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Senate Bill S8478

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to the library materials factor

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2023-S8478 - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §711, Ed L

2023-S8478 - Summary

Provides that for aid payable in the two thousand twenty-five--two thousand twenty-six school year, the library materials factor shall be eleven dollars; provides that for each following school year, the library materials factor shall be determined on an annual basis to reflect the percentage increase in the consumer price index.

2023-S8478 - Sponsor Memo

2023-S8478 - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8478
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 2, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens. CHU, MURRAY -- 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 the library  materials
   factor
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section  711  of  the  education  law,  as
 amended  by  section  7  of part B of chapter 57 of the laws of 2007, is
 amended to read as follows:
   3. No school district shall  be  required  to  purchase  or  otherwise
 acquire  school  library  materials,  the  cost of which shall exceed an
 amount equal to the library materials factor multiplied by  the  sum  of
 the  public  school district enrollment and the nonpublic school enroll-
 ment in the base year as defined in subparagraphs two and three of para-
 graph n of subdivision one of section thirty-six  hundred  two  of  this
 chapter.  For aid payable in the nineteen hundred ninety-eight--nineteen
 hundred ninety-nine school year, the library materials factor  shall  be
 four  dollars.  For  aid payable in the two thousand seven--two thousand
 eight school year and thereafter, the library materials factor shall  be
 six  dollars  and twenty-five cents. FOR AID PAYABLE IN THE TWO THOUSAND
 TWENTY-FIVE--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SIX SCHOOL YEAR, THE LIBRARY  MATERIALS
 FACTOR  SHALL  BE  ELEVEN  DOLLARS.  FOR EACH FOLLOWING SCHOOL YEAR, THE
 LIBRARY MATERIALS FACTOR SHALL BE DETERMINED ON AN ANNUAL BASIS  BY  THE
 DIRECTOR  OF  THE  BUDGET IN CONSULTATION WITH THE COMMISSIONER BASED ON
 THE RATE OF INFLATION FOR THE MOST RECENT  TWELVE  MONTH  PERIOD  ENDING
 JUNE OF THAT YEAR.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14367-01-4

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2023-S8478A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §711, Ed L

2023-S8478A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that for aid payable in the two thousand twenty-five--two thousand twenty-six school year, the library materials factor shall be eleven dollars; provides that for each following school year, the library materials factor shall be determined on an annual basis to reflect the percentage increase in the consumer price index.

2023-S8478A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S8478A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  8478--A
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 2, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  CHU,  CLEARE,  HELMING, JACKSON, MURRAY, PALUMBO,
   RHOADS -- 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  commit-
   tee
 
 AN  ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the library materials
   factor

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  3  of  section  711 of the education law, as
 amended by section 7 of part B of chapter 57 of the  laws  of  2007,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   3.  No  school  district  shall  be  required to purchase or otherwise
 acquire school library materials, the cost  of  which  shall  exceed  an
 amount  equal  to  the library materials factor multiplied by the sum of
 the public school district enrollment and the nonpublic  school  enroll-
 ment in the base year as defined in subparagraphs two and three of para-
 graph  n  of  subdivision  one of section thirty-six hundred two of this
 chapter. For aid payable in the nineteen hundred  ninety-eight--nineteen
 hundred  ninety-nine  school year, the library materials factor shall be
 four dollars. For aid payable in the two  thousand  seven--two  thousand
 eight  school year and thereafter, the library materials factor shall be
 six dollars and twenty-five cents. FOR AID PAYABLE IN THE  TWO  THOUSAND
 TWENTY-FIVE--TWO  THOUSAND TWENTY-SIX SCHOOL YEAR, THE LIBRARY MATERIALS
 FACTOR SHALL BE ELEVEN DOLLARS, AND THE LIBRARY MATERIALS  FACTOR  SHALL
 BE  ADJUSTED ANNUALLY TO REFLECT THE PERCENTAGE INCREASE IN THE CONSUMER
 PRICE INDEX AS DEFINED BY PARAGRAPH HH OF  SUBDIVISION  ONE  OF  SECTION
 THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED TWO OF THIS CHAPTER.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14367-03-4

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