The budget and staffing levels for the Library of Michigan within the Department of Education are located within the General Fund budget and remain flat from FY21 to FY22. State Aid to Libraries remains at $13,067,700. (Below is a screenshot from page 78 of the budget – linked at the end of this communication. The first column is FY21, the second column is FY22)

In addition, there is $100,000 budgeted in the Department of Education to create and support a state poet laureate who will travel the state meeting with teachers and students to promote poetry, the spoken word, and literary arts to a new generation of young students.

To view the full Budget, click here: https://www.michigan.gov/documents/budget/Budget_Bill_General_Omnibus_715976_7.pdf