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Early Spring 2026 Online workshops - State Aid Waiver workshops and Overview of the State Aid to Public Libraries Program.
June-July 2026 Annual Report Information Survey (ARIS) workshops online.
July 1, 2026 Online ARIS form opens.
Summer 2026 State Aid to Public Libraries forms (waiver paperwork, flexibility form, etc.) posted online.
August 3, 2026 Online submission of the Financial/Compliance Report opens.
August 14, 2026

Deadline for ARIS

Online submission of ARIS closes at the end of the business day.

ARIS signature page must be submitted to the MBLC via email by the end of the business day.

Further details are provided in the General Instructions and/or Detailed Definitions.

August -September 2026

State Aid workshops online (will be posted on our calendar when scheduled).

Separate online workshops will be held regarding Waivers.

October 2, 2026

Deadline for Financial Report/State Aid Compliance.

Online submission of Financial Report/State Aid Compliance form closes at the end of the business day.

Signed Compliance form AND budget documentation must be submitted to the MBLC via email by end of the business day.

MAR waiver petition due, if necessary - should be emailed along with the compliance form and budget documentation.

Flexbility form due, if necessary - should be emailed along with the compliance form and budget documentation.

Deadline for Non-coordinating multiple independent libraries to forward their multiple independent compliance form and any relevant documentation to their coordinating library and/or the MBLC.

Further details provided in the General Instructions and/or Detailed Definitions.

October 9, 2026

Deadline for Coordinating Libraries for COMPILED Compliance form for Financial Report/State Aid Compliance. Coordinating libraries received the Compiled Compliance forms via email as an attachment from the MBLC.

Coordinating libraries in multiple independent systems must compile the information they receive from the mulitple independent libraries in their system and report that information on the Compiled Compliance Form.

Signed Compiled Compliance Form, Multiple Indepdent Compliance Forms for all libraries in the multiple independent system, AND budget documentation must be sent to the MBLC via email by the end of business day.

November 5, 2026 First group of municipalities meeting requirements are presented to the Board and first round of State Aid awards are granted.
November 6, 2026 Four* MAR Waiver application documents due (as listed on the petition):
  1. FY2026/FY2027 Disproportionate Cut Worksheet.
  2. Municipal budget documentation for FY2026 and FY2027 that shows the appropriation to each municipal department .
  3. Supporting letters/statements from library.
  4. Supporting letters/statements from town.
  5. *If your library/municipality is applying for a consecutive year in a row, you must also submit the applicable Waiver Year Plan.
December 3, 2026 Second group of municipalities meeting requirements are presented to the Board and state aid awards are granted.
January 7, 2027

Third group of municipalities meeting requirements are presented to the Board and state aid awards are granted.

FY2027 MAR waiver applicants are presented to the Board.

February 4, 2027

Any remaining municipalities meeting requirements are presented to the Board and state aid awards are granted.

Board acts on FY2026 MAR waiver petitions.

March 4, 2027 Board hears any appeals of denial of the FY2026 MAR.
April 1, 2027 Board acts on any appeals of denial of the FY2026 MAR.