Assembly Bill A9699

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Requires each school district to maintain a school library in each elementary and secondary school in the district

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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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2013-A9699 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7922
Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §274-a, Ed L

2013-A9699 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires each school district to maintain a school library in each elementary and secondary school in the district and to employ a certified school library media specialist for each such school library.

2013-A9699 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  9699

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 16, 2014
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Libraries and Education Technology

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 274-a
to read as follows:
  S 274-A. 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, AND SHALL EMPLOY A
CERTIFIED  SCHOOL LIBRARY MEDIA SPECIALIST FOR EACH SUCH SCHOOL LIBRARY,
IN ACCORDANCE WITH REGULATIONS PRESCRIBED BY  THE  COMMISSIONER,  WITHIN
THREE YEARS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION.
  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
THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS WITHIN A DESIGNATED  SHORTAGE  AREA  FOR  LIBRARY
MEDIA  SPECIALISTS  OR  THAT SUCH SCHOOL DISTRICT'S NEEDS ARE ADEQUATELY
MET THROUGH A WRITTEN 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.
                                                           LBD15173-01-4

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