Assembly Bill A3738

2025-2026 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 Assembly 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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2025-A3738 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Libraries And Education Technology
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
2023-2024: A7955

2025-A3738 (ACTIVE) - 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.

2025-A3738 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3738
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 30, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  SIMON, OTIS -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Libraries and Education Technology
 
 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, 2027.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06582-01-5

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