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S03021 Summary:

BILL NO	S03021
SAME AS	SAME AS A05811
SPONSOR	RITCHIE
COSPNSR	AVELLA
MLTSPNSR
Amd §3602, Ed L
Enables public libraries to access employment preparation education (EPE) funds to provide adult literacy education; sets aside three 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.

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S03021 Actions:

BILL NO	S03021
01/19/2017	REFERRED TO EDUCATION
05/23/2017	1ST REPORT CAL.1170
05/24/2017	2ND REPORT CAL.
06/05/2017	ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
06/07/2017	PASSED SENATE
06/07/2017	DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
06/07/2017	referred to libraries and education technology
01/03/2018	died in assembly
01/03/2018	returned to senate
01/03/2018	REFERRED TO EDUCATION
05/01/2018	1ST REPORT CAL.961
05/02/2018	2ND REPORT CAL.
05/07/2018	ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
05/14/2018	PASSED SENATE
05/14/2018	DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
05/14/2018	referred to libraries and education technology

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S03021 Committee Votes:

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S03021 Floor Votes:

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S03021 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          3021
 
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                    January 19, 2017
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sen. RITCHIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Education
 
        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:
 
     1    Section  1.  Subdivision  11  of  section 3602 of the education law is
     2  amended by adding a new paragraph a-2 to read as follows:
     3    a-2. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph a  of  this  subdivi-
     4  sion,  the  commissioner  shall  set  aside  an  amount of three million
     5  dollars to be awarded through a  competitive  grant  process  to  public
     6  libraries to provide any of the services authorized in this subdivision.
     7  However,  no  less than half the annual appropriation shall be set aside
     8  for public libraries serving a population of one million  or  more.  The
     9  commissioner shall have the authority to establish rules and regulations
    10  to implement the provisions of this paragraph.
    11    §  2.  This  act  shall  take  effect  on  the first of September next
    12  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.
                                                                   LBD03912-01-7

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