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L-3. STATE GRANT-IN-AID FUNDS FROM THE ARIZONA STATE LIBRARY, ARCHIVES AND PUBLIC RECORDS Approve and accept State Grant-In-Aid funds for Fiscal Year 2012-2013 in the amount of $25,000 from the Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records. These funds are to be used in support of the Library District's Summer Reading Program to help fund reading incentives, programming/performers and final book incentive prizes. The Library District's indirect rate for FY13 is 6.7%. The grant allows 0% for indirect cost recovery. Unrecoverable indirect costs are estimated to be $1,675. Also, approve a revenue and expenditure appropriation adjustment to the Library District (650) Library District Grants (242) Non-Recurring Non-Project (0001) budget in the amount of $25,000 for FY 2012-2013. Every library system in Maricopa County will participate in the Library District's 2013 Summer Reading Program. The District is estimating that over 80,000 children will participate, possibly making it one of the largest summer reading programs in the United States. And, possibly the only one that awards a free book as a final prize. To reflect the scope of the expanded program, the Library District renamed it "Maricopa County Reads". (C-65-13-029-M-00)