Bill Text: NY A05973 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Establishes a commission on prison education to study and develop a plan for improving education in state prisons.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 15-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - referred to correction [A05973 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A05973-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         5973
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                     March 9, 2015
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       Introduced by M. of A. BARRON -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Correction
       AN  ACT  to  amend  the  correction  law,  in relation to establishing a
         commission on improving education in state prisons
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The correction law is amended by adding a new section 49 to
    2  read as follows:
    3    S  49.  COMMISSION  ON PRISON EDUCATION. THERE IS HEREBY ESTABLISHED A
    4  COMMISSION ON PRISON EDUCATION COMPRISED OF NINE MEMBERS WHO SHALL STUDY
    5  AND DEVELOP A PLAN FOR IMPROVING EDUCATION IN THE STATE  PRISON  SYSTEM.
    6  THE  COMMISSION  ON  PRISON EDUCATION SHALL CONSIDER AND INVESTIGATE THE
    7  FOLLOWING FACTORS WHEN DETERMINING EDUCATION IMPROVEMENTS: THE IMPACT ON
    8  AN INMATE'S EMPLOYMENT  OPPORTUNITIES  UPON  RELEASE  FROM  PRISON,  THE
    9  IMPACT  ON  AN INMATE'S REINTEGRATION INTO SOCIETY AND THE EFFECTIVENESS
   10  IN REDUCING RECIDIVISM. APPOINTMENTS TO THE TASK FORCE SHALL BE MADE  AS
   11  FOLLOWS:  THREE BY THE GOVERNOR; TWO BY THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY; ONE
   12  BY THE MINORITY LEADER OF THE ASSEMBLY; TWO BY THE  TEMPORARY  PRESIDENT
   13  OF  THE SENATE AND ONE BY THE MINORITY LEADER OF THE SENATE. THE COMMIS-
   14  SION ON PRISON EDUCATION SHALL ISSUE A REPORT WITHIN  TEN  MONTHS  AFTER
   15  THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION.
   16    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD06480-01-5