Bill Text: NY S02018 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Requires distribution of information on obtaining library card and application to all students.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 12-6)

Status: (Passed) 2013-07-31 - SIGNED CHAP.247 [S02018 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S02018-Amended.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        2018--A
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 9, 2013
                                      ___________
       Introduced by Sens. FARLEY, ADDABBO, AVELLA, BOYLE, DeFRANCISCO, ESPAIL-
         LAT,  GRISANTI,  LARKIN, LAVALLE, MARTINS, MAZIARZ, MONTGOMERY, NOZZO-
         LIO, RANZENHOFER, RITCHIE, SEWARD -- read twice and  ordered  printed,
         and  when  printed  to  be  committed to the Committee on Education --
         committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended  and
         recommitted to said committee
       AN  ACT  to  amend the education law, in relation to the distribution of
         library card applications and information in public schools
         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 816 to
    2  read as follows:
    3    S  816.  LOCAL LIBRARY AND SCHOOL PARTNERSHIPS. 1. LEGISLATIVE INTENT.
    4  IN ORDER TO PROMOTE AND ENCOURAGE CHILDREN TO READ AND LEARN OUTSIDE THE
    5  CLASSROOM, THIS LAW SEEKS TO ENCOURAGE LOCAL LIBRARIES  AND  SCHOOLS  TO
    6  WORK  TOGETHER  TO  PROMOTE  THE  AVAILABILITY  OF  LIBRARY SERVICES AND
    7  RESOURCES.
    8    2. DEFINITIONS. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING  TERMS
    9  SHALL BE DEFINED AS FOLLOWS:
   10    A.  "SCHOOL  DISTRICT"  SHALL  MEAN  ANY PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE
   11  STATE OF NEW YORK THAT CONTAINS ONE OR MORE SCHOOLS WITH ANY COMBINATION
   12  OF GRADES FROM AND INCLUDING KINDERGARTEN THROUGH GRADE TWELVE.
   13    B. "PUBLIC LIBRARY" SHALL MEAN ANY PUBLIC OR  ASSOCIATION  LIBRARY  AS
   14  DEFINED IN SECTION TWO HUNDRED FIFTY-THREE OF THIS TITLE.
   15    3.  UPON  THE  REQUEST  OF A PUBLIC LIBRARY THAT IS LOCATED WITHIN THE
   16  BOUNDARIES OF A SCHOOL DISTRICT, THE DISTRICT SHALL DISSEMINATE INFORMA-
   17  TIONAL MATERIALS PROVIDED BY THE LIBRARY REGARDING  THE  PUBLIC  LIBRARY
   18  AND  APPLICATIONS  FOR  PUBLIC LIBRARY CARDS TO STUDENTS ENROLLED IN THE
   19  SCHOOL DISTRICT.  SUCH MATERIALS SHALL BE DISTRIBUTED TO ANY OR  ALL  OF
   20  THE FOLLOWING, AS REQUESTED BY THE PUBLIC LIBRARY:
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD00118-06-3
       S. 2018--A                          2
    1    A.  ANNUALLY  TO EVERY STUDENT OF SUCH SCHOOL DISTRICT UPON HIS OR HER
    2  ENTRY INTO KINDERGARTEN, GRADE SIX AND GRADE NINE, EXCEPT THAT A LIBRARY
    3  AND SCHOOL MAY AGREE TO ALTERNATE OR ADDITIONAL GRADES;
    4    B. TO EVERY STUDENT UPON HIS OR HER ENROLLMENT AS A NEW STUDENT; AND
    5    C.  AVAILABLE AT ALL TIMES IN THE SCHOOL LIBRARY IN EACH SCHOOL WITHIN
    6  THE SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR STUDENTS AND PARENTS WHO  WISH  TO  OBTAIN  SUCH
    7  MATERIALS.
    8    4.    THE  DIRECTOR OF EACH PARTICIPATING PUBLIC LIBRARY SHALL CONSULT
    9  ANNUALLY WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IN ORDER TO COORDINATE  THE  PROVISION
   10  OF  MATERIALS CONTAINING INFORMATION REGARDING THE LIBRARY, INSTRUCTIONS
   11  ON HOW STUDENTS MAY OBTAIN A LIBRARY  CARD  AND  AN  APPLICATION  FOR  A
   12  LIBRARY CARD.
   13    5.  EACH  PUBLIC  LIBRARY THAT IS LOCATED IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL
   14  PROVIDE SUFFICIENT COPIES OF SUCH MATERIALS TO THE SCHOOL  DISTRICT  FOR
   15  DISTRIBUTION  AS  DESCRIBED IN SUBDIVISION THREE OF THIS SECTION SO THAT
   16  EACH SCHOOL MAY SATISFY THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SECTION.
   17    6. IN THE EVENT THERE IS NO PUBLIC LIBRARY LOCATED WITHIN THE  BOUNDA-
   18  RIES OF A SCHOOL DISTRICT, SUCH SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED TO
   19  COMPLY WITH THIS SECTION.
   20    7.  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH RULES AND
   21  REGULATIONS TO IMPLEMENT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION.
   22    8. NOTHING IN THIS ACT SHALL REQUIRE A SCHOOL DISTRICT TO EXPEND ADDI-
   23  TIONAL FUNDS IN ORDER TO COMPLY WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION.
   24    9. THIS SECTION SHALL NOT APPLY TO A SCHOOL DISTRICT OR A LIBRARY IN A
   25  CITY OF ONE MILLION OR MORE WHERE SUCH DISTRICT OR LIBRARY  ARE  SUBJECT
   26  TO  A LOCAL LAW WHICH WAS ADOPTED PRIOR TO THE ENACTMENT OF THIS SECTION
   27  AND WHICH PROVIDES FOR THE DISTRIBUTION OF LIBRARY MATERIALS  IN  PUBLIC
   28  SCHOOLS.
   29    S  2.  This  act  shall  take  effect  on  the first of September next
   30  succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law.