Bill Text: NY A07721 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires the state university of New York and the city university of New York to examine and conduct a study on the availability of campus services, programs and resources for veteran students.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - referred to higher education [A07721 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A07721-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7721

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                      June 6, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by M. of A. SOLAGES -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Higher Education

        AN ACT requiring the state university of New York and the city universi-
          ty of New York to examine and conduct a study on the  availability  of
          campus services, programs and resources for veterans

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

     1    Section 1. The board of trustees of the state university of  New  York
     2  shall  examine  and  conduct  a  study  on  the  availability  of campus
     3  services, programs and resources for a veteran attending any college  of
     4  the state university of New York as a student, which shall consider, but
     5  not be limited to the following:
     6    (a)  Existing  services,  programs,  and  resources  offered by campus
     7  veterans services offices, which may include,  but  not  be  limited  to
     8  academic,  financial,  and career advising services, as well as personal
     9  counseling services for such students;
    10    (b) The number of veterans attending each college as students compared
    11  to the number of available full-time counselors and/or advisors employed
    12  at each college campus for such students; and
    13    (c) Any recommendations, based on consultation  with  relevant  stake-
    14  holders,  on  how  to  increase  the  availability of existing services,
    15  programs, and resources that may better facilitate the transition period
    16  for a veteran attending any college of the state university of New  York
    17  as a student.
    18    §  2.  The  board of trustees of the city university of New York shall
    19  examine and conduct a study on  the  availability  of  campus  services,
    20  programs  and  resources for a veteran attending any college of the city
    21  university of New York as a student, which shall consider,  but  not  be
    22  limited to the following:
    23    (a)  Existing  services,  programs,  and  resources  offered by campus
    24  veterans services offices, which may include,  but  not  be  limited  to

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD05699-01-3
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     1  academic,  financial,  and career advising services, as well as personal
     2  counseling services for such students;
     3    (b)  The  number of veterans attending college as students compared to
     4  the number of available full-time counselors and/or advisors on staff at
     5  each college campus for such students; and
     6    (c) Any recommendations, based on consultation  with  relevant  stake-
     7  holders,  on  how  to  increase  the  availability of existing services,
     8  programs, and resources that may better facilitate the transition period
     9  for a veteran attending any college of the city university of  New  York
    10  as a student.
    11    § 3. The board of trustees of the state university of New York and the
    12  board of trustees of the city university of New York shall each submit a
    13  final report of its findings and recommendations to the governor, tempo-
    14  rary  president  of  the  senate,  the  speaker of the assembly, and the
    15  chairs of the higher education committees in  the  assembly  and  senate
    16  within one year of the effective date of this act.
    17    § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.