Pennsylvania Administrative Code

§ 141.13. Unexpended balances. State aid is intended for expenditure during the year covered by the library’s plan for its use, but if an unexpended balance does remain the library shall perform the following: (1) Indicate such unexpended balance of State funds within its financi…

§ 141.14. Amendments to plan. A library board of directors may submit amendments to its plan for the use of State funds for approval by the State Librarian at any time during the period covered by the plan. Approval of amendments to a library’s plan shall be subject to the same c…

§ 141.15. General nature of plan. The plan for use of State funds need not be for special or extraordinary projects. It may represent a simple program to add State funds to local funds for the purpose of increasing expenditures for books, salaries, operating expenditures, or capi…

§ 141.2. District library centers. (a) The primary purpose of State aid to district library centers is to enable such libraries to exercise leadership in developing a coordinated system of library services among all the local libraries of a district which will bring maximum diver…

§ 141.21. Local libraries. In approving and disapproving plans for the use of State funds by local libraries, decisions of the State Librarian will be determined by the following criteria: (1) System participation. Whether the plan includes participation in a cooperative system o…

§ 141.22. District library centers. (a) General. In approving or disapproving plans for the use of State funds for district library center service, decisions of the State Librarian shall be determined by whether or not the library meets or surpasses the minimum standards set fort…

§ 141.23. Regional library resource centers. In approving or disapproving plans for the use of State funds for regional library resource center service, decisions of the State Librarian shall be guided by whether the plan for the use of such State aid is in accord with the object…

§ 141.24. Library systems. (a) General. In approving or disapproving plans for the use of State funds by library systems, decisions of the State Librarian shall be determined by the criteria set forth in subsections (b)—(g). (b) Definitions. The following definitions shall apply …

§ 141.25. Basic standards for local libraries. (a) A local library is any free public nonsectarian library—whether established and maintained by a municipality or by a private association, corporation, or group—which serves the informational, educational and recreational needs of…

§ 141.26. Basic standards for local library members of a library system. (a) A local library member of a library system is a local library, as defined in § 141.25(a) (relating to basic standards for local libraries) which has agreed to participate in a county, township or school …

§ 141.27. Basic standards for branch libraries. (a) A branch library is a unit with separate quarters, a permanent basic collection of books, a permanent staff, and a regular schedule administered from a central library unit. (b) The central library unit of a local library or lib…

§ 141.28. Basic standards for bookmobiles. (a) A bookmobile is a vehicle especially designed and equipped to carry books and other library materials and to function as a mobile library. It maintains a regular schedule of community stops throughout the service area of the local li…

§ 141.3. Regional library resource centers. The purpose of State aid to regional library resource centers is to enable such libraries to build up major research collections in a planned and joint relationship and to make such specialized materials and services available to all th…

§ 142.1. Definitions. The following words and terms, when used in this chapter, have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: Acquisition—The purchase or lease with an option to purchase of land or buildings for public library uses. Act—The Keystone …

§ 142.10. Title to site. (a) The municipality or public library shall have or obtain a full title or other interest in the site upon which the public library facility is or will be located, including right of access, that is sufficient to insure the undisturbed use and possession…

§ 142.11. Beginning the grant project. Before grant project work is advertised or placed on the market for bidding, the municipality shall get approval from Commonwealth Libraries of final working drawings and specifications.

§ 142.12. Completing the grant project. (a) The sponsoring municipality shall complete its grant project within a reasonable time. (b) The municipality shall complete the grant project in accordance with the grant application and approved drawings and specifications.

§ 142.13. Supervision and inspection by the municipality. In the case of grants for development or rehabilitation, the municipality shall retain a licensed architect or professional engineer for supervising or inspecting at the project site to insure the work conforms to the appr…

§ 142.14. Operation and maintenance of facility. An authorized representative of the grantee shall sign a form provided by the Agency to assure that, when the project is completed, sufficient funds will be available for effective operation and maintenance of the public library.

§ 142.2. Long-range plan. (a) Commonwealth Libraries, in consultation with the Advisory Council on Library Development, will prepare a 3 to 5 year long-range plan for the allocation of grants available to municipalities for public library planning, acquisition, development or reh…

§ 142.3. Eligible project costs. (a) Commonwealth Libraries, in accordance with the policies in its long-range plan for library facilities, may provide grants to pay for the following eligible project costs: (1) Planning. (2) Acquisition. (3) Development. (4) Rehabilitation. (b) …

§ 142.4. Eligible grantees. (a) A municipality that intends to plan, acquire, develop or rehabilitate a public library is eligible to apply for a grant. (b) The public library for which a municipality applies for a grant shall have a formal, legal relationship with that municipal…

§ 142.5. Funding guidelines. (a) Commonwealth Libraries will award grants from the Fund to municipalities to pay up to 50% of eligible public library project costs. (b) The municipality shall demonstrate that sufficient matching funds from eligible sources are available to meet a…

