A 3738: Enables public libraries to access employment preparation education (EPE) funds to provide adult literacy education; sets aside one million dollars to be awarded through a competitive grant process; provides that half of such appropriation shall be set aside for libraries serving a population of one million or more.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3738 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY January 30, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SIMON, OTIS -- read once and referred to the Committee on Libraries and Education Technology AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to enabling public libraries to access employment preparation education (EPE) funds to provide adult literacy instruction The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 11 of section 3602 of the education law is 2 amended by adding a new paragraph a-2 to read as follows: 3 a-2. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph a of this subdivi- 4 sion, the commissioner shall set aside an amount of one million dollars 5 to be awarded through a competitive grant process to public libraries to 6 provide any of the services authorized in this subdivision. However, no 7 less than half the annual appropriation shall be set aside for public 8 libraries serving a population of one million or more. The commissioner 9 shall have the authority to establish rules and regulations to implement 10 the provisions of this paragraph. 11 § 2. This act shall take effect April 1, 2027. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD06582-01-5