Add SS483-g, amd SS17 & 2, Soc Serv L; amd S305, Ed L
 
Directs the council on children and families to establish an online listing and map of publicly funded or registered afterschool and school age child care programs.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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8418--A
Cal. No. 489
IN ASSEMBLY
January 15, 2014
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Introduced by M. of A. MAYER, JAFFEE, ROZIC, BARRETT, BUCHWALD,
BROOK-KRASNY, CLARK, SKOUFIS, STECK, COOK, OTIS, JACOBS, GALEF, SCAR-
BOROUGH, PERRY, ROBINSON, CRESPO, LUPARDO, FAHY, TITUS -- Multi-Spon-
sored by -- M. of A. BRAUNSTEIN, BRENNAN, MARKEY, RIVERA, THIELE --
read once and referred to the Committee on Children and Families --
ordered to a third reading -- passed by Assembly and delivered to the
Senate, recalled from the Senate, vote reconsidered, bill amended,
ordered reprinted, retaining its place on the order of third reading
AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to directing the
council on children and families to establish an online listing and
map of publicly funded or registered afterschool and school age child-
care programs and to expand the duties of the commissioner of social
services; and to amend the education law, in relation to expanding the
duties of the commissioner of education
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The social services law is amended by adding a new section
2 483-g to read as follows:
3 § 483-g. List of child care providers. 1. The council, in accordance
4 with information made available to it by the office of children and
5 family services pursuant to section seventeen of this chapter and
6 provided to it by the state education department pursuant to section
7 three hundred five of the education law, shall develop and make avail-
8 able through a link on its website:
9 (a) a listing of:
10 (1) all recipients of competitive grants awarded or administered by
11 the state for the purpose of providing: (i) afterschool or summer
12 programs as defined in section two of this chapter, or extended learning
13 time, including but not limited to grants for such purposes awarded
14 under section thirty-six hundred forty-one of the education law; or (ii)
15 community schools, including but not limited to grants for such purposes
16 awarded under section thirty-six hundred forty-one of the education law;
17 and
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 (2) all registered school age child care providers registered by the
2 office of children and family services; and
3 (b) a map displaying the locations of the award recipients and provid-
4 ers described in subparagraph one of paragraph (a) of this subdivision.
5 2. The listing shall include for each grant recipient or provider the
6 recipient's or provider's name, the address at which the program is
7 offered, and the name and phone number of an individual who is author-
8 ized to answer questions regarding the program.
9 3. The listing and map described in subdivision one of this section
10 shall be updated no less than once a year. The listing and map shall
11 also be updated within ninety days of the date of execution or expira-
12 tion of contracts with grant recipients when all such contracts are
13 executing or expiring for a particular competitive grant.
14 4. The council may include locations and information for additional
15 relevant programs as it sees fit.
16 § 2. Subdivisions (h) and (i) of section 17 of the social services
17 law, subdivision (h) as added and subdivision (i) as relettered by
18 section 1 of part K-3 of chapter 57 of the laws of 2007, and subdivision
19 (i) as amended by chapter 110 of the laws of 1971, are amended to read
20 as follows:
21 (h) make available on its website all award allocations for request
22 for proposals issued by the office of children and family services upon
23 release of such awards. Such information shall also include all organ-
24 izations requesting funding and the amounts requested for each request
25 for proposal. The office of children and family services may also
26 include any other information related to each program that it deems
27 appropriate[.];
28 (i) make available to the council on children and families, through
29 the OpenNY website, information regarding: (1) all recipients of grants
30 awarded or administered by the state for the purposes of providing
31 afterschool or summer programs as defined in section two of this chap-
32 ter, extended learning time, including but not limited to grants for
33 such purposes awarded under section thirty-six hundred forty-one of the
34 education law, or community schools, including but not limited to grants
35 for such purposes awarded under section thirty-six hundred forty-one of
36 the education law; and (2) registered school age child care providers
37 registered by the office of children and family services. For each grant
38 recipient or provider the recipient's or provider's name, the address at
39 which the program is offered, and the name and phone number of an indi-
40 vidual who is authorized to answer questions regarding the program will
41 be made available through the OpenNY website no less than once a year
42 and within ninety days of the date of execution or expiration of
43 contracts with grant recipients when all such contracts are executing or
44 expiring for a particular competitive grant; and
45 (j) exercise such other powers and perform such other duties as may be
46 imposed by law.
47 § 3. Section 305 of the education law is amended by adding a new
48 subdivision 52 to read as follows:
49 52. The commissioner shall provide to the council on children and
50 families, in a format identified by the council, information regarding
51 all recipients of grants awarded or administered by the state for the
52 purposes of providing afterschool or summer programs as defined in
53 section two of the social services law, extended learning time, includ-
54 ing but not limited to grants for such purposes awarded under section
55 thirty-six hundred forty-one of this chapter, or community schools,
56 including but not limited to grants for such purposes awarded under
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1 section thirty-six hundred forty-one of this chapter. For each grant
2 recipient or provider the recipient's or provider's name, the address at
3 which the program is offered, and the name and phone number of an indi-
4 vidual who is authorized to answer questions regarding the program will
5 be provided to the council no less than once a year and within ninety
6 days of the date of execution or expiration of contracts with grant
7 recipients when all such contracts are executing or expiring for a
8 particular competitive grant.
9 § 4. Section 2 of the social services law is amended by adding two new
10 subdivisions 39 and 40 to read as follows:
11 39. "Afterschool program" shall mean a program conducted outside the
12 regular school day whereby students can participate in enrichment activ-
13 ities including but not limited to athletics, academic enrichment, art,
14 music, drama, academic tutoring, mentoring, community services and
15 related programs that will promote positive youth development, physical
16 and/or emotional wellness, educational achievement, and/or school,
17 civic, family and community engagement.
18 40. "Summer program" shall mean a program conducted outside the regu-
19 lar school year whereby students can participate in enrichment activ-
20 ities including but not limited to athletics, academic enrichment, art,
21 music, drama, academic tutoring, mentoring, community services and
22 related programs that will promote positive youth development, physical
23 and/or emotional wellness, educational achievement, and/or school,
24 civic, family and community engagement, and shall not include required
25 summer school programming pursuant to section thirty-six hundred two of
26 the education law.
27 § 5. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
28 have become a law.