New York A 5532: Creates Dolly Parton's statewide imagination library program

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A05532 Summary:

BILL NOA05532A

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SAME ASSAME AS S03154-A

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SPONSORReyes

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COSPNSRShrestha

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §361, Soc Serv L; add §97-bbbbb, St Fin L

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Directs the office of children and family services to establish Dolly Parton's statewide imagination library program for encouraging children from birth to five years of age, inclusive, to develop a love of reading and learning; directs the office of children and family services to promote the statewide development of local Dolly Parton's Imagination Library programs; advance and strengthen local Dolly Parton's Imagination Library programs with the goal of increasing enrollment; recruit volunteers to assist in the development, promotion, and coordination of local Dolly Parton's Imagination Library programs; solicit donations, gifts, and other funding to financially support local Dolly Parton's Imagination Library programs; develop community engagement; develop, promote, and coordinate a public awareness campaign to make donors aware of the opportunity to donate to the affiliate programs and make the public aware of the opportunity to register eligible children to receive books through the program; administer the local match requirement and coordinate the collection and remittance of local program costs for books and mailing; and develop statewide marketing and communication plans; establishes the imagination library of New York fund.

Go to top A05532 Actions:

BILL NOA05532A

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02/14/2025referred to libraries and education technology

01/07/2026referred to libraries and education technology

01/29/2026amend (t) and recommit to libraries and education technology

01/29/2026print number 5532a

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5532--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 14, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. REYES, SHRESTHA -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Libraries and Education Technology -- recommitted to the
 Committee on Libraries and Education Technology in accordance with
 Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
 reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to creating the
 Dolly Parton's statewide imagination library of New York; and to amend
 the state finance law, in relation to establishing the imagination
 library of New York fund

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

 1 Section 1. The social services law is amended by adding a new section
 2 361 to read as follows:
 3 § 361. Dolly Parton's statewide imagination library of New York. 1.
 4 For purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the follow-
 5 ing meanings:
 6 a. "program" shall mean the statewide imagination library program,
 7 Dolly Parton's Imagination Library of New York;
 8 b. "fund" shall mean the imagination library of New York fund estab-
 9 lished by section ninety-seven-bbbbb of the state finance law; and
 10 c. "qualified local entity" shall mean any existing or new local Dolly
 11 Parton's imagination library local program partner.
 12 2. There is hereby established under the administration of the office
 13 of children and family services a Dolly Parton's statewide imagination
 14 library of New York for purposes of developing, implementing, promoting,
 15 and fostering a comprehensive statewide initiative for encouraging chil-
 16 dren from birth to five years of age to develop a love of reading and
 17 learning.
 18 3. a. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, the office of
 19 children and family services shall allocate moneys as grants to provide
 20 age-appropriate books on a monthly basis, at home, to each child regis-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03261-03-5

 A. 5532--A 2

 1 tered in the program, from birth to their fifth birthday, inclusive, at
 2 no cost to families, through Dolly Parton's imagination library.
 3 b. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, t