Enacts the facilitating access to e-books for libraries act

Summary

The bill adds a new section to the Education Law that permits public, school and other libraries to form cooperative purchasing agreements with publishers or aggregators for electronic books and audiobooks. It also bars any contract from stopping libraries from sharing pricing details with other libraries. The goal is to make digital reading material more affordable and widely available.

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