NY State Senate Bill 2009-S684

Senate Bill S684

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Authorizes school districts and boards of cooperative educational services to contract with public libraries for high-speed telecommunications

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jan 06, 2010	referred to education
Apr 20, 2009	print number 684a
Apr 20, 2009	amend (t) and recommit to education
Jan 12, 2009	referred to education

Bill Amendments

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2009-S684 - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Education

2009-S684 - Summary

Authorizes school districts, boards of cooperative educational services and regional information centers to contract with public libraries for high-speed telecommunications services.

2009-S684 - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S684

 TITLE OF BILL :
An act to amend the education law, in relation to authorizing boards
of cooperative educational services to enter into contracts with
public libraries for high-speed telecommunications services and
community relations services


 PURPOSE :
To grant to any Board of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES) the
ability to enter into contracts with individual libraries or library
systems to provide for such libraries' high-speed Internet services or
community relations services.

 SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :
Section 1: Amends Education Law section 1950(4)(h) to specifically
authorize BOCES to contract with libraries to provide or assist in the
provision of high-speed Internet services and community relations
services that would help to publicize the services available at public
libraries for students and the public at-large.

 EXISTING LAW :
None.

 JUSTIFICATION :

Under current law, BOCES may not enter into contracts to help provide
high-speed Internet services to public libraries.  BOCES has invested
significant sums of money in developing its own high-speed Internet
network. Public libraries, throughout the State, have a similar need
to access high-speed Internet services, but have not invested the
money needed to create their own system. This measure would allow
libraries to access BOCES' already established high-speed Internet
system and to share the costs of maintaining such a system at a
reduced cost for both BOCES and individual library systems.

In addition, the bill would allow BOCES to share its community
relation services resources with libraries so that libraries could
more effectively disseminate information about its programs and help
to increase patronage of library services to educate students and the
general public.

 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :
S.2082 of 2007/2008

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :
None.

 LOCAL FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :
None.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
120 Days after it shall have become law.

2009-S684 - Bill Text download pdf

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2009-S684A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Education

2009-S684A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes school districts, boards of cooperative educational services and regional information centers to contract with public libraries for high-speed telecommunications services.

2009-S684A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S684A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                 684--A

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 12, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  LARKIN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Education  --  committee
  discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
  to said committee

AN  ACT to amend the education law, in relation to authorizing boards of
  cooperative educational services to enter into contracts  with  public
  libraries for high-speed telecommunications services

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1.  Section 256 of the education law is amended  by  adding  a
new subdivision 3 to read as follows:
  3.   BOARDS   OF  COOPERATIVE  EDUCATIONAL  SERVICES  (BOCES),  SCHOOL
DISTRICTS OR REGIONAL INFORMATION CENTERS (RICS) ARE  HEREBY  AUTHORIZED
TO ENTER INTO CONTRACTS WITH PUBLIC OR ASSOCIATION LIBRARIES AND LIBRARY
SYSTEMS FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES INCLUD-
ING,  BUT  NOT  LIMITED  TO,  INTERNET  AND TELEPHONE SERVICES. ANY SUCH
PROPOSED CONTRACT SHALL BE SUBJECT TO THE REVIEW  AND  APPROVAL  OF  THE
COMMISSIONER,  WHO  MAY ONLY APPROVE SUCH PROPOSED CONTRACT WHEN, IN THE
COMMISSIONER'S OPINION, SUCH CONTRACT WILL RESULT IN A COST  SAVINGS  OR
MORE  ECONOMICAL  UTILIZATION  OF RESOURCES FOR EITHER PARTY INVOLVED IN
THE CONTRACT.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
it shall have become a law.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD02297-03-9

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