Bill Text: NY A03560 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Requires distribution of information on obtaining library card and application to all students.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 26-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-06-21 - substituted by s2018a [A03560 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A03560-Amended.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        3560--A
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 28, 2013
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       Introduced  by  M. of A. NOLAN, CLARK, QUART, BARRON, ENGLEBRIGHT, MILL-
         MAN, ROBERTS, JAFFEE, KEARNS, ESPINAL,  MAGNARELLI,  SOLAGES,  COLTON,
         COOK,  RUSSELL,  HOOPER,  MOSLEY  --  Multi-Sponsored  by  -- M. of A.
         ARROYO, BRENNAN, BROOK-KRASNY, FARRELL, GOTTFRIED,  McDONALD,  SCHIMEL
         --  read once and referred to the Committee on Libraries and Education
         Technology -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
         amended and recommitted to said committee
       AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to  the  distribution  of
         library card applications and information in public schools
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 816 to
    2  read as follows:
    3    S 816. LOCAL LIBRARY AND SCHOOL PARTNERSHIPS. 1.  LEGISLATIVE  INTENT.
    4  IN ORDER TO PROMOTE AND ENCOURAGE CHILDREN TO READ AND LEARN OUTSIDE THE
    5  CLASSROOM,  THIS  LAW  SEEKS TO ENCOURAGE LOCAL LIBRARIES AND SCHOOLS TO
    6  WORK TOGETHER TO  PROMOTE  THE  AVAILABILITY  OF  LIBRARY  SERVICES  AND
    7  RESOURCES.
    8    2.  DEFINITIONS. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS
    9  SHALL BE DEFINED AS FOLLOWS:
   10    A. "SCHOOL DISTRICT" SHALL MEAN ANY  PUBLIC  SCHOOL  DISTRICT  IN  THE
   11  STATE OF NEW YORK THAT CONTAINS ONE OR MORE SCHOOLS WITH ANY COMBINATION
   12  OF GRADES FROM AND INCLUDING KINDERGARTEN THROUGH GRADE TWELVE.
   13    B.  "PUBLIC  LIBRARY"  SHALL MEAN ANY PUBLIC OR ASSOCIATION LIBRARY AS
   14  DEFINED IN SECTION TWO HUNDRED FIFTY-THREE OF THIS TITLE.
   15    3. UPON THE REQUEST OF A PUBLIC LIBRARY THAT  IS  LOCATED  WITHIN  THE
   16  BOUNDARIES OF A SCHOOL DISTRICT, THE DISTRICT SHALL DISSEMINATE INFORMA-
   17  TIONAL  MATERIALS  PROVIDED  BY THE LIBRARY REGARDING THE PUBLIC LIBRARY
   18  AND APPLICATIONS FOR PUBLIC LIBRARY CARDS TO STUDENTS  ENROLLED  IN  THE
   19  SCHOOL  DISTRICT.   SUCH MATERIALS SHALL BE DISTRIBUTED TO ANY OR ALL OF
   20  THE FOLLOWING, AS REQUESTED BY THE PUBLIC LIBRARY:
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD00118-07-3
       A. 3560--A                          2
    1    A. ANNUALLY TO EVERY STUDENT OF SUCH SCHOOL DISTRICT UPON HIS  OR  HER
    2  ENTRY INTO KINDERGARTEN, GRADE SIX AND GRADE NINE, EXCEPT THAT A LIBRARY
    3  AND SCHOOL MAY AGREE TO ALTERNATE OR ADDITIONAL GRADES;
    4    B. TO EVERY STUDENT UPON HIS OR HER ENROLLMENT AS A NEW STUDENT; AND
    5    C.  AVAILABLE AT ALL TIMES IN THE SCHOOL LIBRARY IN EACH SCHOOL WITHIN
    6  THE SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR STUDENTS AND PARENTS WHO  WISH  TO  OBTAIN  SUCH
    7  MATERIALS.
    8    4.    THE  DIRECTOR OF EACH PARTICIPATING PUBLIC LIBRARY SHALL CONSULT
    9  ANNUALLY WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IN ORDER TO COORDINATE  THE  PROVISION
   10  OF  MATERIALS CONTAINING INFORMATION REGARDING THE LIBRARY, INSTRUCTIONS
   11  ON HOW STUDENTS MAY OBTAIN A LIBRARY  CARD  AND  AN  APPLICATION  FOR  A
   12  LIBRARY CARD.
   13    5.  EACH  PUBLIC  LIBRARY THAT IS LOCATED IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL
   14  PROVIDE SUFFICIENT COPIES OF SUCH MATERIALS TO THE SCHOOL  DISTRICT  FOR
   15  DISTRIBUTION  AS  DESCRIBED IN SUBDIVISION THREE OF THIS SECTION SO THAT
   16  EACH SCHOOL MAY SATISFY THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SECTION.
   17    6. IN THE EVENT THERE IS NO PUBLIC LIBRARY LOCATED WITHIN THE  BOUNDA-
   18  RIES OF A SCHOOL DISTRICT, SUCH SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED TO
   19  COMPLY WITH THIS SECTION.
   20    7.  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH RULES AND
   21  REGULATIONS TO IMPLEMENT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION.
   22    8. NOTHING IN THIS ACT SHALL REQUIRE A SCHOOL DISTRICT TO EXPEND ADDI-
   23  TIONAL FUNDS IN ORDER TO COMPLY WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION.
   24    9. THIS SECTION SHALL NOT APPLY TO A SCHOOL DISTRICT OR A LIBRARY IN A
   25  CITY OF ONE MILLION OR MORE WHERE SUCH DISTRICT OR LIBRARY  ARE  SUBJECT
   26  TO  A LOCAL LAW WHICH WAS ADOPTED PRIOR TO THE ENACTMENT OF THIS SECTION
   27  AND WHICH PROVIDES FOR THE DISTRIBUTION OF LIBRARY MATERIALS  IN  PUBLIC
   28  SCHOOLS.
   29    S  2.  This  act  shall  take  effect  on  the first of September next
   30  succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law.