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Assembly Bill A6459

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Relates to increasing available aid to public libraries for family literacy grants

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2009-A6459 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Libraries And Education Technology
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง273, Ed L

2009-A6459 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Increases amount of available aid to public libraries for family literacy grants from $300,000 to $1,200,000.

2009-A6459 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  6459

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              March 4, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN, EDDINGTON, MOLINARO, BROOK-KRASNY, CHRIS-
  TENSEN, COLTON, GABRYSZAK, GALEF, GUNTHER, MILLMAN, REILLY, ROSENTHAL,
  SCHIMMINGER,  SPANO,  ALFANO,  ERRIGO,  GIGLIO,  KOLB, RAIA, WALKER --
  Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.   BACALLES,  BUTLER,  CAHILL,  CALHOUN,
  COOK,  CROUCH,  GOTTFRIED, LIFTON, LUPARDO, MAGNARELLI, MAISEL, MAYER-
  SOHN, McENENY, McKEVITT, MILLER, PHEFFER,  QUINN,  ROBINSON,  SAYWARD,
  SWEENEY,  THIELE,  TOWNSEND -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Libraries and Education Technology

AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to increasing the  amount
  of  funds available to public libraries and library systems for family
  literacy grants

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

  Section  1.  Subparagraph 3 of paragraph h of subdivision 1 of section
273 of the education law, as amended by section 3 of part O  of  chapter
57 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows:
  (3) Family literacy grants. The commissioner shall award annual grants
for  approved  expenses  for  library-based family literacy programs for
pre-school and school age children and their parents conducted by public
library systems and public  libraries  and  free  association  libraries
which  are  members  of  a  public  library  system. Annual state aid of
[three] ONE MILLION TWO hundred thousand dollars  for  grants  shall  be
awarded  in accordance with regulations promulgated by the commissioner.
Ninety percent of the amount of any such family literacy grant shall  be
payable  to  the  library or system upon approval by the department. The
final ten percent shall be payable upon completion of the project.
  S 2. This act shall take effect April 1, 2012.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD04076-02-9

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