The Plato school district received a grant last week that will be used to enhance the school’s storage facilities and increase personnel.
Missouri Secretary of State Robin Carnahan announced the district received a Local Records Preservation Grant in the amount of $7,826. The grant will be used to enhance the school’s storage facilities and increase personnel.
“Grants like these help ensure that important local documents are cared for and showcased, not forgotten in dusty attics or basements,” said Carnahan. “These local records provide valuable information about the history of Missouri’s families and communities that cannot be found anywhere else.”
The Secretary of State’s Local Records Preservation Grant initiative is funded through user fees collected by recorder of deeds offices. More than $6 million dollars has been distributed to support local public records management and preservation since the program’s inception in 1991.
A total of $259,281 was awarded to 40 counties, municipalities and school districts for the 2008 fiscal year. In addition, all local entities that are awarded these grants match the grant amount by at least 30 percent.