Senate Bill S5986A

Signed By Governor
2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to digital materials

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Current Bill Status Via A6807 - Signed by Governor

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2023-S5986 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6807
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §711, Ed L

2023-S5986 - Summary

Includes digital materials within school library materials.

2023-S5986 - Sponsor Memo

2023-S5986 - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5986
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 24, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  CHU  --  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 digital materials
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Subdivision  2  of  section  711 of the education law, as
 amended by section 2 of part A-1 of chapter 58 of the laws of  2011,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   2.  School  library  materials, for the purposes of this article shall
 mean [both] DIGITAL MATERIALS, audio/visual materials and printed  mate-
 rials  that  may  or may not require magnification which meet all of the
 following criteria: (1) materials which are catalogued and processed  as
 part  of the school library or media center for use by elementary and/or
 secondary school children and teachers; (2) materials which with reason-
 able care and use may be expected to last more than one  year;  and  (3)
 materials which would not be eligible for aid pursuant to sections seven
 hundred  one  and  seven hundred fifty-one of this title. School library
 materials meeting these criteria may include (i) hard cover  and  paper-
 back  books,  periodicals, that is, publications which appear at regular
 intervals of less than one year on a continuing basis for an  indefinite
 period,  documents  other  than  books, pamphlets, musical scores, other
 printed and published materials, [and] (ii)  for  school  year  nineteen
 hundred  eighty-six--eighty-seven and thereafter, audio/visual materials
 including films, film strips, micro-film,  sound  recordings,  processed
 slides,  transparencies,  kinescopes, video tapes, maps, charts, globes,
 pictorial works, including pictures  and  picture  sets,  reproductions,
 photographs,  graphic  works,  and any other audio/visual materials of a
 similar nature made, AND ANY DIGITAL MATERIALS THAT CAN BE  ACCESSED  BY
 COMPUTER.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10431-01-3

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2023-S5986A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6807
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §711, Ed L

2023-S5986A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Includes digital materials within school library materials.

2023-S5986A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S5986A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  5986--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 24, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sens. CHU, MAY -- 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 digital materials

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  2  of  section  711 of the education law, as
 amended by section 2 of part A-1 of chapter 58 of the laws of  2011,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   2.  School  library  materials, for the purposes of this article shall
 mean [both] DIGITAL MATERIALS, audio/visual materials and printed  mate-
 rials  that  may  or may not require magnification which meet all of the
 following criteria: (1) materials which are catalogued and processed  as
 part  of the school library or media center for use by elementary and/or
 secondary school children and teachers; (2) materials which with reason-
 able care and use may be expected to last more than one  year;  and  (3)
 materials which would not be eligible for aid pursuant to sections seven
 hundred  one  and  seven hundred fifty-one of this title. School library
 materials meeting these criteria  may  include  (i)  hard  cover  [and],
 paperback  books  AND  E-BOOKS,  periodicals, that is, PRINT AND DIGITAL
 publications which ARE SUBSCRIPTION-BASED AND appear at  regular  inter-
 vals of less than one year on a continuing basis for an indefinite peri-
 od,  documents  other  than  books,  pamphlets,  musical  scores,  other
 printed, DIGITAL and published materials, [and]  (ii)  for  school  year
 nineteen  hundred  eighty-six--eighty-seven and thereafter, audio/visual
 materials including films, film strips,  micro-film,  sound  recordings,
 processed slides, transparencies, kinescopes, video tapes, maps, charts,
 globes,  pictorial  works,  including pictures and picture sets, reprod-
 uctions, photographs, graphic works, and any other audio/visual  materi-
 als of a similar nature made.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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