Bill Text: NY A05318 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: An act to amend the education law and the state finance law, in relation to establishing a librarian loan forgiveness program for public and school librarians who work in both high need school districts and shortage areas as determined by the commissioner of education
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 21-3)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - referred to libraries and education technology [A05318 Detail]
Download: New_York-2009-A05318-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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5318
2009-2010 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
February 12, 2009
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Introduced by M. of A. KOON, PHEFFER, LAVINE, BENJAMIN, MILLMAN, JAFFEE,
EDDINGTON -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BING, BOYLAND, BRENNAN,
CAHILL, CALHOUN, ERRIGO, GUNTHER, LATIMER, MAGEE, MAISEL, McENENY,
MOLINARO, J. RIVERA, N. RIVERA, ROBINSON, SWEENEY, TITONE, WALKER,
WEISENBERG -- read once and referred to the Committee on Libraries and
Education Technology
AN ACT to amend the education law and the state finance law, in relation
to establishing a librarian loan forgiveness program for public and
school librarians who work in both high need school districts and
shortage areas as determined by the commissioner of education
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 275-a
2 to read as follows:
3 S 275-A. LIBRARIAN LOAN FORGIVENESS PROGRAM. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL
4 ESTABLISH A LIBRARIAN LOAN FORGIVENESS PROGRAM TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL
5 ASSISTANCE TO NEW YORK RESIDENTS WHO ARE RECENT GRADUATES OF ACCREDITED
6 SCHOOLS OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE WHO AGREE TO WORK FOR A MINI-
7 MUM OF TWO YEARS IN A PUBLIC OR SCHOOL LIBRARY LOCATED IN A HIGH NEED
8 SCHOOL DISTRICT OR SHORTAGE AREA AS DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSIONER.
9 1. THE LIBRARIAN LOAN FORGIVENESS PROGRAM SHALL PROVIDE TWENTY AWARDS
10 EACH YEAR TO RECENT GRADUATES OF ACCREDITED SCHOOLS OF LIBRARY AND
11 INFORMATION SCIENCE.
12 2. EACH AWARD SHALL CONSIST OF TWO CONSECUTIVE ANNUAL LOAN FORGIVENESS
13 PAYMENTS. EACH OF THE PAYMENTS SHALL EQUAL AN AMOUNT OF HALF OF THE
14 TOTAL OUTSTANDING GRADUATE SCHOOL LOAN EXPENSE OR FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS,
15 WHICHEVER IS LESS. TOTAL PAYMENTS PER AWARD RECIPIENT SHALL NOT EXCEED
16 TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS.
17 3. AT THE END OF EACH YEAR OF EMPLOYMENT IN THE QUALIFYING PUBLIC OR
18 SCHOOL LIBRARY, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL SEND THE REQUIRED LOAN FORGIVENESS
19 AWARD TO THE RECIPIENT.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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1 4. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ALLOCATE TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM THE
2 CULTURAL EDUCATION ACCOUNT ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SECTION NINETY-SEV-
3 EN-ZZZ OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW TO FUND THE LIBRARIAN LOAN FORGIVENESS
4 PROGRAM.
5 S 2. Subdivision 3 of section 97-zzz of the state finance law, as
6 amended by section 1 of part Q of chapter 57 of the laws of 2005, is
7 amended to read as follows:
8 3. Moneys of this account, following appropriation by the legislature,
9 shall be available to support the following agencies and programs: (a)
10 the state education department for services and expenses of the cultural
11 education program including operating expenses and capital projects and
12 the New York state summer school of the arts subject to a plan approved
13 by the commissioner of education and the director of the budget; (b) the
14 New York state theatre institute subject to a plan approved by the
15 director of the budget; [and] (c) the Nelson A. Rockefeller performing
16 arts center corporation subject to a plan approved by the director of
17 the budget; AND (D) A LIBRARIAN LOAN FORGIVENESS PROGRAM ESTABLISHED
18 PURSUANT TO SECTION TWO HUNDRED SEVENTY-FIVE-A OF THE EDUCATION LAW.
19 S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
