Timetable for Implementing Minimum Conditions
| 2024 | |
| Aug 1 – Oct 31, 2024 | Public Library Annual Statistical Report open for public libraries |
| Nov – Dec 2024 | State Library staff finalize Public Library Statistics as submitted |
| 2025 | |
| March – April 2025 | State Library staff review Annual Statistical Report for compliance with administrative rules and libraries receive individual report regarding compliance |
| June/July 2025 | Report to the State Library Board any libraries out of compliance |
| June 2025 |
Report to the State Library Board any libraries out of compliance and any previously out of compliance libraries that have achieved compliance. State Library Board votes on termination of official recognition for libraries out compliance since July 1, 2023. |
| July 1, 2025 |
Start of 2nd year for July 2024 libraries out of compliance; start of 1st year for 2025 libraries out of compliance |
| Aug 1 – Oct 31, 2025 | Public Library Annual Statistical Report open for public libraries |
| Nov – Dec 2025 | State Library staff finalize Public Library Statistics as submitted |
| 2026 | |
| March – April 2026 | State Library staff review Annual Statistical Report for compliance with administrative rules and libraries receive individual report regarding compliance |
| June 2026 | Report to the State Library Board any libraries out of compliance and any previously out of compliance libraries that have achieved compliance. |
| June 2026 |
Report to the State Library Board any libraries out of compliance and any previously out of compliance libraries that have achieved compliance. State Library Board votes on termination of official recognition for libraries out compliance since July 1, 2024. |
| July 2026 | Start of 2nd year for July 2025 libraries out of compliance; start of 1st year for 2026 libraries out of compliance |
| Aug 1 – Oct 31, 2026 | Public Library Annual Statistical Report open for public libraries |
| Nov – Dec 2026 | State Library staff finalize Public Library Statistics as submitted |
| 2027 | |
| March – April 2027 | State Library staff review Annual Statistical Report for compliance with administrative rules and libraries receive individual report regarding compliance |
| June 2027 |
Report to the State Library Board any libraries out of compliance and any previously out of compliance libraries that have achieved compliance. State Library Board votes on termination of official recognition for libraries out compliance since July 1, 2026. |
| July 2027 | Start of 2nd year for July 2026 libraries out of compliance; start of 1st year for 2027 libraries out of compliance |
Please note that until the State Library Board officially terminates official recognition, out of compliance public libraries are still eligible for all support and benefits (grants, statewide databases, etc.) from the State Library as an officially recognized public library.