S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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6023
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
February 21, 2017
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Introduced by M. of A. SOLAGES -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to librarians of school
libraries; and to repeal certain provisions of such law relating ther-
eto
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 275 of the education law is REPEALED and a new
section 275 is added to read as follows:
§ 275. LIBRARIANS OF SCHOOL LIBRARIES. 1. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER
PROVISIONS OF LAW, AND SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION TWO HUNDRED
SEVENTY-FOUR OF THIS PART, AND SUBDIVISION THREE OF THIS SECTION, EACH
SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE STATE SHALL HAVE AND 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
WITHIN THREE YEARS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION.
2. EMPLOYMENT OF CERTIFIED SCHOOL LIBRARY MEDIA SPECIALISTS SHALL BE
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING STANDARDS:
A. IN EACH ELEMENTARY OR SECONDARY SCHOOL WITH AN ENROLLMENT OF NOT
MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED PUPILS, A CERTIFIED SCHOOL LIBRARY MEDIA SPECIAL-
IST SHALL BE EMPLOYED AS FIFTEEN HUNDREDTHS OF A FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT
STAFF MEMBER;
B. IN EACH ELEMENTARY OR SECONDARY SCHOOL WITH AN ENROLLMENT OF MORE
THAN ONE HUNDRED BUT NOT MORE THAN THREE HUNDRED PUPILS, A CERTIFIED
SCHOOL LIBRARY MEDIA SPECIALIST SHALL BE EMPLOYED AS A THREE-TENTHS OF A
FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT STAFF MEMBER;
C. IN EACH ELEMENTARY OR SECONDARY SCHOOL WITH AN ENROLLMENT OF MORE
THAN THREE HUNDRED BUT NO MORE THAN FIVE HUNDRED PUPILS, A CERTIFIED
SCHOOL LIBRARY MEDIA SPECIALIST SHALL BE EMPLOYED AS A ONE HALF OF A
FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT STAFF MEMBER;
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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D. IN EACH ELEMENTARY OR SECONDARY SCHOOL WITH AN ENROLLMENT OF MORE
THAN FIVE HUNDRED PUPILS, A CERTIFIED SCHOOL LIBRARY MEDIA SPECIALIST
SHALL BE EMPLOYED AS A FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT STAFF MEMBER;
E. (I) IN EACH ELEMENTARY OR SECONDARY SCHOOL WITH AN ENROLLMENT OF
MORE THAN TWO THOUSAND PUPILS, TWO CERTIFIED SCHOOL LIBRARY MEDIA
SPECIALISTS SHALL EACH BE EMPLOYED AS A FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT STAFF
MEMBER;
(II) AN ADDITIONAL CERTIFIED SCHOOL LIBRARY MEDIA SPECIALIST SHALL BE
EMPLOYED AS A FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT STAFF MEMBER FOR EACH ADDITIONAL ONE
THOUSAND PUPILS ENROLLED IN AN ELEMENTARY OR SECONDARY SCHOOL.
F. (I) IN EACH ELEMENTARY OR SECONDARY SCHOOL WITH AN ENROLLMENT OF AT
LEAST ONE THOUSAND PUPILS, A FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT STAFF MEMBER SHALL BE
EMPLOYED AS A LIBRARY CLERK.
(II) AN ADDITIONAL FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT STAFF MEMBER SHALL BE EMPLOYED
AS A LIBRARY CLERK FOR EACH ADDITIONAL ONE THOUSAND PUPILS ENROLLED IN
AN ELEMENTARY OR SECONDARY SCHOOL.
3. THE COMMISSIONER MAY, UPON APPLICATION BY A SCHOOL DISTRICT, WAIVE
THE APPLICABILITY OF THE PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISIONS ONE AND TWO OF THIS
SECTION FOR UP TO ONE YEAR, IF SUCH APPLICATION DEMONSTRATES THE ELEMEN-
TARY OR SECONDARY SCHOOL IS WITHIN A DESIGNATED SHORTAGE AREA FOR CERTI-
FIED SCHOOL LIBRARY MEDIA SPECIALISTS, AND SUCH APPLICATION DEMONSTRATES
THAT AN ACTUAL OFFER OF EMPLOYMENT WAS MADE TO A CERTIFIED SCHOOL
LIBRARY MEDIA SPECIALIST; HOWEVER, NO SUCH WAIVER SHALL BE GRANTED FOR
MORE THAN TWO CONSECUTIVE SCHOOL YEARS, AND NO MORE THAN TWO WAIVERS MAY
BE GRANTED WITH A FIVE YEAR PERIOD.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding
the date on which it shall have become a law.