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University of Rhode IslandDigitalCommons@URIReauthorization: S. 2724 (1990) Education: National Endowment for the Arts andHumanities, Subject Files I (1973-1996)1988Reauthorization: S. 2724 (1990): Memorandum02Iona B. DobbinsFollow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.uri.edu/pell_neh_I_75This Memorandum is brought to you for free and open access by the Education: National Endowment for the Arts and Humanities, Subject Files I(1973-1996) at DigitalCommons@URI. It has been accepted for inclusion in Reauthorization: S. 2724 (1990) by an authorized administrator ofDigitalCommons@URI. For more information, please contact digitalcommons@etal.uri.edu.Recommended CitationDobbins, Iona B., "Reauthorization: S. 2724 (1990): Memorandum 02" (1988). Reauthorization: S. 2724 (1990). Paper 20.http://digitalcommons.uri.edu/pell_neh_I_75/20JJouie of l\epreientatibti ...,fngton, ib.<t. 20515 MEMORAN'I>UM COUNciL MEMBERS Chairmn DIANA JOHNSON Providence · ViOllChainT1an PAT NERO Cranston Secretary_ _ _ REGINA PARTRIDGE Pawtucket VALERIE BRUZZl-KRSULIC . East Providence · LEONARD qABRAL Cranston JEAN EVANSMORE Portsmouth · -DAZZLE GIDLEY PrOvidence BRUCE LANG Warwick DOROTHY LICHT Providence EMMA LOUX Johnaton EMANUELE M IGNANELLI Cran-stoii ·· JOHN PAGLIARINI Cranston PHYLLIS· STANZLER Providen:~ Executive Diieclor IONA B~ DOBBINS M E M 0 R A N 0 U M Sandy Crary -~'9 Iona B. Dobbins,. Executive Director~ Rhode Island State Counci I on the Arts National gfldowm~nt for the Arts ReauthQri~atton The attached memo pertains to the legislative aut,hority fat state grants ftom the NEA. The $200,000 which iS mandated to the states in NEA 1 s original charter is outlinedin Section 5 (3) of the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies memo. The rec:ommen<;lat!on thgt ~houl<;I be c_:onstdere<;I at the 1990 reauthorization hearings is to increase the amount of the basic state grant of $200,000. The amount has remained static rot over twenty years. From my perspective, the individual state arts councils, more tha_n the regional organizations or NffA, have tne most accurate reading of the unmet needs of the arts communities. Enclosure . llM9A•~~~~~~-NATiONAl AsSEMbly of SrATE Arns AGENCiEs, JOJO YrnlVIONf AvENlJE,N.W.. SuirE 920. w~ .. Hi";(1IOI". D.C. 20005 (202) j47-M52 NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS Legislative Authority for State Grants Sec. S(g)(1) The Chairperson, with the advice of the National Council on the Arts, is authorized to establish and carry out a program of grants-in-aid to assist the several States in supporting existing projects and productions which meet the standards enumerated in section S(c) of this Act, and in devel-oping projects and productions in the arts in such a manner as will furnish adequate programs, facilities, and services in the arts to all the people and communities in each of the several States. (2) In order to receive asistance under this subsection in any fiscal year, a State shall submit an application for such grants at such time as shall be specified by the Chairperson and accompany such applications with a plan which the Chairperson finds -(A) designates or provides for the establishment of a State agency (hereinafter in this section referred to as the "State agency") as the sole agency for the administration of the State plan; (B) provides that funds paid to the State under this subsection will be expended solely on projects and productions approved by the State agency which carry out one or more of the objectives of subsection (c); (C) provides that the State agency will make such reports, in such form and containing such information, as the Chairperson may from time to time require, including a description of the progress made toward achieving the goals of the State plan; (D) provides -(i) assurances that the State agency has held, after reasonable notice, public meetings in the State to allow all groups of artists, inter-ested organizations, and the public to present views and make recommendations regarding the State plan; and (ii) a summary of such recommendations and the State agency's response to such recommendations; and (E) contains -(i) a descriptions of the level of participation during the previous 2 years by artists, artists' organizations, and arts organizations in projects and productions for which financial assistance is provided under this subsection; (ii) a description of the e~tent to which projects and produc-tions receiving financial assistance under this subsection are available to all people and communities in the State; and ru:pr~ESENTiNG THE. fifry-six STATE & juRisdicTiONAl ARTS AGENciEs _,. Sec. S(g) Page 2 (iii) a description of projects and productions receiving finan-cial assistance under this subsection that exist or are being developed to secure wider participation of artists, artists' organizations, and arts or-ganizations identified under clause (i) of this subparagraph or that address the availability of the arts to all people or communities identified under clause (ii) of this subparagraph. No application may be approved unless the accompanying plan satisfies the requirements specified in this subsection. (3) Of the sums available to carry out this subsection for any fiscal year, each State which has a plan approved by the Chairperson shall be allotted at least $200,000. If the sums appropriated are insufficient to make the allot-ments under the preceding sentence in full, such sums shall be allotted among such States in equal amounts. In any case where the sums available to carry out this subsection for any fiscal year are in excess of the amount required to make the allotments under the first sentence of this paragraph -(A) the amount of such excess which is no greater than 25 per centum of the sums available to carry out this subsection for any fiscal year shall be available only to the Chairperson for making grants under this subsection to States and regional groups; and (B) the amount of such excess, if any, which remains after reserving in full for the Chairperson the amount required under clause (A) shall be allotted among the States which have plans approved by the Chairperson in equal amounts but; in no even shall any State be allotted less than $200,000. (4)(A) The amount of each allottment to a State for any fiscal year under this subsection shall be available to each State, which has a plan approved by the Chairperson in effect on the first day of such fiscal year to pay not more than 50 per centum of the total cost of any project or production described in paragraph (1). The amount of any allotment made under paragraph (3) for any fiscal year which exceeds $125,000 shall be available, at the discretion of the Chairperson, to pay up to 100 per centum of such cost of projects and product~ons if such projects. and productions wo4ld. otherwise be unavailab.le to the rd1dents of that Stater.Provided, 'That the 'total· amount of any such · allotment for any fiscal year which 1s exempted from such 50 per centum limi-tation shall not exceed 20 per centum of the total of such allotment for such fiscal year. (B) Any amount allotted to a State under the first sentence of para-graph (3) for any fiscal year which is not obligated by the State prior to 60 days prior to the end of the fiscal year for which such sums are appropriated shall be available for making grants to regional groups. (C) Funds made available under this subsection shall not be used to supplant non-Federal funds. (D) For the purpose of paragraph (3) and paragraph (4) of this section the term "regional group" means any multistate group, whether or not represen-tative of contiguous States. Sec. S(g) Page 3 (E) ~91" pyrposes of paragraph (3)(13), the term '-'State"_ inc;ludes in addition to the ~everal St~tes of th~ Uni6n, Oftl~ tho~e special jurisdictions specified in section 3(g) which hav~ a populatioft -6f 200,000 Qr ~ore, actord~ 1ng to ~h~ 1,test detefinial. censys. (5) All amounts allotted or made av~1lable under paragr~ph (3) for a fiscal year which are nbt granted to a State dtiting sych ye~r shall be available at the end of such Ye~r to the .Na..tional Endowment for the Arts for the pyrpose of carrying out sectfon 5(c). . . ":' .. ·: .... -·~. . ···~ ....... , .... :· .,. .. .... · ~· •": ... -. ~. . . 

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