New York A 1061: Establishes the community literacy fund

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A01061 Summary:

BILL NOA01061 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORLunsford

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COSPNSRKassay

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MLTSPNSR

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Add Art 102 §§5050 - 5052, Ed L; add §99-ss, St Fin L

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Establishes community literacy programs and the community literacy fund to provide grants to non-profit organizations that assist adults in reading, writing, math, English language proficiency, and problem-solving skills.

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01/08/2025referred to education

01/07/2026referred to education

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1061

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. LUNSFORD -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Education

 AN ACT to amend the education law and the state finance law, in relation
 to establishing the community literacy fund

 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 article 102 to
 2 read as follows:
 3 ARTICLE 102
 4 COMMUNITY LITERACY PROGRAMS
 5 Section 5050. Definitions.
 6 5051. Grants.
 7 5052. Report.
 8 § 5050. Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms
 9 shall have the following meanings:
 10 1. "Eligible agency" means:
 11 (a) an organization having tax exempt status under section 501(c) of
 12 the United States Internal Revenue Code which provides adult education
 13 and literacy services to residents of the state of New York and which
 14 utilizes volunteers to directly provide such services; or
 15 (b) an organization having tax exempt status under section 501(c) of
 16 the United States Internal Revenue Code whose primary purpose is provid-
 17 ing adult education and literacy services which provides other adult
 18 literacy organizations with technical assistance, including training,
 19 data reporting, or operational assistance.
 20 2. "Adult education and literacy services" means services which assist
 21 adults in acquiring the necessary basic skills needed to be productive
 22 workers, family members, and citizens, including but not limited to,
 23 reading, writing, math, English language proficiency, and problem-solv-
 24 ing skills.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01370-01-5

 A. 1061 2

 1 § 5051. Grants. 1. The commissioner shall be authorized to make grants
 2 to eligible agencies that conduct community literacy programs from funds
 3 held within the community literacy fund pursuant to section ninety-nine-
 4 ss of the state finance law in accordance with the procedures set forth
 5 by this section. No for-profit agency or institution may act as the
 6 fiscal agent of any grant receivable under the provisions of this
 7 section.
 8 2. Eligible agencies shall submit proposals to the commissioner to
 9 fund authorized expenditures in support of community literacy programs.
 10 Such proposals shall be in a form and shall be submitted on a schedule
 11 prescribed by the commissioner.
 12 3. The commissioner shall adopt rules and regulations to establish
 13 eligibility criteria and procedures for the award of such grants and to
 14 otherwise implement the provisions of this section. The commissioner
 15 shall award grants using the eligibility criteria established in regu-
 16 lation and shall determine the amount of each grant award.
 17 4. Subject to the availability of funds for such purpose, upon
 18 approval of a proposal by the commissioner, the commissioner shall
 19 distribute the grant allocation according to a schedule prescribed by
 20 the commissioner.
 21 5. The commissioner shall adopt rules and regulations to create a
 22 reporting schedule for the agencies who receive grants pursuant to this
 23 section. Data to be reported by agencies who are eligible pursuant to
 24 paragraph (a) of subdivision one of section five thousand fifty of this
 25 article shall allow recipients to show the impact of their work on indi-
 26 viduals, based upon their needs and goals, and may inc