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Vol. 5, Issue: 9| February 22, 2012
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2012 ILA Legislative Palm Card
|  The 2012 ILA Legislative Palm Card is now available on the ILA website, featuring ILA's legislative priorities for the 97th Illinois General Assembly, 2012 Spring Session, and the 112th U.S. Congress, Second Session.
Click here to view or download in PDF.
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| Tax Cap Bill Passes in the Illinois House of Representatives |
The Illinois House of Representatives passed yesterday Senate Bill (SB) 2073, would reduce the revenues available to local taxing districts in tax-capped counties. Where property assessments are declining, the bills would prevent any increase in the aggregate tax levy extension, even though the costs to provide services continue to rise with inflation.
Sponsored in the House by Rep. Jack D. Franks (D-63, Woodstock), the Senate sponsors are: Senator Terry Link (D-30, Lincolnshire), Senator Dan Kotowski (D-33, Park Ridge), and Senator Toi W. Hutchinson (D-40, Chicago Heights).
This bill will directly affect libraries in property tax-capped counties by not allowing for any increase in the property tax extension, ignoring escalating budget factors that are beyond the control of the library such as insurance programs (property, liability, unemployment, workers' compensation), employee benefits, fuel supplies, etc.
This proposal was added as a last minute amendment to Senate Bill 2073 and was rushed through the House of Representatives with little consideration. The House amendment changing the Tax Cap law is completely unrelated to the original Senate bill and we ask all Senators to oppose the House amendment when it comes back to the Senate. (To avoid any confusion, this bill will impact ALL tax-capped counties, not just McHenry county.)
Thank you for making your calls last night and today. Preliminary indications are that your calls are having a positive impact!
For further information, please check out the Illinois General Assembly website.
Please click here to get the phone number of your Senator.
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| Youth and Young Adult Services Workshops
"Sense"-ational Programming and Outreach for Special Populations
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The Youth Services Forum and the Young Adult Services Forum are pleased to present the 2012 ILA Spring Workshops. This year's workshops will highlight "sense"-ational programming and outreach ideas for special populations of children and teens and will feature discussions led by professionals on legal issues as they relate to youth and teen services.
Learn practical tips and best practices for creating programs for children with special needs, as well as outreaching tips and resources for services in your community. Find out how you can adapt programs to make them more inclusive, and considerations to take when creating programs for special populations. Join us for a panel of librarians and special education professionals.
CPDU credit will be available at each location.
Workshops will be held April 9 in Rockford, April 11 in Edwardsville, April 12 in Champaign, and April 13 in Arlington Heights. Registration is $30 for ILA Members and $40 for Non-Members.
Click here for more information and to register online.
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| Governor's Budget Proposal | Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn delivered a bad-news budget today, calling for closures for prisons, mental health centers and social service offices, health care cuts for the poor and the shut down of popular tourist sites for two days a week at times during the year.
Money for schools would remain essentially flat -- a better fate than the 9 percent cuts most state agencies would suffer.
ILA will review the budget in greater detail, but it appears that the Governor's budget for the Illinois Secretary of State will be flat funding for libraries. Please click here to get a pdf of state budget for fiscal year 2013. See chapter 5, pp. 35-36 or pages 165-166 of the pdf. |
Free Webinar on Feb. 27 about Using the Legislative Process to Make a Difference
| Anyone who remembers Schoolhouse Rock's "How a Bill Becomes a Law" knows that the process is long, arduous and frustrating. That's the bad news. The good news is that library advocates have opportunities to make a difference at every step of the way.
In this webinar Stephanie Vance will give you the insider secrets on using the legislative process to your advantage. She'll show you how to be engaged at every point - from introduction and referral to conference committee - as well as the key things you should know about any legislative arena before diving in. Participants will come away from the session with a checklist and work plan to implement these ideas right away - and make a positive difference for libraries!
Please click here to register.
System Requirements
PC-based attendees
Required: Windows® 7, Vista, XP or 2003 Server Macintosh®-based attendees
Required: Mac OS® X 10.5 or newer |
In the News
Library-related stories appearing in local news media are reflected in this section of the ILA E-Newsletter. The intent is to alert and inform the Illinois library community about issues and events that are considered significant by the general media. | Illinois House Passes Property Tax Cap
To continue reading about this story, please click here.Farmington Library Officials Explain Desire for New Facility
To continue reading this story, please click here. Van Crashes through Schaumburg Library Entrance
To continue reading this story, please click here.
Schaumburg Twp. Library Board Hears from Elk Grove
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What Library Services Some Elk Grove Residents Will Keep
To continue reading this story, please click here.
Cook Memorial Trustee Resigns After Sister Hired
To continue reading this story, please click here.
In 5 Years, 82 of 83 Suburbs' Property Tax Take Rose
To continue reading this story, please click here.
If your library has a newspaper story with link, send it to us at doyle@ila.org for possible inclusion in the next ILA E-Newsletter. Thanks.
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Sincerely,
Robert P. Doyle
Illinois Library Association |
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CALENDAR
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April 20, 2012Deadline for June issue of the ILA Reporter. Guidelines for Submissions to the ILA Reporter.March 13-17, 2012 Public Library Association Conference, Philadelphia, Pa.March 16, 2012 Illinois Association of College and Research Libraries Conference, Doubletree Hotel, 1909 Spring Rd., Oak Brook, Ill. March 24, 2012April 9, 2012
Youth Services Workshop, RAILS, Rockford
April 11, 2012
Youth Services Workshop, Illinois Heartland Library System, Edwardsville, Ill.
April 12, 2012
Youth Services Workshop, Champaign Public Library
April 13, 2012
ILA Executive Board meeting, Bloomington
April 13, 2012
Youth Services Workshop, Arlington Height Memorial Library
April 18, 2012
Illinois Library Day, Springfield, Ill.
April 24, 2012National Library Legislative Day, Washington, D.C.May 4, 2012October 9-11, 20122012 ILA Annual Conference, Peoria
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