Minnesota Administrative Rules
Agency 129 - Education Department
Chapter 3530 - LIBRARIES; SCHOOL DISTRICT AND COMMUNITY SERVICES
LIBRARIES
Part 3530.2400 - CRITERIA FOR ELIGIBILITY

Subpart 1. Eligibility.

In order to be eligible to apply for operating grants, applicants shall have met the requirements in Minnesota Statutes 1979 Supplement, section 134.351, subdivisions 3, 4, and 5 and the following.

Subp. 2. Plan.

Applicants shall provide to the Division of State Library Services by the application date a five-year plan which addresses the provisions of the five qualifying services required in Minnesota Statutes 1979 Supplement, section 134.351, subdivision 3, and any other cooperative services to which participants have agreed and for which funding is sought. The plan shall include projected dates for implementation and cost estimates for implementing the first year of the plan.

Subp. 3. Participation in regional public library system.

Each public library participating in a multicounty multitype library system shall also participate in its regional public library system, and a public library which has remained independent of its regional public library system shall not participate in a multicounty multitype library system.