Assembly Bill A2555

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Establishes family literacy programs for economically disadvantaged families living in poverty areas or areas with low-performing public schools

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2011-A2555 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3641, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A2635
2013-2014: A4243
2015-2016: A1638
2017-2018: A791
2019-2020: A3669
2021-2022: A1426
2023-2024: A4751

2011-A2555 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes family literacy programs for economically disadvantaged families living in poverty areas or areas with low-performing public schools; provides for competitive matching grants to establish a comprehensive program; requires commissioner of education to submit an annual report to the governor and legislature.

2011-A2555 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  2555

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 19, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  PRETLOW,  SCARBOROUGH,  CLARK,  ENGLEBRIGHT,
  FARRELL, SCHROEDER, HOYT -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. CANESTRARI,
  COLTON, COOK, GALEF, GANTT, GLICK, GOTTFRIED, HOOPER, LENTOL, McENENY,
  ORTIZ, PERRY, PHEFFER, TOWNS, WEINSTEIN -- read once and  referred  to
  the Committee on Education

AN  ACT  to  amend the education law, in relation to establishing family
  literacy programs for economically disadvantaged  families  living  in
  poverty areas or in areas served by low-performing public schools

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

  Section 1. Legislative findings and declaration. It is the purpose  of
this  act to help break the cycle of poverty and illiteracy by improving
the educational opportunities for  New  York's  low-income  families  by
funding family literacy programs that integrate early childhood develop-
ment, adult literacy or adult basic education, inter-generational learn-
ing and parenting education. The legislature finds and declares that the
provision  of  comprehensive  family  literacy  programs  will help many
parents and children living in  poverty  to  improve  their  lives.  The
legislature  finds  that,  based  on national and state surveys, persons
with low literacy levels are most likely  to  live  in  poverty  and  be
dependent  on  public  assistance.  The legislature finds that a compar-
atively high percentage  of  students  attending  low-performing  public
schools  live  in  poverty or have parents with limited English language
proficiency or poor literacy skills. The legislature finds that there is
inadequate funding to address the illiteracy problem in  these  communi-
ties.    Therefore,  the  legislature finds that it is necessary to fund
family literacy programs targeted to economically disadvantaged families
residing in poverty areas or in attendance zones served by  low-perform-
ing  public schools to assist adults and children living in these commu-
nities to obtain the skills they need to lead successful and  productive
lives.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD02787-01-1
              

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