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Assembly Bill A1392

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Authorizes the commissioner of education to design and implement a biennial contest to choose the official Empire state children's book

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2021-A1392 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Children
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A482
2011-2012: A165
2013-2014: A1069
2015-2016: A1044
2017-2018: A47
2019-2020: A575

2021-A1392 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the commissioner of education to design and implement a biennial contest to choose the official Empire state children's book.

2021-A1392 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1392
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 8, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. CAHILL -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Education
 
 AN  ACT  to authorize the commissioner of education to design and imple-
   ment a biennial contest to name an official  Empire  state  children's
   book
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Empire state children's book project. 1.  The  commissioner
 of  education, or his or her designee, is hereby authorized and directed
 to design and implement the Empire state children's book  project.  Such
 project  design  shall  include,  but  not  be limited to, the following
 components:
   (a) Such commissioner or his or her designee shall develop the  crite-
 ria  for  and  a  process  for  determining the five books which will be
 considered official children's book finalists.
   (b) Such commissioner or his or her designee shall design a  statewide
 contest  in  which all elementary school students shall vote, from among
 the five finalists, for the official Empire state children's book.
   (c) Such process  for  choosing  five  finalists  and  such  statewide
 contest shall be conducted by the education department every two years.
   2.  The  official Empire state children's book shall be highlighted as
 such and made available for display and sale during the  period  of  its
 biennial  reign  at  all  public elementary schools and their libraries,
 public libraries, state sponsored functions, fairs and events for  chil-
 dren,  the state museum gift shop, and on the state website. Any and all
 proceeds collected by the education department in the sale of such offi-
 cial state children's book shall be used to offset the future  costs  of
 the Empire state children's book project.
   ยง  2. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, that the first
 official children's book shall be chosen on or before the first of Octo-
 ber, 2023.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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