Assembly Actions -
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Jun 06, 2023 |
referred to education delivered to assembly passed senate ordered to third reading cal.1649 committee discharged and committed to rules |
May 30, 2023 |
print number 6350b |
May 30, 2023 |
amend and recommit to libraries |
May 10, 2023 |
print number 6350a |
May 10, 2023 |
amend and recommit to libraries |
Apr 17, 2023 |
referred to libraries |
Senate Bill S6350B
2023-2024 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) 48th Senate District
Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
Bill Amendments
co-Sponsors
(D, WF) 17th Senate District
(D) 14th Senate District
2023-S6350 - Details
2023-S6350 - Summary
Enacts the "freedom to read act"; requires the commissioner of education and school library systems to develop policies to ensure that school libraries and library staff are empowered to curate and develop collections that provide students with access to the widest array of developmentally appropriate materials available.
2023-S6350 - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S6350 SPONSOR: MAY TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the education law, in relation to enacting the "freedom to read act" PURPOSE: To ensure school libraries and libraries are able to offer a wide age- appropriate materials to students. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Adds a new subdivision to Article 2 Section 13 of the Education Law to ensure school libraries and librarians are able to provide students with a wide array of age-appropriate materials in schools. JUSTIFICATION:
2023-S6350 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6350 2023-2024 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E April 17, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sen. MAY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Libraries AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to enacting the "freedom to read act" THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "freedom to read act". § 2. Subdivision 5 of section 13 of the education law is designated the closing paragraph, and a new subdivision 5 is added to read as follows: 5. POLICIES TO ENSURE THAT SCHOOL LIBRARIES AND LIBRARIANS ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH ACCESS TO THE WIDEST ARRAY OF AGE-APPROPRIATE MATERIALS AVAILABLE TO SUCH SCHOOL DISTRICT. § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD07840-04-3
co-Sponsors
(D, WF) 17th Senate District
(D) 14th Senate District
2023-S6350A - Details
2023-S6350A - Summary
Enacts the "freedom to read act"; requires the commissioner of education and school library systems to develop policies to ensure that school libraries and library staff are empowered to curate and develop collections that provide students with access to the widest array of developmentally appropriate materials available.
2023-S6350A - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S6350A SPONSOR: MAY TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the education law, in relation to enacting the "freedom to read act" PURPOSE: To ensure school libraries and libraries are able to offer a wide array of age-appropriate materials to students. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Adds a new subdivision to Article 2 Section 13 of the Education Law to ensure school libraries and librarians are able to provide students with a wide array of developmentally appropriate materials in schools. The A-print of this legislation makes changes. to reflect the work JUSTIFICATION:
2023-S6350A - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6350--A 2023-2024 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E April 17, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sens. MAY, CHU, COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Libraries -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to enacting the "freedom to read act" THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "freedom to read act". § 2. Subdivision 5 of section 13 of the education law is redesignated the closing paragraph, and a new subdivision 5 is added to read as follows: 5. POLICIES TO ENSURE THAT SCHOOL LIBRARIES AND LIBRARY STAFF, INCLUD- ING BUT NOT LIMITED TO CERTIFIED LIBRARY MEDIA SPECIALISTS, ARE EMPOWERED TO CURATE AND DEVELOP COLLECTIONS THAT PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH ACCESS TO THE WIDEST ARRAY OF DEVELOPMENTALLY APPROPRIATE MATERIALS AVAILABLE TO SUCH SCHOOL DISTRICT. § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD07840-05-3
co-Sponsors
(D, WF) 17th Senate District
(D) 14th Senate District
(D, WF) 52nd Senate District
2023-S6350B (ACTIVE) - Details
2023-S6350B (ACTIVE) - Summary
Enacts the "freedom to read act"; requires the commissioner of education and school library systems to develop policies to ensure that school libraries and library staff are empowered to curate and develop collections that provide students with access to the widest array of developmentally appropriate materials available.
2023-S6350B (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S6350B SPONSOR: MAY TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the education law, in relation to enacting the "freedom to read act" SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Amends sections 276 and 283 of the Education Law to ensure that school libraries and librarians are empowered to curate the widest array of developmentally appropriate collections for students to access. The B-print of this legislation changes the section of law amended. JUSTIFICATION: "Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing." This quote from Scout, the young heroine of Harper Lee's To Kill a Mock- ingbird, sums up the way censorship almost inevitably backfires.
2023-S6350B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6350--B 2023-2024 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E April 17, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sens. MAY, CHU, COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Libraries -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to enacting the "freedom to read act" THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "freedom to read act". § 2. Section 276 of education law is amended to read as follows: § 276. Existing rules continued in force. All existing provisions of law and rules established by the commissioner of education for the management of public school libraries shall hold good as to the manage- ment of such school libraries until altered by or in pursuance of law. SUCH LAWS AND RULES ESTABLISHED BY THE COMMISSIONER SHALL INCLUDE POLI- CIES TO ENSURE THAT SCHOOL LIBRARIES AND LIBRARY STAFF, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO CERTIFIED LIBRARY MEDIA SPECIALISTS, ARE EMPOWERED TO CURATE AND DEVELOP COLLECTIONS THAT PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH ACCESS TO THE WIDEST ARRAY OF DEVELOPMENTALLY APPROPRIATE MATERIALS AVAILABLE TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS. § 3. Section 283 of the education law, as added by chapter 348 of the laws of 1984, is amended to read as follows: § 283. Functions of school library systems. The functions of school library systems shall include but not be limited to: (a) creating and developing a union catalog of materials listing the resources of each participating school library; (b) developing a plan which will aid each participating school library in cooperative collection development; (c) adopting and implementing an interlibrary loan policy and program among participating school libraries; (d) assuring a method of effective EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD07840-07-3
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