Senate Bill S8514

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Creates Dolly Parton's statewide imagination library program

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Finance Committee


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2023-S8514 - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §249-b, Ed L; add §97-bbbbb, St Fin L

2023-S8514 - 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-S8514 - Sponsor Memo

2023-S8514 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8514
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 7, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  COONEY,  CHU,  MANNION  -- 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 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.
              

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2023-S8514A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §249-b, Ed L; add §97-bbbbb, St Fin L

2023-S8514A (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-S8514A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S8514A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  8514--A
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 7, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sens. COONEY, CHU, MANNION, WEBB -- read twice and ordered
   printed,  and  when  printed  to  be  committed  to  the  Committee on
   Libraries -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted  as
   amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 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.
                                                            LBD14150-03-4
              

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