New York Senate Bill S06350 Latest Draft

   
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6350--A 2023-2024 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE April 17, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sens. MAY, CHU, COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Libraries -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to enacting the "freedom to read act" The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "freedom to 2 read act". 3 § 2. Subdivision 5 of section 13 of the education law is redesignated 4 the closing paragraph, and a new subdivision 5 is added to read as 5 follows: 6 5. Policies to ensure that school libraries and library staff, includ- 7 ing but not limited to certified library media specialists, are 8 empowered to curate and develop collections that provide students with 9 access to the widest array of developmentally appropriate materials 10 available to such school district. 11 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD07840-05-3