Bill Text: NY S00683 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Directs the council on children and families to establish an online listing and map of publicly funded or registered afterschool and school age child care programs.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-11-29 - APPROVAL MEMO.23 [S00683 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-S00683-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 683 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 4, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sen. KENNEDY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Children and Families AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to directing the council on children and families to establish an online listing and map of publicly funded or registered afterschool and school age child care programs and to expand the duties of the commissioner of social services; and to amend the education law, in relation to expanding the duties of the commissioner of education The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The social services law is amended by adding a new section 2 483-h to read as follows: 3 § 483-h. List of child care providers. 1. The council, in accordance 4 with information made available to it by the office of children and 5 family services pursuant to section seventeen of this chapter and 6 provided to it by the state education department pursuant to section 7 three hundred five of the education law, shall develop and make avail- 8 able through a link on its website: 9 (a) a listing of: 10 (1) all recipients of competitive grants awarded or administered by 11 the state for the purpose of providing: (i) afterschool or summer 12 programs as defined in section two of this chapter, or extended learning 13 time, including but not limited to grants for such purposes awarded 14 under section thirty-six hundred forty-one of the education law; or (ii) 15 community schools, including but not limited to grants for such purposes 16 awarded under section thirty-six hundred forty-one of the education law; 17 and 18 (2) all registered school age child care providers registered by the 19 office of children and family services; and 20 (b) a map displaying the locations of the award recipients and provid- 21 ers described in subparagraph one of paragraph (a) of this subdivision. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD01107-01-7S. 683 2 1 2. The listing shall include for each grant recipient or provider the 2 recipient's or provider's name, the address at which the program is 3 offered, and the name and phone number of an individual who is author- 4 ized to answer questions regarding the program. 5 3. The listing and map described in subdivision one of this section 6 shall be updated no less than once a year. The listing and map shall 7 also be updated within ninety days of the date of execution or expira- 8 tion of contracts with grant recipients when all such contracts are 9 executing or expiring for a particular competitive grant. 10 4. The council may include locations and information for additional 11 relevant programs as it sees fit. 12 § 2. Subdivision (h) of section 17 of the social services law, as 13 added by section 1 of part k3 of chapter 57 of the laws of 2007, is 14 amended to read as follows: 15 (h) make available on its website all award allocations for request 16 for proposals issued by the office of children and family services upon 17 release of such awards. Such information shall also include all organ- 18 izations requesting funding and the amounts requested for each request 19 for proposal. The office of children and family services may also 20 include any other information related to each program that it deems 21 appropriate[.]; 22 § 3. Subdivisions (i) and (j) of section 17 of the social services 23 law, subdivision (j) as relettered by section 1 of part W of chapter 54 24 of the laws of 2016, are relettered subdivisions (j) and (k). 25 § 3-a. Section 17 of the social services law is amended by adding a 26 new subdivision (i) to read as follows: 27 (i) make available to the council on children and families, through 28 the OpenNY website, information regarding: (1) all recipients of grants 29 awarded or administered by the state for the purposes of providing 30 afterschool or summer programs as defined in section two of this chap- 31 ter, extended learning time, including but not limited to grants for 32 such purposes awarded under section thirty-six hundred forty-one of the 33 education law, or community schools, including but not limited to grants 34 for such purposes awarded under section thirty-six hundred forty-one of 35 the education law; and (2) registered school age child care providers 36 registered by the office of children and family services. For each grant 37 recipient or provider the recipient's or provider's name, the address at 38 which the program is offered, and the name and phone number of an indi- 39 vidual who is authorized to answer questions regarding the program will 40 be made available through the OpenNY website no less than once a year 41 and within ninety days of the date of execution or expiration of 42 contracts with grant recipients when all such contracts are executing or 43 expiring for a particular competitive grant; and 44 § 4. Section 305 of the education law is amended by adding a new 45 subdivision 56 to read as follows: 46 56. The commissioner shall provide to the council on children and 47 families, in a format identified by the council, information regarding 48 all recipients of grants awarded or administered by the state for the 49 purposes of providing afterschool or summer programs as defined in 50 section two of the social services law, extended learning time, includ- 51 ing but not limited to grants for such purposes awarded under section 52 thirty-six hundred forty-one of this chapter, or community schools, 53 including but not limited to grants for such purposes awarded under 54 section thirty-six hundred forty-one of this chapter. For each grant 55 recipient or provider the recipient's or provider's name, the address at 56 which the program is offered, and the name and phone number of an indi-S. 683 3 1 vidual who is authorized to answer questions regarding the program will 2 be provided to the council no less than once a year and within ninety 3 days of the date of execution or expiration of contracts with grant 4 recipients when all such contracts are executing or expiring for a 5 particular competitive grant. 6 § 5. Section 2 of the social services law is amended by adding two new 7 subdivisions 39 and 40 to read as follows: 8 39. "Afterschool program" shall mean a program conducted outside the 9 regular school day whereby students can participate in enrichment activ- 10 ities including but not limited to athletics, academic enrichment, art, 11 music, drama, academic tutoring, mentoring, community services and 12 related programs that will promote positive youth development, physical 13 and/or emotional wellness, educational achievement, and/or school, 14 civic, family and community engagement. 15 40. "Summer program" shall mean a program conducted outside the regu- 16 lar school year whereby students can participate in enrichment activ- 17 ities including but not limited to athletics, academic enrichment, art, 18 music, drama, academic tutoring, mentoring, community services and 19 related programs that will promote positive youth development, physical 20 and/or emotional wellness, educational achievement, and/or school, 21 civic, family and community engagement, and shall not include required 22 summer school programming pursuant to section thirty-six hundred two of 23 the education law. 24 § 6. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 25 have become a law; provided that the amendments to subdivisions (i) and 26 (j) of section 17 of the social services law made by section three of 27 this act shall not affect the repeal of such subdivisions and shall be 28 deemed repealed therewith.
