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Senate Bill S212

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Requires school districts to maintain libraries in elementary and secondary schools

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2009-S212 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง815, Ed L
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
S2228

2009-S212 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires school districts to maintain libraries in elementary and secondary schools and employ certified school library media specialists; provides for a waiver of such requirement upon showing of financial hardship or adequate library access.

2009-S212 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S212 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                   212

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  KRUGER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Education

AN ACT to amend the education law, in  relation  to  maintaining  school
  libraries

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

  Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 815 to
read as follows:
  S 815. SCHOOL LIBRARIES. 1. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW
TO THE CONTRARY AND SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS
SECTION, EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL MAINTAIN A SCHOOL  LIBRARY  IN  EACH
ELEMENTARY  AND  SECONDARY  SCHOOL  IN  THE  DISTRICT.  SCHOOL DISTRICTS
OUTSIDE A CITY HAVING A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE  SHALL  EMPLOY
CERTIFIED SCHOOL LIBRARY MEDIA SPECIALISTS FOR EACH SUCH SCHOOL LIBRARY,
IN  ACCORDANCE  WITH  REGULATIONS PRESCRIBED BY THE COMMISSIONER. SCHOOL
DISTRICTS IN A CITY HAVING A POPULATION OF ONE  MILLION  OR  MORE  SHALL
EMPLOY  CERTIFIED  SCHOOL LIBRARY MEDIA SPECIALISTS FOR EACH SUCH SCHOOL
LIBRARY, IN ACCORDANCE WITH REGULATIONS PRESCRIBED BY THE COMMISSIONER.
  2. THE COMMISSIONER MAY, UPON APPLICATION BY A SCHOOL DISTRICT,  WAIVE
THE  APPLICABILITY  OF THE PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION
TO SUCH SCHOOL DISTRICT UPON A DETERMINATION BY  THE  COMMISSIONER  THAT
SUCH  PROVISIONS  WOULD PLACE AN EXTREME FINANCIAL BURDEN ON SUCH SCHOOL
DISTRICT OR THAT SUCH SCHOOL DISTRICT'S NEEDS ARE ADEQUATELY MET THROUGH
A SHARING  ARRANGEMENT  WITH  A  PUBLIC  LIBRARY  AND  SUCH  ARRANGEMENT
PROVIDES FOR ADEQUATE LIBRARY ACCESS.
  S  2.  This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding
the date on which it shall have become a law.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD03122-01-9

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