South Dakota Administrative Rules
Title 24 - EDUCATION
Article 24:30 - State Library
Chapter 24:30:04 - Funding of public libraries
Section 24:30:04:02 - Criteria for public libraries receiving special project funds

(1) Be governed by a board of trustees appointed under the provisions of SDCL 14-2-35 or 14-2-37 and which meets at least four times per year;

(2) Be a legally established library pursuant to SDCL 14-2-28 to 14-2-34, inclusive, that has completed a minimum of one full year of operation before the initial application and that is represented by a line item in the municipal or county budget. The local governmental body must provide a minimum of 51% of the funding;

(3) Libraries in communities serving more than 5,000 persons must be administered by a librarian who possesses a master's degree in library science from a library school accredited by the American Library Association, or who has at least six years of administrative level library experience, or who holds a bachelor's degree with a library science minor plus two year's experience; or the library must have such a person as a full-time employee on the staff for administration of these funds;

(4) Libraries serving communities serving 5,000 or fewer persons must be administered by a librarian who possesses a Certificate of Public Library Management from the Public Library Training Institute or be actively enrolled in pursuit of that certificate;

(5) Serve all persons residing within the legal boundaries of the funding agency free of charge;

(6) Pay staff minimum wage or better;

(7) Submit as an attachment to the application form a three-to five-year long-range plan for the development of library services in the community served;

(8) Be open to the public at least 15 hours per week including some evening and weekend hours;

(9) Have on file at the State Library annual reports for the previous three years;

(10) Complete an evaluation of the benefits and results of the project and file the evaluation with the State Library within 45 days of the end of the grant period;

(11) Share the results of the special project with other libraries in the state;

(12) Allow the state librarian or the state librarian's appointed representative access to the library for purposes of evaluation;

(13) Agree to expend funds from local sources for its own operation equal to those expended in the second preceding fiscal year before the year in which these special project funds are made available; and

(14) Have the required matching funds available or guaranteed in writing by its local appropriating body.