Budget

We are a free association library. More than 90% of our funding comes from a tax levy voted on by local residents when they vote on our local school district budget.

Our library gets taxpayer funding from its own line on a school district tax bill.

What law, regulation, or regulatory authority governs the budget transfer policy at a school district public library?  Is there any case law or authority on that?

There seems to be a trend for libraries that have Friends groups to hold fundraisers, donations, and membership drives at the library.

Are incorporated "Friends", who do not receive over $50 thousand, do not have paid staff, and are only able to provide the funds to the library, required to register [with the New Yo

We are a small municipal library serving a village of 6500 & a town population the same size.

Is it legal for a library board to approve expenditures (without a referendum) for a capital project from its operating funds (or operating fund balance) to bridge a shortfall in bon

Several of the library's board members feel that it is illegal for the library to sell anything other than books and keep the money.