(a) There is established in the department a public school library collection development grant program.

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Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 14.56.360

  • department: means the Department of Education and Early Development. See Alaska Statutes 14.60.010
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association, organization, business trust, or society, as well as a natural person. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
  • state: means the State of Alaska unless applied to the different parts of the United States and in the latter case it includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
(b) The person or division in charge of the state library shall award and administer grants of not more than $3,000 for a fiscal year for use by a public school library eligible under Alaska Stat. § 14.56.365 to expand and improve the library collection to include relevant and current reading materials.
(c) If money appropriated for the program is insufficient to fund all eligible grant requests submitted under Alaska Stat. § 14.56.365, the available funding shall be awarded to the highest ranked applicants, according to criteria established by the department in regulation.