Bill Text: NY A10494 | 2015-2016 | 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 - Dead) 2016-05-31 - referred to higher education [A10494 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A10494-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          10494
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                      May 31, 2016
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        Introduced by M. of A. HUNTER -- read once and referred to the Committee
          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
    25  academic, financial, and career advising services, as well  as  personal
    26  counseling services for such students;
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1    (b)  The  number of veterans attending college as students compared to
     2  the number of available full-time counselors and/or advisors on staff at
     3  each college campus for such students; and
     4    (c)  Any  recommendations,  based on consultation with relevant stake-
     5  holders, on how to  increase  the  availability  of  existing  services,
     6  programs, and resources that may better facilitate the transition period
     7  for  a  veteran attending any college of the city university of New York
     8  as a student.
     9    § 3. The board of trustees of the state university of New York and the
    10  board of trustees of the city university of New York shall each submit a
    11  final report of its findings and recommendations to the governor, tempo-
    12  rary president of the senate, the  speaker  of  the  assembly,  and  the
    13  chairs  of  the  higher  education committees in the assembly and senate
    14  within one year of the effective date of this act.
    15    § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.