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2010-2011 Revenue Forecasts Look Grim

Submitted by gpeck on Thu, 2010/01/21 - 4:10pm.   

According to the Consensus Revenue Estimating Conference (CREC) on January 11, Michigan is facing at least a $1.725 billion budget hole for fiscal year 2011.

Based on the revenue projections from the Department of Treasury, the Senate Fiscal Agency and the House Fiscal Agency, the preliminary estimates have the General Fund between $1.3 billion and $1.5 billion short and the School Aid Fund (SAF) will be $425 million short, equating to a $268-per-pupil cut on top of the $168-per-pupil cut schools are scheduled to take this year.

The only good news of the day is that no action should be needed for FY 2010, with the combined $150 million hole in the General Fund and the School Aid Fund consumed by around $190 million in projected lapsed money.


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Cushingberry Wins Legislator of the Year Award

Submitted by gpeck on Tue, 2010/02/02 - 12:30pm.   

 

Representative George Cushingberry Jr. received MLA's William P. Faust Legislator of the Year Award at the 2009 Public Policy Summit. Representative Cushingberry is an avid reader, historian and library patron of the Detroit Public Library. As chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, he fought for library funding and to keep the Library of Michigan whole within state government in 2009.


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MLA's ALA Councilor Reports on Midwinter Meeting

Submitted by gpeck on Thu, 2010/01/28 - 3:02pm.   

Mary Rzepczynski, assistant director of the Delta Township District Library, is Michigan's American Library Association councilor. The ALA Council is the governing body of ALA and establishes policies to plan and carry out programs and activities of the association. The Council meets twice a year, at ALA Midwinter Meeting and ALA Annual Conference. ALA's 2010 Midwinter Meeting was held Jan. 14-19 in Boston. A roundup of the Midwinter Meeting follows. 

A complete listing of all resolutions and action items from Council Sessions will soon be available at http://www.ala.org/ala/aboutala/governance/council/councilactions/index.cfm.


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Administration Reaffirms Support for MeL/MeLCat

Submitted by gpeck on Thu, 2010/01/21 - 4:18pm.   

MLA met January 7 with the Granholm administration to discuss the budget outlook and library funding.  The administration once again reaffirmed their support and understanding of the vital role played by the Michigan eLibrary and MeLCat in statewide library services and the future of information. The administration is complimentary of libraries and their statewide collaboration.


Nancy Skowronski Appointed to MCIR Board

Submitted by gpeck on Thu, 2010/01/21 - 4:17pm.   

The Michigan Library Association was notified January 13 that MLA's nominee, Nancy Skowronski, will be appointed to the Michigan Center for Innovation and Reinvention Board. This board will be announced shortly and is charged with "considering potential ideas to preserve and maximize the benefits to the public of the existing Michigan Library and Historical Center." No additional information is available at this time.


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