Assembly Bill A791

2017-2018 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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2017-A791 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3471
Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3641, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A2635
2011-2012: A2555
2013-2014: A4243, S5515
2015-2016: A1638, S1494
2019-2020: A3669, S4787
2021-2022: A1426, S5048
2023-2024: A4751, S6004

2017-A791 (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.

2017-A791 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    791
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 9, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee 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.
   § 2. Section 3641 of the education law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 subdivision 17 to read as follows:

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04869-01-7
              

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