New York A 5211: Requires forfeiture of certain property by certain persons convicted of sexual performance of child offenses

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A05211 Summary:

BILL NOA05211 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORSolages

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COSPNSRBronson, Buttenschon, Jacobson, Simon, Steck

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MLTSPNSR

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Rpld & add §275, Ed L

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Relates to librarians of school libraries.

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BILL NOA05211 

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02/12/2025referred to education

01/07/2026referred to education

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 5211

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 12, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. SOLAGES, BRONSON, BUTTENSCHON, JACOBSON, SIMON,
 STECK -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to librarians of school
 libraries; and to repeal certain provisions of such law relating ther-
 eto

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Section 275 of the education law is REPEALED and a new
 2 section 275 is added to read as follows:
 3 § 275. Librarians of school libraries. 1. Notwithstanding any other
 4 provisions of law, and subject to the provisions of section two hundred
 5 seventy-four of this part, and subdivision three of this section, each
 6 school district in the state shall have and maintain a school library in
 7 each elementary and secondary school in the district, and shall employ a
 8 certified school library media specialist for each such school library
 9 within three years of the effective date of this section.
 10 2. Employment of certified school library media specialists shall be
 11 in accordance with the following standards:
 12 a. In each elementary or secondary school with an enrollment of not
 13 more than one hundred pupils, a certified school library media special-
 14 ist shall be employed as fifteen hundredths of a full-time equivalent
 15 staff member;
 16 b. In each elementary or secondary school with an enrollment of more
 17 than one hundred but not more than three hundred pupils, a certified
 18 school library media specialist shall be employed as a three-tenths of a
 19 full-time equivalent staff member;
 20 c. In each elementary or secondary school with an enrollment of more
 21 than three hundred but no more than five hundred pupils, a certified
 22 school library media specialist shall be employed as a one half of a
 23 full-time equivalent staff member;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD09159-01-5

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 1 d. In each elementary or secondary school with an enrollment of more
 2 than five hundred pupils, a certified school library media specialist
 3 shall be employed as a full-time equivalent staff member;
 4 e. (i) In each elementary or secondary school with an enrollment of
 5 more than two thousand pupils, two certified school library media
 6 specialists shall each be employed as a full-time equivalent staff
 7 member;
 8 (ii) An additional certified school library media specialist shall be
 9 employed as a full-time equivalent staff member for each additional one
 10 thousand pupils enrolled in an elementary or secondary school.
 11 f. (i) In each elementary or secondary school with an enrollment of at
 12 least one thousand pupils, a full-time equivalent staff member shall be
 13 employed as a library clerk.
 14 (ii) An additional full-time equivalent staff member shall be employed
 15 as a library clerk for each additional one thousand pupils enrolled in
 16 an elementary or secondary school.
 17 3. The commissioner may, upon application by a school district, waive
 18 the applicability of the provisions of subdivisions one and two of this
 19 section for up to one year, if such application demonstrates the elemen-
 20 tary or secondary school is within a designated shortage area for certi-
 21 fied school library media specialists, and such application demonstrates
 22 that an actual offer of employment was made to a certified school
 23 library media specialist; however, no such waiver shall be granted for
 24 more than two consecutive school years, and no more than two waivers may
 25 be g