S 5988 NY
Enables public libraries to access employment preparation education (EPE) funds to provide adult literacy education
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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.
Sponsor (1)
- Siela Bynoe Democratic · primary
Action history (4)
- Mar 4, 2025 REFERRED TO LIBRARIES · upper
- Apr 8, 2025 REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE · upper
- Jan 7, 2026 REFERRED TO LIBRARIES · upper
- Apr 28, 2026 REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE · upper
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Bill No.: Summary Actions Committee Votes Floor Votes Memo Text LFIN Chamber Video/Transcript S05988 Summary: BILL NO S05988   SAME AS SAME AS A03738
  SPONSOR BYNOE   COSPNSR   MLTSPNSR   Amd §3602, Ed L   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.
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STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________
5988
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
March 4, 2025 ___________
Introduced by Sen. BYNOE -- 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 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 one million dollars 5 to be awarded through a competitive grant process to public libraries to 6 provide any of the services authorized in this subdivision. However, no 7 less than half the annual appropriation shall be set aside for public 8 libraries serving a population of one million or more. The commissioner 9 shall have the authority to establish rules and regulations to implement 10 the provisions of this paragraph. 11 § 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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