§ 142.6. Eligible matching funds. (a) Commonwealth Libraries may award Federal library construction funds, when available, to pay additional portions of project costs and meet matching requirements of grants awarded from the Fund. Priority for these Federal grants will be given t…

§ 142.7. Third-party in-kind contributions and third-party costs. (a) The municipality may use third-party in-kind contributions and third-party costs towards satisfying the matching requirement only when those contributions and costs are directly related to the public library pl…

§ 142.8. Valuation of donated services. (a) The municipality shall value volunteer services provided by individuals to the municipality or public library at rates consistent with those ordinarily paid for similar work in the municipality or public library. If the municipality or …

§ 142.9. Valuation of donated equipment, buildings and land. (a) The municipality may count as matching funds the market value of donated equipment, buildings or land at the time of donation. (b) If it is necessary to establish the market value of land or a building, Commonwealth…

§ 143.1. Definitions. The following words and terms, when used in this chapter, have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: Depository collection—A gathering of official Commonwealth publications in a formally organized library organized either fo…

§ 143.2. Purpose. The purpose of establishing depository collections of publications of all of the governmental agencies of this Commonwealth in selected academic and public libraries is to make the publications readily available to the citizens of the Commonwealth and to enable …

§ 143.3. Eligibility for depository collection status. (a) State college and university libraries. The main library at each state college or university shall be eligible for designation as a depository collection library. (b) District library centers. Each library designated as a…

§ 143.4. Number of collections. The state Librarian shall designate no more than 100 libraries in the Commonwealth as depository collections.

§ 143.5. Conditions for designation. In addition to the provisions of § 143.3 (relating to eligibility for depository collection status), the libraries to be designated as depository collections shall agree to the following conditions: (1) The publications received under the depo…

§ 143.6. Application for depository collection status. (a) Automatic designation. The State Librarian shall grant depository status to all eligible libraries falling within § 143.5(a)—(e) (relating to conditions for designation) after receiving their agreement to the conditions o…

§ 143.7. Termination of depository collection status. (a) Voluntary termination. If a library decides to relinquish its status as a depository collection it shall do so by letter to the State Librarian. The letter must be signed by both the head librarian and the president of the…

§ 143.8. Role of the State Library. (a) Receiving publications. Under sections 201 and 425 of act of June 14, 1961 (24 P.S. § § 4201 and 4425) the State Library shall receive copies of all publications of all agencies of the Commonwealth for the maintenance of its own collection,…

§ 15.1. Purpose. (a) This chapter addresses a school district’s responsibility to comply with the requirements of Section 504 and its implementing regulations at 34 CFR Part 104 (relating to nondiscrimination on the basis of handicap in programs and activities receiving or benefi…

§ 15.10. Discrimination claims. Notwithstanding other provisions of this chapter, an eligible or noneligible student under Chapter 14 (relating to special education services and programs) may use the procedures for requesting assistance under § 15.8(a) (relating to procedural saf…

§ 15.11. Rules of construction. (a) The full description of substantive responsibilities of school entities is set forth in Section 504 and the Section 504 regulations at 34 CFR Part 104 (relating to nondiscrimination on the basis of handicap in programs and activities receiving …

§ 15.2. Definitions. The following words and terms, when used in this chapter, have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: Parents—A birth or adoptive parent, a guardian or a person acting as a parent of the student. Protected handicapped student—…

§ 15.3. General. A school district shall provide each protected handicapped student enrolled in the district, without cost to the student or family, those related aids, services or accommodations which are needed to afford the student equal opportunity to participate in and obtai…

§ 15.4. Annual notice. On or before the first day of a school year, a school district shall inform parents of enrolled students that the district does not discriminate against protected handicapped students and the district’s responsibilities under this chapter. The notice may be…

§ 15.5. School district initiated evaluation and provision of services. (a) A school district shall send a written notice to the student’s parents if a school district believes that a student meets one or more of the following conditions: (1) Should be identified as a protected h…

§ 15.6. Parent initiated evaluation and provision of services. (a) Parents shall request in writing that their child be evaluated and provided services if they believe their child meets one or more of the following conditions: (1) Should be identified as a protected handicapped s…

§ 15.7. Service agreement. (a) If the parents and the school district agree as to what related aids, services or accommodations should or should no longer be provided to the protected handicapped student, the district and parents shall enter into or modify a service agreement. Th…

§ 15.8. Procedural safeguards. (a) Parental request for assistance. Parents may file a written request for assistance with the Department if one or both of the following apply: (1) The school district is not providing the related aids, services and accommodations specified in the…

§ 15.9. Confidentiality. A school district shall do the following: (1) Protect the confidentiality of personally identifiable information regarding a protected handicapped student. (2) Require parental consent before releasing personally identifiable information to unauthorized p…

GENERAL PROVISIONS FOR RETRENCHMENT OF EMPLOYES § 155.1. Generally. (a) The costs of operating the Pennsylvania State Colleges are generated through essentially four sources: salaries paid and benefits provided for all state college employes; instructional and nonstructional supp…