Explanatory Notes

The New York State Library prepared the library aid charts in this document in order to project estimated aid payments of 2011-2012 State aid for libraries based on Education Law as of March 31, 2011. Library aid is allocated based on formulas in Education Law. Some aid formulas include per capita or per student factors. Therefore, the estimated Education Law amount for 2011-2012 may vary from what would be anticipated based on prior year figures.

Chapter 58 of the Laws of 2011:

• Amended Education Law 273 (12) to make permanent in statute the supplemental formula funding for Library Systems for fiscal year 2011-2012 and annually thereafter.
• Included special provisions so that each library aid recipient or program is funded based on formulas in Education Law (now including the system supplementary aid) with an additional one-time hold harmless provision back to 2001-2002, prior to the application of an across-the-board reduction necessary to reach the reduced appropriation level.

Chapter 53 of the Laws of 2011 included the following appropriations:

• $79,012,000 in SED Local Assistance Funds for library aid programs for fiscal year 2011-2012 (including Education Law and one-time hold harmless provisions).

Chapter 50 of the Laws of 2011 included the following appropriations:

• $542,000 in SED State Operations for the New York State Library Talking Book and Braille Library (Education Law 273(8)) and the State Library’s Conservation / Preservation Statutory Grant (Education Law 273(7)(a)).
• $331,400 directly to SUNY for the four SUNY Centers for Conservation/Preservation Statutory Grants (Education Law 273(7)(a)).

These charts do not include the one-time $14 million in Capital Funds provided by the Executive and the Legislature for public library construction grants for 2011-2012.