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-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Beverley Shirley Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2006 11:18 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [texshare-users] TSLAC Proposes changes to grant rules > In the November 10, 2006 of the Texas Register, the State Library has proposed a set of changes to the rules related to grant policies and procedures. The agency invites interested persons to review and comment on these recommendations during the 30 day comment period. > > For many years, the agency has had administrative rules regarding the policies and procedures for its grant programs. In the next biennium, we anticipate funding a number of grant programs that have not been active in recent history. This is in sync with both our revised biennial budget and the Sunset staff recommendations. > > To do this, we must revise the grant guidelines. The Office of the Texas Secretary of State specifies that when an agency makes extensive rule revisions, the original rules should repealed and new rules adopted. Therefore, the agency staff has recommended the repeal of all of the old grant rules and the adoption of new, revised rules. > > Among the changes in these proposed new rules: > 1. standardizes the grant policies and procedures between different grant programs; > 2. shortens the grant policies and procedures by almost half (from 11,000+ words to less than 6,000 words); > 3. allows more types of libraries to apply for competitive grants; > 4. creates a new grant program that only major resource library systems and regional library systems can apply for; > 5. gives special consideration to major resource library systems and regional library systems; and > 6. brings all competitive grant policies and procedures into one place in our rule structure. > > Note: The only change to the Loan Star Libraries rules is to renumber them to get them into the correct sequence. No other changes are proposed until after the Loan Star Libraries Task Force completes its work. > > Written comments on the proposed rules may be submitted to Edward Seidenberg, Texas State Library, Box 12927, Austin, TX 78711; or [EMAIL PROTECTED]; or by fax to 512-463-5436. > > To review the rule proposals, go to www.sos.state.tx.us/texreg/index.shtml; under "Points of Interest," select "November 10th Issue." If you want to view this issue after November 17 (when the next Texas Register will be published), go to www.sos.state.tx.us/texreg/archive/index.shtml, and then select "November 10." > > Beverley Shirley, Division Director Library Resource Sharing Texas State Library and Archives Commission (512) 463-5433 FAX (512) 936-2306 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
