New York S 1062: Requires licensed or certified school social workers in each elementary, intermediate, middle, junior high and senior high school

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S01062 Summary:

BILL NOS01062 

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SAME ASSAME AS A07737

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SPONSORSERRANO

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COSPNSRBAILEY, CLEARE, COMRIE, HOYLMAN-SIGAL, MAY, MYRIE, PARKER, PERSAUD, RAMOS, ROLISON

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §3.17, Arts & Cul L

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Directs the council on the arts to establish criteria and guidelines for the establishment of state designated arts and cultural districts.

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BILL NOS01062 

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01/08/2025REFERRED TO CULTURAL AFFAIRS, TOURISM, PARKS AND RECREATION

04/08/20251ST REPORT CAL.661

04/09/20252ND REPORT CAL.

04/10/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

04/24/2025PASSED SENATE

04/24/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

04/24/2025referred to tourism, parks, arts and sports development

01/07/2026died in assembly

01/07/2026returned to senate

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CULTURAL AFFAIRS, TOURISM, PARKS AND RECREATION

02/04/20261ST REPORT CAL.269

02/05/20262ND REPORT CAL.

02/09/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

02/10/2026PASSED SENATE

02/10/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

02/10/2026referred to tourism, parks, arts and sports development

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 1062

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
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 Introduced by Sens. SERRANO, BAILEY, CLEARE, COMRIE, HOYLMAN-SIGAL, MAY,
 PARKER, PERSAUD, RAMOS, ROLISON -- read twice and ordered printed, and
 when printed to be committed to the Committee on Cultural Affairs,
 Tourism, Parks and Recreation

 AN ACT to amend the arts and cultural affairs law and the economic
 development law, in relation to creating the arts and cultural
 district

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

 1 Section 1. The arts and cultural affairs law is amended by adding a
 2 new section 3.17 to read as follows:
 3 § 3.17. Arts and cultural districts. 1. For the purposes of this
 4 section, "arts and cultural districts" means geographic areas of a city,
 5 town or village with a concentration of arts or cultural facilities
 6 located within its boundaries. Two or more local governments may jointly
 7 apply for a designated district where the proposed geographic area of
 8 such district shall extend across commonly held jurisdictional bounda-
 9 ries.
 10 2. The council, in cooperation with the department of economic devel-
 11 opment and any other state department, office, division or agency the
 12 council deems necessary, shall develop criteria and guidelines for state
 13 designated arts and cultural districts. Criteria developed by the coun-
 14 cil, in cooperation with the department of economic development and any
 15 other state department, office, division or agency the council deems
 16 necessary, to designate a district shall, to the extent practicable,
 17 include, but not be limited to, determinations that such district: (a)
 18 attracts artists, arts educators, or cultural enterprises to the commu-
 19 nity, (b) encourages enterprise and job development due to the concen-
 20 tration of artistic or cultural activity, a major arts or cultural
 21 institution or facility, arts and entertainment businesses, an area with

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01663-01-5

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 1 arts and cultural activities, arts education, or artistic or cultural
 2 production, (c) attracts a sufficient amount of tourism, (d) enhances
 3 local property values and fosters local cultural development, (e)
 4 engages in the promotional, preservation, and educational aspects of the
 5 arts and culture of the community and contribute to the public through
 6 interpretive, educational, or recreational uses; or (f) satisfies addi-
 7 tional criteria as determined by the council that will further the
 8 purposes of this section. The council, in cooperation with the depart-
 9 ment of economic development and any other state department, office,
 10 division or agency the council deems necessary, shall also develop
 11 guidelines that provide assistance to a city, town, or village, or
 12 multiple local governments applying jointly