NY State Senate Bill 2023-S6136A

Senate Bill S6136A

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Enables public libraries to access employment preparation education (EPE) funds to provide adult literacy education

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Finance Committee

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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
- Passed Assembly
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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
May 22, 2024	reported and committed to finance
May 14, 2024	print number 6136a
May 14, 2024	amend and recommit to libraries
Jan 03, 2024	referred to libraries
Mar 30, 2023	referred to libraries

Votes

- May 22, 2024 - Libraries Committee Vote
  S6136A
  
  7
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Libraries Committee Vote: May 22, 2024
      
      aye (7)
      
      Brisport
      
      Chu
      
      Mannion
      
      Murray
      
      Ryan
      
      Serrano
      
      Tedisco

Bill Amendments

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2023-S6136 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A7955
Current Committee:: Senate Finance
Law Section:: Education Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §3602, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2015-2016: A7795
2017-2018: A5811
2019-2020: A1667
2021-2022: A55

2023-S6136 - Summary

Enables public libraries to access employment preparation education (EPE) funds to provide adult literacy education; sets aside one 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.

2023-S6136 - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S6136

SPONSOR: CHU
 
TITLE OF BILL:

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

 
PURPOSE:

To allow public libraries to apply for and receive Employment Prepara-
tion Education (EPE) funds for pre-GED and other adult literacy services
that are authorized under this program.

 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

Section 1: Amends subdivision 11 of § 3602 of the education law by
adding a new paragraph (a2) that would set aside $3 million to be
awarded to public libraries through competitive grants for service
authorized in subdivision 11 - with at least half the amount to be set
aside for libraries serving a population of one million or more.

Section 2: Sets effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Libraries serve as the gateway to education and this was no more evident
during the COVID-19 pandemic during which libraries functioned as essen-
tial community anchors by providing resources for families and vulner-
able populations across the state. Many of these services included
programs that fall under the auspices of EPE to assist members of their
local communities in preparing them to rejoin and navigate the workforce
through Adult literacy programming, pre-GED preparation, computer liter-
acy training, job readiness workshops, and financial literacy classes.
Libraries still continue to provide these vital services and should also
be able to access the funding mechanism in order to do so.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New bill.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None. This bill would simply redistribute the funding, not require addi-
tional.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
On the 1st of September, upon passage into law.

2023-S6136 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6136
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 30, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  CHU  --  read  twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Libraries
 
 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:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  11  of  section 3602 of the education law is
 amended by adding a new paragraph a-2 to read as follows:
   A-2. NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF PARAGRAPH A  OF  THIS  SUBDIVI-
 SION,  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL  SET  ASIDE  AN  AMOUNT OF THREE MILLION
 DOLLARS TO BE AWARDED THROUGH A  COMPETITIVE  GRANT  PROCESS  TO  PUBLIC
 LIBRARIES TO PROVIDE ANY OF THE SERVICES AUTHORIZED IN THIS SUBDIVISION.
 HOWEVER,  NO  LESS THAN HALF THE ANNUAL APPROPRIATION SHALL BE SET ASIDE
 FOR PUBLIC LIBRARIES SERVING A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION  OR  MORE.  THE
 COMMISSIONER SHALL HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH RULES AND REGULATIONS
 TO IMPLEMENT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS PARAGRAPH.
   §  2.  This  act  shall  take  effect  on  the first of September next
 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.
                                                            LBD10509-01-3

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2023-S6136A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A7955
Current Committee:: Senate Finance
Law Section:: Education Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §3602, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2015-2016: A7795
2017-2018: A5811
2019-2020: A1667
2021-2022: A55

2023-S6136A (ACTIVE) - Summary

2023-S6136A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S6136A

SPONSOR: CHU
 
TITLE OF BILL:

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

 
PURPOSE:

To allow public libraries to apply for and receive Employment Prepara-
tion Education (EPE) funds for pre-GED and other adult literacy services
that are authorized under this program.

 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

Section 1: Amends subdivision 11 of § 3602 of the education law by
adding a new paragraph (a2) that would set aside $1 million to be
awarded to public libraries through competitive grants for service
authorized in subdivision 11 - with at least half the amount to be set
aside for libraries serving a population of one million or more.

Section 2: Sets effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Libraries serve as the gateway to education and this was no more evident
during the COVID-19 pandemic during which libraries functioned as essen-
tial community anchors by providing resources for families and vulner-
able populations across the state. Many of these services included
programs that fall under the auspices of EPE to assist members of their
local communities in preparing them to rejoin and navigate the workforce
through Adult literacy programming, pre-GED preparation, computer liter-
acy training, job readiness workshops, and financial literacy classes.
Libraries still continue to provide these vital services and should also
be able to access the funding mechanism in order to do so.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New bill.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None. This bill would simply redistribute the funding, not require addi-
tional.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on April 1, 2025.

2023-S6136A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  6136--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 30, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  CHU,  COMRIE, FERNANDEZ, HOYLMAN-SIGAL, MARTINEZ,
   MAY, RYAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when  printed  to  be
   committed  to the Committee on Libraries -- recommitted to the Commit-
   tee on Libraries in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to said committee
 
 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:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  11  of  section 3602 of the education law is
 amended by adding a new paragraph a-2 to read as follows:
   A-2. NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF PARAGRAPH A  OF  THIS  SUBDIVI-
 SION,  THE COMMISSIONER SHALL SET ASIDE AN AMOUNT OF ONE MILLION DOLLARS
 TO BE AWARDED THROUGH A COMPETITIVE GRANT PROCESS TO PUBLIC LIBRARIES TO
 PROVIDE ANY OF THE SERVICES AUTHORIZED IN THIS SUBDIVISION. HOWEVER,  NO
 LESS  THAN  HALF  THE ANNUAL APPROPRIATION SHALL BE SET ASIDE FOR PUBLIC
 LIBRARIES SERVING A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE. THE  COMMISSIONER
 SHALL HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH RULES AND REGULATIONS TO IMPLEMENT
 THE PROVISIONS OF THIS PARAGRAPH.
   § 2. This act shall take effect April 1, 2025.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10509-02-4

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2023-S6136 - Details

2023-S6136 - Summary

2023-S6136 - Sponsor Memo

2023-S6136 - Bill Text download pdf

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2023-S6136A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

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