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Assembly Bill A7955A

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Enables public libraries to access employment preparation education (EPE) funds to provide adult literacy education

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2023-A7955 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6136
Current Committee:
Assembly Libraries And Education Technology
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3602, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A7795
2017-2018: A5811
2019-2020: A1667
2021-2022: A55
2025-2026: A3738, S5988

2023-A7955 - Summary

Enables public libraries to access employment preparation education (EPE) funds to provide adult literacy education; sets aside one million dollars to be awarded through a competitive grant process; provides that half of such appropriation shall be set aside for libraries serving a population of one million or more.

2023-A7955 - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7955
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              August 18, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  SIMON, OTIS -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Libraries and Education Technology
 
 AN ACT to amend the  education  law,  in  relation  to  enabling  public
   libraries  to  access  employment preparation education (EPE) funds to
   provide adult literacy instruction

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  11  of  section 3602 of the education law is
 amended by adding a new paragraph a-2 to read as follows:
   A-2. NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF PARAGRAPH A  OF  THIS  SUBDIVI-
 SION,  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL  SET  ASIDE  AN  AMOUNT OF THREE MILLION
 DOLLARS TO BE AWARDED THROUGH A  COMPETITIVE  GRANT  PROCESS  TO  PUBLIC
 LIBRARIES TO PROVIDE ANY OF THE SERVICES AUTHORIZED IN THIS SUBDIVISION.
 HOWEVER,  NO  LESS THAN HALF THE ANNUAL APPROPRIATION SHALL BE SET ASIDE
 FOR PUBLIC LIBRARIES SERVING A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION  OR  MORE.  THE
 COMMISSIONER SHALL HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH RULES AND REGULATIONS
 TO IMPLEMENT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS PARAGRAPH.
   §  2.  This  act  shall  take  effect  on  the first of September 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.
                                                            LBD10509-01-3

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2023-A7955A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6136
Current Committee:
Assembly Libraries And Education Technology
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3602, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A7795
2017-2018: A5811
2019-2020: A1667
2021-2022: A55
2025-2026: A3738, S5988

2023-A7955A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enables public libraries to access employment preparation education (EPE) funds to provide adult literacy education; sets aside one million dollars to be awarded through a competitive grant process; provides that half of such appropriation shall be set aside for libraries serving a population of one million or more.

2023-A7955A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  7955--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              August 18, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  SIMON, OTIS -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Libraries and Education Technology -- recommitted to  the
   Committee  on  Libraries  and  Education Technology in accordance with
   Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
   reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the  education  law,  in  relation  to  enabling  public
   libraries  to  access  employment preparation education (EPE) funds to
   provide adult literacy instruction
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  11  of  section 3602 of the education law is
 amended by adding a new paragraph a-2 to read as follows:
   A-2. NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF PARAGRAPH A  OF  THIS  SUBDIVI-
 SION,  THE COMMISSIONER SHALL SET ASIDE AN AMOUNT OF ONE MILLION DOLLARS
 TO BE AWARDED THROUGH A COMPETITIVE GRANT PROCESS TO PUBLIC LIBRARIES TO
 PROVIDE ANY OF THE SERVICES AUTHORIZED IN THIS SUBDIVISION. HOWEVER,  NO
 LESS  THAN  HALF  THE ANNUAL APPROPRIATION SHALL BE SET ASIDE FOR PUBLIC
 LIBRARIES SERVING A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE. THE  COMMISSIONER
 SHALL HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH RULES AND REGULATIONS TO IMPLEMENT
 THE PROVISIONS OF THIS PARAGRAPH.
   § 2. This act shall take effect April 1, 2025.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10509-03-4

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