Assembly Bill A9652A

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Creates Dolly Parton's statewide imagination library program

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  • Introduced
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    • In Committee Senate
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    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
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2023-A9652 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8514
Current Committee:
Assembly Libraries And Education Technology
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §249-b, Ed L; add §97-bbbbb, St Fin L

2023-A9652 - Summary

Directs the state librarian to establish statewide imagination library program for encouraging children from birth to five years of age to develop a love of reading and learning; directs the state librarian to promote the statewide development of local Dolly Parton's Imagination Library programs; advance and strengthen local Dolly Parton's Imagination Library programs with the goal of increasing enrollment; recruit volunteers to assist in the development, promotion, and coordination of local Dolly Parton's Imagination Library programs

2023-A9652 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9652
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 27, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. REYES -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Libraries and Education Technology
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation  to  creating  the  Dolly
   Parton's  statewide library system of New York; and to amend the state
   finance law, in relation to establishing the  imagination  library  of
   New York fund

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section  249-b
 to read as follows:
   §  249-B.  DOLLY PARTON'S STATEWIDE LIBRARY SYSTEM OF NEW YORK. 1. FOR
 PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE  THE  FOLLOWING
 MEANINGS:
   A.  "PROGRAM"  SHALL  MEAN  THE STATEWIDE IMAGINATION LIBRARY PROGRAM,
 DOLLY PARTON'S IMAGINATION LIBRARY OF NEW YORK;
   B. "FUND" SHALL MEAN THE IMAGINATION LIBRARY OF NEW YORK  FUND  ESTAB-
 LISHED BY SECTION NINETY-SEVEN-BBBBB OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW; AND
   C. "QUALIFIED LOCAL ENTITY" SHALL MEAN ANY EXISTING OR NEW LOCAL DOLLY
 PARTON'S IMAGINATION LIBRARY AFFILIATE.
   2.  THERE  IS HEREBY ESTABLISHED UNDER THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE STATE
 LIBRARIAN A DOLLY PATRON'S STATEWIDE LIBRARY  SYSTEM  OF  NEW  YORK  FOR
 PURPOSES OF DEVELOPING, IMPLEMENTING, PROMOTING, AND FOSTERING A COMPRE-
 HENSIVE STATEWIDE INITIATIVE FOR ENCOURAGING CHILDREN FROM BIRTH TO FIVE
 YEARS OF AGE TO DEVELOP A LOVE OF READING AND LEARNING.
   3. A. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION TO THE CONTRARY, THE STATE LIBRAR-
 IAN  SHALL ALLOCATE MONEYS AS GRANTS TO PROVIDE AGE-APPROPRIATE BOOKS ON
 A MONTHLY BASIS, AT HOME, TO EACH CHILD REGISTERED IN THE PROGRAM,  FROM
 BIRTH  TO  THEIR  FIFTH  BIRTHDAY  AT NO COST TO FAMILIES, THROUGH DOLLY
 PARTON'S STATEWIDE LIBRARY SYSTEM OF NEW YORK.
   B. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION TO THE CONTRARY, THE STATE  LIBRARIAN
 SHALL  ALLOCATE  MONEYS FROM THE FUND AS GRANTS TO QUALIFIED LOCAL ENTI-
 TIES THAT AGREE  TO  A  DOLLAR-FOR-DOLLAR  MATCH  FOR  PURPOSES  OF  THE
 PROGRAM.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14150-02-4
              

2023-A9652A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8514
Current Committee:
Assembly Libraries And Education Technology
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §249-b, Ed L; add §97-bbbbb, St Fin L

2023-A9652A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the state librarian to establish statewide imagination library program for encouraging children from birth to five years of age to develop a love of reading and learning; directs the state librarian to promote the statewide development of local Dolly Parton's Imagination Library programs; advance and strengthen local Dolly Parton's Imagination Library programs with the goal of increasing enrollment; recruit volunteers to assist in the development, promotion, and coordination of local Dolly Parton's Imagination Library programs

2023-A9652A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  9652--A
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 27, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. REYES -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Libraries and Education Technology --  committee  discharged,  bill
   amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
   tee
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation  to  creating  the  Dolly
   Parton's  statewide library system of New York; and to amend the state
   finance law, in relation to establishing the  imagination  library  of
   New York fund
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section  249-b
 to read as follows:
   §  249-B.  DOLLY PARTON'S STATEWIDE LIBRARY SYSTEM OF NEW YORK. 1. FOR
 PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE  THE  FOLLOWING
 MEANINGS:
   A.  "PROGRAM"  SHALL  MEAN  THE STATEWIDE IMAGINATION LIBRARY PROGRAM,
 DOLLY PARTON'S IMAGINATION LIBRARY OF NEW YORK;
   B. "FUND" SHALL MEAN THE IMAGINATION LIBRARY OF NEW YORK  FUND  ESTAB-
 LISHED BY SECTION NINETY-SEVEN-BBBBB OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW; AND
   C. "QUALIFIED LOCAL ENTITY" SHALL MEAN ANY EXISTING OR NEW LOCAL DOLLY
 PARTON'S IMAGINATION LIBRARY AFFILIATE.
   2.  THERE  IS HEREBY ESTABLISHED UNDER THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE STATE
 LIBRARIAN A DOLLY PARTON'S STATEWIDE LIBRARY  SYSTEM  OF  NEW  YORK  FOR
 PURPOSES OF DEVELOPING, IMPLEMENTING, PROMOTING, AND FOSTERING A COMPRE-
 HENSIVE STATEWIDE INITIATIVE FOR ENCOURAGING CHILDREN FROM BIRTH TO FIVE
 YEARS OF AGE TO DEVELOP A LOVE OF READING AND LEARNING.
   3. A. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION TO THE CONTRARY, THE STATE LIBRAR-
 IAN  SHALL ALLOCATE MONEYS AS GRANTS TO PROVIDE AGE-APPROPRIATE BOOKS ON
 A MONTHLY BASIS, AT HOME, TO EACH CHILD REGISTERED IN THE PROGRAM,  FROM
 BIRTH  TO  THEIR  FIFTH  BIRTHDAY  AT NO COST TO FAMILIES, THROUGH DOLLY
 PARTON'S STATEWIDE LIBRARY SYSTEM OF NEW YORK.
   B. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION TO THE CONTRARY, THE STATE  LIBRARIAN
 SHALL  ALLOCATE  MONEYS FROM THE FUND AS GRANTS TO QUALIFIED LOCAL ENTI-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14150-04-4
              

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