Bill Text: NY S04435 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Requires members of a board of trustees of public, free association and Indian libraries to complete two hours of trustee education annually.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)

Status: (Passed) 2021-10-08 - SIGNED CHAP.468 [S04435 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S04435-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         4435--B
            Cal. No. 804

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    February 4, 2021
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        Introduced  by  Sens.  MAY,  JORDAN,  SKOUFIS  -- read twice and ordered
          printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Educa-
          tion  -- committee discharged and said bill committed to the Committee
          on Libraries -- reported favorably from  said  committee,  ordered  to
          first  and  second  report,  ordered  to  a third reading, amended and
          ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the order of  third  reading
          --  again  amended  and  ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the
          order of third reading

        AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring members of a
          board of trustees of public, free association and Indian libraries  to
          complete two hours of trustee education annually

          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  260-d
     2  to read as follows:
     3    § 260-d. Board of trustees continuing education. 1.  Beginning January
     4  first,  two thousand twenty-three, each member, elected or appointed, of
     5  a board of trustees of a public,  free  association  or  Indian  library
     6  shall  be  required to complete a minimum of two hours of trustee educa-
     7  tion annually, from a provider  approved  by  the  commissioner  on  the
     8  financial  oversight, accountability, fiduciary responsibilities and the
     9  general powers and duties of a library trustee. Such  trustee  education
    10  may  be  delivered  online or in person, and may include lectures, work-
    11  shops, regional or national library association programs, or  any  other
    12  format approved by the commissioner.
    13    2.  Each  member shall demonstrate compliance with the requirements of
    14  this section by filing with the  president  of  the  board  of  trustees
    15  evidence  of  completion of trustee education from an approved provider.
    16  Actual and necessary expenses incurred by a  member  in  complying  with
    17  this section shall be a charge against the library.  Such evidence shall
    18  include one of the following:

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD04722-05-1
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     1    (a)  certificates of completion issued by one or more approved provid-
     2  ers; or
     3    (b)  a signed self-assurance of completion. Such assurance shall iden-
     4  tify the approved trustee education  providers,  a  description  of  the
     5  format and content of the completed instruction activities, the date and
     6  time  such  member  began and completed each instruction activity and an
     7  explanation of why a certificate of completion was  not  available  from
     8  such approved providers.
     9    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.