System Plan

CKLS System Grant Information

2024 Annual System Plan Amended by the State Library of Kansas Board June 27, 2023

2024 Budget — Approved by the Full System Board on September 13, 2023

2023 Annual System Plan — Approved by the Full System Board at the meeting on May 25, 2022. Approved by State Library Advisory Board on  June 10, 2022.

2023 Budget — Approved by Full System Board Meeting on September 20, 2022

Resolution and Petition for school libraries to join CKLS – Approved May 22, 2019

CKLS Bylaws

 
The CKLS System Plan, Basic Grant, and Public Library Allotments operate on a three-year cycle. Requirements for the Incentive Grants can change from year to year. Librarians and Trustees are highly encouraged to be familiar with the System Plan for the previous and upcoming year so they can take full advantage to earn grant monies from CKLS.
 
First year: Plan & Approve.
Second Year: Earn (This is the year the plan is named for).
Third Year: Report & Receive.
  • In the first year, the System Plan for the second year is approved at a meeting of the full System Board. This means that each library knows what is required for the Basic System Grant and Incentive Grants the year before the requirements must be met. (Historically the System Plan was voted on and approved at the May annual meeting. In 2019, the System Plan was approved on May 22, 2019 at the Spring Annual Meeting in Russell.)
  • In the second year, each library chooses to meet, or not, the standards for the Basic System Grant.
  • In January of the third year, libraries report on what they have done to meet the requirements for the Basic System Grant. System Grant is awards in 3 parts 50% in March, 25% in July and 25% in September.

CKLS Funds to Member Libraries:

  • Cannot be put into savings or pay off debt;
  • Cannot be spent on construction or repair;
  • Must be spent or encumbered by the end of the year in which they are received.