtue of the position they held on June 14, 1961, as prescribed
				  in section 201(13) of the Library Code (24 P.S. §
											4201(13)), and in §§
										133.4(3),
				  133.5(3) and (4)
				  and 133.6(4) and (5)
				  (relating to professional librarian; provisional librarian; and library
				  assistant), will be certified only so long as they remain in the same category
				  of position held at the time of certification.
The Library Code (24 P.S. §§
													4101-4503) was repealed by the act of
						November 1, 2012 (P.L. 1683, No. 210) and replaced by 24 Pa.C.S. Chapter 93
						(relating to Public Library Code).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 22 - EDUCATION › Part IX - State Library and Advisory Council on Library Development › Subpart A - State Library › Chapter 133 - CERTIFICATION OF LIBRARY PERSONNEL › Section 133.3 - Certification committee

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The State Librarian may appoint a certification committee
					 consisting of three members, no more than one of whom shall be an employe of
					 the State Library. The State Librarian shall be an ex officio member of the
					 committee. The certification committee shall advise the State Librarian with
					 respect to all certification matters.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 22 - EDUCATION › Part IX - State Library and Advisory Council on Library Development › Subpart A - State Library › Chapter 133 - CERTIFICATION OF LIBRARY PERSONNEL › Section 133.4 - Professional librarian

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Upon application to the State Librarian a certificate of
					 professional librarian shall be issued if the applicant meets one or more of
					 the following requirements:
(1) Has at
				  least a bachelor's degree from a 4-year college or university approved by the
				  appropriate Commonwealth agency or accredited by the Middle States Association
				  of Colleges and Secondary Schools, or equivalent accrediting agency, and has a
				  5th-year degree in library service from a school approved by the appropriate
				  Commonwealth agency or accredited by the American Library
				  Association.
(2) Successfully
				  passes an examination given under the auspices of the State Librarian
				  demonstrating knowledge and experience equivalent to the academic requirements
				  of paragraph (1).
(3) Was employed
				  on June 14, 1961, as a head librarian in a Commonwealth public library, the
				  individual service area of which contained more than 20,000 persons.
(4) Was employed in a Commonwealth public
				  library on June 14, 1961, in a position which was classified by the employer as
				  requiring a professional librarian.
(5) Is certified as a professional librarian
				  or the equivalent by another state or country, and who, to the satisfaction of
				  the State Librarian has qualifications equivalent to those required of other
				  applicants.
This section cited in 22 Pa. Code §
												133.2 (relating to procedure for
						certification).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 22 - EDUCATION › Part IX - State Library and Advisory Council on Library Development › Subpart A - State Library › Chapter 133 - CERTIFICATION OF LIBRARY PERSONNEL › Section 133.5 - Provisional librarian

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Upon application to the State Librarian, a certificate of
					 provisional librarian will be issued if the applicant meets one or more of the
					 following requirements:
(1) Has at
				  least a bachelor's degree from a 4-year college or university approved by the
				  appropriate Commonwealth agency or accredited by the Middle States Association
				  of Colleges and Secondary Schools, or equivalent accrediting agency, and has
				  completed at least 12 credit hours of courses in library service at
				  institutions approved by the appropriate Commonwealth agency or accredited by
				  the Middle States Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools or equivalent
				  accrediting agency.
(2)
				  Successfully passes an examination given under the auspices of the State
				  Librarian demonstrating knowledge and experience equivalent to the academic
				  requirements of paragraph (1).
(3)
				  Was employed on June 14, 1961, as a head librarian in a Commonwealth public
				  library, the individual service area of which contained from 10,000 to 19,999
				  persons.
(4) Was employed in a
				  Commonwealth public library on June 14, 1961, in a position which was
				  classified by the employer as requiring a provisional librarian.
(5) Is certified as a provisional librarian
				  or the equivalent by another state or country, and who, to the satisfaction of
				  the State Librarian has qualifications equivalent to those required of other
				  applicants.
This section cited in 22 Pa. Code §
												133.2 (relating to procedure for
						certification).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 22 - EDUCATION › Part IX - State Library and Advisory Council on Library Development › Subpart A - State Library › Chapter 133 - CERTIFICATION OF LIBRARY PERSONNEL › Section 133.6 - Library assistant

