Assembly Actions -
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Jan 05, 2022 |
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Mar 16, 2021 |
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Assembly Bill A6339
2021-2022 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
JENSEN
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
Kimberly Jean-Pierre
Mary Beth Walsh
Michael Durso
Jake Ashby
2021-A6339 (ACTIVE) - Details
2021-A6339 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6339 2021-2022 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y March 16, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. JENSEN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to establishing require- ments for elementary and secondary school libraries THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 274 of the education law is amended to read as follows: § 274. Use and care of school library. 1. The school library shall be a part of the school equipment and shall be kept in the school building at all times. Such library shall be devoted to the exclusive use of the school, except as otherwise provided by the rules of the commissioner of education and except in a district where there is no free library, in which case such school library shall be a circulating library for the use of the residents of the district. 2. EACH SCHOOL LIBRARY SHALL: A. PROVIDE PHYSICAL ACCESS TO RESOURCES INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, BOOKS, TECHNOLOGICAL EQUIPMENT, MEDIA, AND OTHER TANGIBLE DOCUMENTS; B. PROVIDE DIGITAL ACCESS TO RESOURCES INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, E-BOOKS, DATABASES, SOFTWARE AND MEDIA; C. PROVIDE EQUITABLE, FLEXIBLE ACCESS TO LIBRARY SPACE AND ITS STAFF BY SCHOOL STUDENTS, STAFF AND FACULTY; AND D. RECEIVE A BUDGET ALLOCATION ON A PER STUDENT BASIS TO ENSURE RESOURCES AND SERVICES REMAIN RELEVANT. 3. EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL ANNUALLY EVALUATE THEIR SCHOOL LIBRARY USING A SCHOOL LIBRARY PROGRAM RUBRIC CREATED BY THE DEPARTMENT. 4. The commissioner of education shall prescribe rules regulating [1.] A. The purchase, recording, safekeeping and loaning of books in school libraries, and the use of such books by pupils and teachers in the public schools. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD10405-02-1
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