Summary


This amendment incorporates the recommendations of The Historical Museums Taskforce in that it creates a two (2) year funding period, rather than annual one; it provides three (3) levels of funding catagories, rather than two (2) for the General Program Support category; it provides for alternate years in which museums that request certain levels of funding will compete with each other for funding. This amendment also establishes new eligibility criteria for the Historical Museum Grants-in-Aid Program and clarifies the eligibility criteria for multidisciplinary museums. This amendment deletes the Indemnity Grant Program because the program statutes were repealed (see former Sections 265.51 – 265.55, Florida Statutes). This amendment allows grantees who request over $50,000 for the Youth and Children's Museums Grant Program to request up to 10% of their last completed fiscal year's revenue. In regard to all grant programs of the Division, this amendment prohibits funding for general “operating expenses” such as utilities, fixtures, bank fees, property taxes, etc., and requires that grant deadlines be posted on the Division of Cultural Affairs’ website, rather than in the Division's online newsletter.