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Upon application to the State Librarian a certificate of
					 library assistant will be issued if the applicant meets one or more of the
					 following requirements:
(1) Has
				  completed at least 2 academic years of college education in an institution
				  approved by the appropriate Commonwealth agency or accredited by the Middle
				  States Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools, or equivalent accrediting
				  agency, and has successfully completed 9 credit hours of courses in library
				  service at institutions approved by the appropriate Commonwealth agency or
				  accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools
				  or equivalent accrediting agency.
(2) Has completed at least two academic years
				  of college education in an institution approved by the appropriate Commonwealth
				  agency or accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Secondary
				  Schools, or equivalent accrediting agency, and has completed a minimum of one
				  year of in-service training in library work that has been approved by the State
				  Librarian.
(3) Successfully passes
				  an examination given under the auspices of the State Librarian demonstrating
				  knowledge and experience equivalent to the requirements in paragraph (1) or
				  (2).
(4) Was employed on June 14,
				  1961, as a head librarian in a Commonwealth public library, the individual
				  service area of which contained 9,999 persons or less.
(5) Was employed in a Commonwealth public
				  library on June 14, 1961, in a position which was classified by the employer as
				  requiring a library assistant.
(6)
				  Is certified as a library assistant or the equivalent by another state or
				  country, and who, to the satisfaction of the State Librarian has qualifications
				  equivalent to those required of other applicants.
This section cited in 22 Pa. Code §
												133.2 (relating to procedure for
						certification); and 22 Pa. Code §
												141.21 (relating to local
						libraries).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 22 - EDUCATION › Part IX - State Library and Advisory Council on Library Development › Subpart A - State Library › Chapter 133 - CERTIFICATION OF LIBRARY PERSONNEL › Section 133.7 - Reciprocity with other states

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Upon application to the State Librarian, persons holding
					 equivalent certification from other states and countries which have entered
					 into reciprocal agreements with the State Librarian to give full faith and
					 credit to Pennsylvania certificates may be certified as professional
					 librarians, provisional librarians, or library assistants without having to
					 pass a written examination.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 22 - EDUCATION › Part IX - State Library and Advisory Council on Library Development › Subpart A - State Library › Chapter 133 - CERTIFICATION OF LIBRARY PERSONNEL › Section 133.8 - In-service training programs

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Libraries, library schools, colleges, universities and
					 library extension agencies which develop in-service training programs of
					 systematic on-the-job instruction in library work designed to meet the
					 certification requirements set forth in this Chapter shall submit the plans for
					 the programs to the State Librarian for approval if such programs are intended
					 to satisfy certification requirements.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 22 - EDUCATION › Part IX - State Library and Advisory Council on Library Development › Subpart A - State Library › Chapter 135 - LIBRARY TRAINEESHIPS › Section 135.1 - Definitions

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The following words and terms, when used in this chapter,
					 have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
					 otherwise:
Approved graduate library school
-Any
					 graduate library school inside or outside of this Commonwealth which is
					 accredited by the American Library Association.
Approved Pennsylvania library
-Any library
					 in this Commonwealth which complies with the following conditions:
(i) When the salary of a library trainee is
				  paid with Federal funds the approved library is required to provide public
				  library services under section 303 of The Library Code (24 P. S. §
											4303) and meet the conditions for use of such
				  Federal funds.
(ii) The State
				  Librarian may limit the number of library trainees employed by a single library
				  and he shall approve the position accepted by the library trainee as long as
				  the trainee is under contract with the Commonwealth.
Full-time employment
-The work week
					 regarded as full-time by the State Library or by the approved Commonwealth
					 library in which the trainee is serving under agreement with the Commonwealth,
					 not to be less than 35 hours.
Library trainee
-A person selected and
					 employed by the State Library in the personnel classification of library
					 trainee and who receives on-the-job training for no more than one calendar year
					 in an institution of higher education as a candidate for a graduate degree in
					 library service.
The Library Code (24 P.S. §§
													4101-4503) was repealed by the act of
						November 1, 2012 (P.L. 1683, No. 210) and replaced by 24 Pa.C.S. Chapter 93
						(relating to Public Library Code).
This section cited in 22 Pa. Code §
												135.6 (relating to contract for
						employment by State Library).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 22 - EDUCATION › Part IX - State Library and Advisory Council on Library Development › Subpart A - State Library › Chapter 135 - LIBRARY TRAINEESHIPS › Section 135.3 - Eligibility

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Eligibility to take the examinations for library trainee
					 shall be determined by the Civil Service Commission of the Commonwealth and
					 shall include the conditions for employment set by the Commission for the State
					 Library.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 22 - EDUCATION › Part IX - State Library and Advisory Council on Library Development › Subpart A - State Library › Chapter 135 - LIBRARY TRAINEESHIPS › Section 135.4 - Examination

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Written and oral examinations for library trainees shall be
					 conducted by the Civil Service Commission of the Commonwealth and shall be
					 designed to show aptitude for learning the principles and practices of library
					 science rather than to demonstrate previous knowledge of the
					 field.