Bill Text: NY S02895 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 2895 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Enables public libraries to access employment preparation education (EPE) funds to provide adult literacy education; sets aside three million dollars to be awarded through a competitive grant process; provides that half of such appropriation shall be set aside for libraries serving a population of one million or more.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2016-05-04 - referred to libraries and education technology [S02895 Detail]

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         2895
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   January 30, 2015
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  FARLEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Education
       AN ACT to amend the  education  law,  in  relation  to  enabling  public
         libraries  to  access  employment preparation education (EPE) funds to
         provide adult literacy instruction
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Subdivision  11  of  section 3602 of the education law is
    2  amended by adding a new paragraph a-2 to read as follows:
    3    A-2. NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF PARAGRAPH A  OF  THIS  SUBDIVI-
    4  SION,  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL  SET  ASIDE  AN  AMOUNT OF THREE MILLION
    5  DOLLARS TO BE AWARDED THROUGH A  COMPETITIVE  GRANT  PROCESS  TO  PUBLIC
    6  LIBRARIES TO PROVIDE ANY OF THE SERVICES AUTHORIZED IN THIS SUBDIVISION.
    7  HOWEVER,  NO  LESS THAN HALF THE ANNUAL APPROPRIATION SHALL BE SET ASIDE
    8  FOR PUBLIC LIBRARIES SERVING A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION  OR  MORE.  THE
    9  COMMISSIONER SHALL HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH RULES AND REGULATIONS
   10  TO IMPLEMENT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS PARAGRAPH.
   11    S  2.  This  act  shall  take  effect  on  the first of September next
   12  succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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