S 10429 NY
Relates to development of school library collection policies
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This New York bill requires school district boards of education to adopt written policies for developing and managing school library collections. The policies must establish criteria and procedures for selecting, acquiring, evaluating, and removing library materials, guided by professional standards of school librarianship and consideration of educational objectives and community needs. The policies must designate certified librarians or library media specialists as the primary professionals responsible for recommending material selections and conducting ongoing collection evaluations. School library systems are required to develop model policies that school districts can adopt or adapt, and all adopted policies must be made publicly available on the school district's website.
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Requires boards of education to develop written policies for the development of school library collections.
Sponsor (1)
- Rachel May Democratic · primary
Action history (1)
- May 15, 2026 REFERRED TO LIBRARIES · upper
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Bill No.: Summary Actions Committee Votes Floor Votes Memo Text LFIN Chamber Video/Transcript S10429 Summary: BILL NO S10429   SAME AS No Same As   SPONSOR MAY   COSPNSR   MLTSPNSR   Add §414-a, Ed L   Requires boards of education to develop written policies for the development of school library collections.
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STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________
10429
IN SENATE
May 15, 2026 ___________
Introduced by Sen. MAY -- 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 development of school library collection policies
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 414-a 2 to read as follows: 3 § 414-a. Development of school library collection policies. 1. Each 4 board of education shall adopt a written policy for the development of 5 school library collections. Such policy shall establish criteria and 6 procedures for the selection, acquisition, ongoing evaluation, and deac- 7 cessioning of library materials. Such policy shall govern all decisions 8 regarding the selection and curation of library materials in the school 9 district, and shall be concordant with other required policies. 10 2. A collection development policy adopted pursuant to subdivision one 11 of this section shall address: 12 (a) the educational objectives and community needs such collection is 13 designed to serve; 14 (b) the criteria used to select new library materials and to evaluate 15 the collection on an ongoing basis, including consideration of accuracy, 16 quality, relevance, and developmental appropriateness, consistent with 17 generally accepted professional standards of school librarianship; 18 (c) the role of certified librarians or library media specialists as 19 the primary professional staff responsible for recommending the 20 selection of library materials and for conducting ongoing evaluation of 21 the collection in accordance with the criteria established in such poli- 22 cy; 23 (d) the process for ongoing evaluation and maintenance of such 24 collection; and 25 (e) procedures for accepting gifts or donations of library materials. 26 3. Policies developed pursuant to this section shall be developed with 27 input from school library systems and certified librarians or library 28 media specialists and shall be informed by generally accepted profes-
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD15588-02-6
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1 sional standards of school librarianship, and shall be consistent with 2 all applicable provisions of law governing library material reconsider- 3 ation. 4 4. Each policy developed pursuant to this section shall be made avail- 5 able on the school district's website. 6 5. School library systems, as established pursuant to section two 7 hundred eighty-two of this chapter, shall develop and make available 8 model collection development policies for use by school districts in 9 accordance with this section. School districts may adopt or adapt such 10 models. 11 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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