Bill Text: NY A08976 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires distribution of information on obtaining library card and application to all students.
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 31-3)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2012-05-31 - REFERRED TO FINANCE [A08976 Detail]
Download: New_York-2011-A08976-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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8976
I N A S S E M B L Y
January 10, 2012
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Introduced by M. of A. REILLY, LANCMAN, CLARK, GALEF, COLTON, MILLMAN,
M. MILLER, JAFFEE, GABRYSZAK, WEPRIN, HOOPER, BARRON, N. RIVERA,
CAMARA, LINARES, P. RIVERA, CASTRO, ENGLEBRIGHT, STEVENSON, MENG --
Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BRENNAN, GIBSON, GOTTFRIED, JEFFRIES,
V. LOPEZ, MAGNARELLI, McENENY, SCHIMEL, THIELE -- read once and
referred to the Committee on Libraries and Education Technology
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring school
districts to distribute to students in each school building written
information about the public library and how to obtain a library card
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 815 to
2 read as follows:
3 S 815. DISTRIBUTION OF PUBLIC LIBRARY CARD APPLICATION MATERIALS. 1.
4 DEFINITIONS. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL
5 BE DEFINED AS FOLLOWS:
6 A. "SCHOOL DISTRICT" SHALL MEAN ANY PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE
7 STATE OF NEW YORK THAT CONTAINS ONE OR MORE SCHOOLS WITH ANY COMBINATION
8 OF GRADES FROM AND INCLUDING KINDERGARTEN THROUGH GRADE TWELVE WHICH IS
9 LOCATED OUTSIDE OF NEW YORK CITY.
10 B. "PUBLIC LIBRARY" SHALL MEAN ANY PUBLIC OR ASSOCIATION LIBRARY AS
11 DEFINED IN SECTION TWO HUNDRED FIFTY-FIVE OF THIS TITLE WHICH IS LOCATED
12 OUTSIDE OF NEW YORK CITY.
13 2. EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL BE REQUIRED TO DISSEMINATE INFORMATIONAL
14 MATERIALS ABOUT THE PUBLIC LIBRARY AND APPLICATIONS FOR PUBLIC LIBRARY
15 CARDS TO STUDENTS ENROLLED IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AS FOLLOWS:
16 A. ANNUALLY TO EVERY STUDENT OF SUCH SCHOOL DISTRICT UPON HIS OR HER
17 ENTRY INTO KINDERGARTEN, GRADE SIX AND GRADE NINE;
18 B. TO EVERY STUDENT UPON HIS OR HER ENROLLMENT AS A NEW STUDENT; AND
19 C. AVAILABLE AT ALL TIMES IN THE SCHOOL LIBRARY IN EACH SCHOOL WITHIN
20 THE SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR STUDENTS AND PARENTS WHO WISH TO OBTAIN SUCH
21 MATERIALS.
22 3. EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL CONSULT ANNUALLY WITH THE DIRECTOR OF
23 EACH PUBLIC LIBRARY LOCATED WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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1 IN ORDER TO REQUEST COPIES OF MATERIALS CONTAINING INFORMATION REGARDING
2 THE LIBRARY, INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW STUDENTS MAY OBTAIN A LIBRARY CARD AND
3 AN APPLICATION FOR A LIBRARY CARD.
4 4. EACH PUBLIC LIBRARY THAT IS LOCATED IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL
5 PROVIDE SUFFICIENT COPIES OF SUCH MATERIALS TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR
6 DISTRIBUTION AS DESCRIBED IN SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION SO THAT
7 EACH SCHOOL MAY SATISFY THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SECTION.
8 5. IN THE EVENT THERE IS NO PUBLIC LIBRARY LOCATED WITHIN THE BOUNDA-
9 RIES OF A SCHOOL DISTRICT, SUCH SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED TO
10 COMPLY WITH THIS SECTION.
11 6. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH RULES AND
12 REGULATIONS TO IMPLEMENT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION.
13 7. NOTHING IN THIS ACT SHALL REQUIRE A SCHOOL DISTRICT TO EXPEND ADDI-
14 TIONAL FUNDS IN ORDER TO COMPLY WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION.
15 S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of September next
16 succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law.
