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Protect Library Funding
02/24/05 - Library Funding Background
- Library and Local Government Support Fund (LLGSF) frozen in the '02 – '03 biennium budget (HB 94, passed in June '01).
- OPLIN shifted from General Revenue Fund (GRF) funding to LLGSF funding, reducing the LLGSF to public libraries by $6.5 million over the '02 – '03 biennium.
- Freeze language actually requires the state to move funds from the GRF to the LLGSF, since income tax revenues fall dramatically. Legislature passes HB 405, a budget corrections measure that requires the LLGSF to be set at the freeze amount or the permanent formula, whichever is less .
- Income tax revenues continue their decline, and the LLGSF continues to shrink in 2002 and 2003.
- HB 40 is passed in May 2003, which permits the Governor to further cut the local government funds by $30 million. The LLGSF is reduced by $9.7 million.
Actual distribution of the LLGSF:
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LLGSF |
| 2001 |
$496.4 |
| 2002 |
$457.6 |
| 2003 |
$452.6 |
| 2004 |
$455.4 |
- Between 2001 and 2004, public library funding has been reduced 8.3%, while state spending has continued to increase.
- There are 251 public library systems in Ohio. Approximately 75% of these libraries operate almost exclusively on LLGSF.
History of Public Library Funding in Ohio (01/03/05)
Library and Local Government Support Fund (LLGSF) Distribution History (01/03/05)
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