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Assembly Bill A9565

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Creates a state-wide literacy education advocacy program

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2019-A9565 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §305, Ed L

2019-A9565 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Creates a state-wide literacy education advocacy program modelled after the Newburgh Armory Unity Center Literacy Education Advocacy Partnership.

2019-A9565 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9565
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 24, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. GUNTHER, SCHMITT -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Education
 
 AN  ACT to amend the education law, in relation to creating a state-wide
   literacy education advocacy program
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 305 of the education law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 57 to read as follows:
   57.  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL  DEVELOP  A  LITERACY EDUCATION ADVOCACY
 PROGRAM  TO  PROVIDE  ADDITIONAL  LITERACY  INSTRUCTION  FOR  ELEMENTARY
 SCHOOL-AGED CHILDREN. SUCH PROGRAM SHALL:
   A.  FOSTER  COLLABORATIVE RELATIONSHIPS AMONG NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZA-
 TIONS THAT INCREASE THE CAPACITY FOR PROGRAMMING AIMED  AT  URBAN  CHIL-
 DREN, YOUTH, AND FAMILIES;
   B.  SERVE AS AN INCUBATOR OF INNOVATION, ENABLING PARTICIPATING ORGAN-
 IZATIONS TO EMPLOY THEIR EXPERTISE TO IMPLEMENT PROGRAMS OF VALUE TO THE
 COMMUNITY;
   C. BE OPTIONAL FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS ACROSS NEW YORK STATE; AND
   D. UTILIZE THE STUDY PERFORMED BY THE  COMMISSIONER  ON  THE  NEWBURGH
 ARMORY UNITY CENTER LITERACY EDUCATION ADVOCACY PARTNERSHIP.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13541-02-9

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