Public Library Accreditation or Criteria for Funding in Other States
This is not a complete list. Many states have not yet responded to TSLAC's request for this information.
Indiana
http://www.in.gov/legislative/iac/T05900/A00060.PDF
and
Indiana Public Library Standards and Eligibility to Receive State Funds
Iowa
http://www.statelibraryofiowa.org/ld/a-b/accr-and-standards
Libraries appear to receive higher state aid if accredited
Massachusetts
http://mblc.state.ma.us/grants/state_aid/laws.php
Mississippi
http://www.mlc.lib.ms.us/pdf/accreditationprogrammanual.pdf
See also this background document:
http://www.ala.org/ascla/archives/contentlistingby/volume29a/msaccreditation
Nebraska
http://nlc.nebraska.gov/LibAccred/
and
Nebraska Minimum Qualifications and Guidelines
New Mexico
http://www.nmcpr.state.nm.us/nmac/parts/title04/04.005.0002.htm
New York
http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/libdev/excerpts/finished_regs/902.htm
and
http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/libdev/ministan.htm
"New York's minimum standards for public libraries are outlined in Commissioner's Regulations...and the authority for the State Education Department/State Library to create such minimum standards is in Education Law.
Our minimum standards do have significance, as a public library that does not meet them is not eligible for registration (licensing) and therefore, not eligible to receive local or state public funds."
Oklahoma
For state aid: http://www.odl.state.ok.us/servlibs/pdfs/StateAidRulesAndRegulations.pdf
Pennsylvania
http://www.education.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/library_codes___regulations/7224
Rhode Island
http://www.olis.ri.gov/pubs/plstandards/index.php
Tennessee
Minimum Standards for Non-Metropolitan Public Libraries
Vermont
http://libraries.vermont.gov/libraries/standards
Virginia
http://www.lva.virginia.gov/lib-edu/LDND/state-aid/requirements.asp