NY A06873 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly

Status

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-2)
Status: Introduced on May 8 2023 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-01-03 - referred to education
Pending: Assembly Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]

Summary

Enacts the "freedom to read act"; requires the commissioner of education and school library systems to develop policies to ensure that school libraries and library staff are empowered to curate and develop collections that provide students with access to the widest array of developmentally appropriate materials available.

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Title

Enacts the "freedom to read act"; requires the commissioner of education and school library systems to develop policies to ensure that school libraries and library staff are empowered to curate and develop collections that provide students with access to the widest array of developmentally appropriate materials available.

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History

DateChamberAction
2024-01-03Assemblyreferred to education
2023-06-01Assemblyprint number 6873b
2023-06-01Assemblyamend and recommit to education
2023-05-11Assemblyprint number 6873a
2023-05-11Assemblyamend and recommit to education
2023-05-08Assemblyreferred to education

Same As/Similar To

S06350 (Same As) 2024-05-30 - referred to education

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