Senate Bill No. 551
(By Senator Dalton)
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[Introduced March 22, 1993; referred to the Committee
on Education; and then to the Committee on Finance.]
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A BILL to amend and reenact section two, article two-g, chapter
eighteen of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine
hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to the school
library media improvement grant program; increasing the
amount of appropriations; and providing for equal allocation
between elementary and secondary schools.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section two, article two-g, chapter eighteen of the
code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as
amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 2G. SCHOOL LIBRARY MEDIA IMPROVEMENT GRANT PROGRAM.
§18-2G-2. Criteria for grants.
The state board shall administer the school library media
improvement grant program pursuant to the following criteria:
(a) Library media improvement grants shall be utilized to
initiate a centralized library media program or to improve an
existing program. Funds awarded in such grant may be used forthe purchase of books, audiovisual materials, audiovisual
equipment, computer software or other innovative uses of
technology in the library media center. Funds may not be used
for construction, remodeling, furniture, salaries or supplies or
to replace funds previously allocated or expended by the county
board of education receiving the grant.
(b) Funds in the amount of not less than fifty two hundred
thousand dollars shall be appropriated to be awarded as grants
and shall be equitably equally allocated between elementary and
secondary schools with at least fifty percent of the funds being
allocated to small schools with a disproportionate number of
students from low income families.
(c) Grants shall be for one year.
NOTE: This bill increases from $50,000.00 to $200,000 the
amount of funds appropriated to be awarded to schools under the
School Library Improvement Grant Program. It further provides
that the grants be allocated equally between elementary and
secondary schools.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken
from the present law, and underscoring indicates new language
that would be added.