New York S 5988: Enables public libraries to access employment preparation education (EPE) funds to provide adult literacy education

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S05988 Summary:

BILL NOS05988 

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SAME ASSAME AS A03738

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SPONSORBYNOE

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §3602, Ed L

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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.

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BILL NOS05988 

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03/04/2025REFERRED TO LIBRARIES

04/08/2025REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

01/07/2026REFERRED TO LIBRARIES

04/28/2026REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 5988

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 4, 2025
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 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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