Bill Text: NY S06553 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Amended
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: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-06-20 - SUBSTITUTED BY A8418A [S06553 Detail]
Download: New_York-2013-S06553-Amended.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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6553--A
I N S E N A T E
February 5, 2014
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Introduced by Sen. KENNEDY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Children and Families --
reported favorably from said committee and committed to the Committee
on Finance -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
amended and recommitted to said committee
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-g to read as follows:
3 S 483-G. 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.
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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 S 2. Subdivisions (h) and (i) of section 17 of the social services
13 law, subdivision (h) as added and subdivision (i) as relettered by
14 section 1 of part K-3 of chapter 57 of the laws of 2007, and subdivision
15 (i) as amended by chapter 110 of the laws of 1971, are amended to read
16 as follows:
17 (h) make available on its website all award allocations for request
18 for proposals issued by the office of children and family services upon
19 release of such awards. Such information shall also include all organ-
20 izations requesting funding and the amounts requested for each request
21 for proposal. The office of children and family services may also
22 include any other information related to each program that it deems
23 appropriate[.];
24 (i) MAKE AVAILABLE TO THE COUNCIL ON CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, THROUGH
25 THE OPENNY WEBSITE, INFORMATION REGARDING: (1) ALL RECIPIENTS OF GRANTS
26 AWARDED OR ADMINISTERED BY THE STATE FOR THE PURPOSES OF PROVIDING
27 AFTERSCHOOL OR SUMMER PROGRAMS AS DEFINED IN SECTION TWO OF THIS CHAP-
28 TER, EXTENDED LEARNING TIME, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO GRANTS FOR
29 SUCH PURPOSES AWARDED UNDER SECTION THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED FORTY-ONE OF THE
30 EDUCATION LAW, OR COMMUNITY SCHOOLS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO GRANTS
31 FOR SUCH PURPOSES AWARDED UNDER SECTION THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED FORTY-ONE OF
32 THE EDUCATION LAW; AND (2) REGISTERED SCHOOL AGE CHILD CARE PROVIDERS
33 REGISTERED BY THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES. FOR EACH GRANT
34 RECIPIENT OR PROVIDER THE RECIPIENT'S OR PROVIDER'S NAME, THE ADDRESS AT
35 WHICH THE PROGRAM IS OFFERED, AND THE NAME AND PHONE NUMBER OF AN INDI-
36 VIDUAL WHO IS AUTHORIZED TO ANSWER QUESTIONS REGARDING THE PROGRAM WILL
37 BE MADE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE OPENNY WEBSITE NO LESS THAN ONCE A YEAR
38 AND WITHIN NINETY DAYS OF THE DATE OF EXECUTION OR EXPIRATION OF
39 CONTRACTS WITH GRANT RECIPIENTS WHEN ALL SUCH CONTRACTS ARE EXECUTING OR
40 EXPIRING FOR A PARTICULAR COMPETITIVE GRANT; AND
41 (J) exercise such other powers and perform such other duties as may be
42 imposed by law.
43 S 3. Section 305 of the education law is amended by adding a new
44 subdivision 52 to read as follows:
45 52. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PROVIDE TO THE COUNCIL ON CHILDREN AND
46 FAMILIES, IN A FORMAT IDENTIFIED BY THE COUNCIL, INFORMATION REGARDING
47 ALL RECIPIENTS OF GRANTS AWARDED OR ADMINISTERED BY THE STATE FOR THE
48 PURPOSES OF PROVIDING AFTERSCHOOL OR SUMMER PROGRAMS AS DEFINED IN
49 SECTION TWO OF THE SOCIAL SERVICES LAW, EXTENDED LEARNING TIME, INCLUD-
50 ING BUT NOT LIMITED TO GRANTS FOR SUCH PURPOSES AWARDED UNDER SECTION
51 THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED FORTY-ONE OF THIS CHAPTER, OR COMMUNITY SCHOOLS,
52 INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO GRANTS FOR SUCH PURPOSES AWARDED UNDER
53 SECTION THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED FORTY-ONE OF THIS CHAPTER. FOR EACH GRANT
54 RECIPIENT OR PROVIDER THE RECIPIENT'S OR PROVIDER'S NAME, THE ADDRESS AT
55 WHICH THE PROGRAM IS OFFERED, AND THE NAME AND PHONE NUMBER OF AN INDI-
56 VIDUAL WHO IS AUTHORIZED TO ANSWER QUESTIONS REGARDING THE PROGRAM WILL
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1 BE PROVIDED TO THE COUNCIL NO LESS THAN ONCE A YEAR AND WITHIN NINETY
2 DAYS OF THE DATE OF EXECUTION OR EXPIRATION OF CONTRACTS WITH GRANT
3 RECIPIENTS WHEN ALL SUCH CONTRACTS ARE EXECUTING OR EXPIRING FOR A
4 PARTICULAR COMPETITIVE GRANT.
5 S 4. Section 2 of the social services law is amended by adding two new
6 subdivisions 39 and 40 to read as follows:
7 39. "AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAM" SHALL MEAN A PROGRAM CONDUCTED OUTSIDE THE
8 REGULAR SCHOOL DAY WHEREBY STUDENTS CAN PARTICIPATE IN ENRICHMENT ACTIV-
9 ITIES INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ATHLETICS, ACADEMIC ENRICHMENT, ART,
10 MUSIC, DRAMA, ACADEMIC TUTORING, MENTORING, COMMUNITY SERVICES AND
11 RELATED PROGRAMS THAT WILL PROMOTE POSITIVE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT, PHYSICAL
12 AND/OR EMOTIONAL WELLNESS, EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT, AND/OR SCHOOL,
13 CIVIC, FAMILY AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
14 40. "SUMMER PROGRAM" SHALL MEAN A PROGRAM CONDUCTED OUTSIDE THE REGU-
15 LAR SCHOOL YEAR WHEREBY STUDENTS CAN PARTICIPATE IN ENRICHMENT ACTIV-
16 ITIES INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ATHLETICS, ACADEMIC ENRICHMENT, ART,
17 MUSIC, DRAMA, ACADEMIC TUTORING, MENTORING, COMMUNITY SERVICES AND
18 RELATED PROGRAMS THAT WILL PROMOTE POSITIVE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT, PHYSICAL
19 AND/OR EMOTIONAL WELLNESS, EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT, AND/OR SCHOOL,
20 CIVIC, FAMILY AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, AND SHALL NOT INCLUDE REQUIRED
21 SUMMER SCHOOL PROGRAMMING PURSUANT TO SECTION THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED TWO OF
22 THE EDUCATION LAW.
23 S 5. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
24 have become a law.
