State Aid Review Committee 2006
Implementation Time Line
This time line should be viewed as a best case scenario. Each step outlined below would have to occur at the earliest possible date for this time line to work.
| May 2007 | Committee report and recommendations presented to the MBLC |
| July 2007 | MBLC accepts report and directs staff to schedule public forums to hear the response of the library community to the new program design. |
| October 2007 | Funding for the new program is included in MBLC's FY2009 legislative agenda (budget request). |
| November 2007 | Legislation filed (if necessary) to provide new statutory framework for the program. |
| September 2008 | Following passage of legislation, regulations are promulgated, public hearings are held and regulations adopted by MBLC. |
| January 2009 | New State Aid program is fully defined in statute and regulation ready for the FY2010 grant round. |
| January 2012 | Complete program including a 3-year phase-in or grace period is fully in place. |