Bill Text: NY S01743 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the funding of certain CUNY programs by the state including the city university of New York's accelerated study in associate programs (ASAP) and the accelerate, complete, engage (ACE) program; state shall pay until both programs are fully funded.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION [S01743 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S01743-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1743
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    January 16, 2019
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        Introduced by Sen. SEPULVEDA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education
        AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the funding of certain
          CUNY programs by the state
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new  section  6217
     2  to read as follows:
     3    § 6217. ASAP and ACE program funding. 1. Notwithstanding any law, rule
     4  or regulation to the contrary, beginning in the two thousand twenty--two
     5  thousand  twenty-one fiscal year, the state shall appropriate and pay an
     6  amount equal to twenty-five per centum of the annual one hundred  forty-
     7  one  million  dollars  in  funding for the city university of New York's
     8  accelerated study in associate programs (ASAP) and accelerate, complete,
     9  engage (ACE) program for the two thousand twenty--two  thousand  twenty-
    10  one academic year. Each fiscal year thereafter, the state shall increase
    11  such  funding  amount  by  twenty-five  per centum until one hundred per
    12  centum of both programs is funded by the state.  The maximum  amount  of
    13  total  funding  by two thousand twenty-four shall not exceed one hundred
    14  fifty million dollars.
    15    2. For the two thousand twenty--two thousand twenty-one academic  year
    16  such funding for the city university of New York's accelerate, complete,
    17  engage  (ACE)  program required by subdivision one of this section shall
    18  fully fund such program at Lehman College, Medgar Evers College,  Queens
    19  College, and John Jay College of Criminal Justice.
    20    3.  For the two thousand twenty--two thousand twenty-one academic year
    21  such funding for the city of New York's accelerated study  in  associate
    22  programs  (ASAP) required by subdivision one of this section shall fully
    23  fund such program at Queensborough Community  College,  Bronx  Community
    24  College, Kingsborough Community College, and Borough of Manhattan Commu-
    25  nity College.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD04263-01-9
        S. 1743                             2
     1    4.  The  remainder  of  such  funding for the two thousand twenty--two
     2  thousand twenty-one academic year  for  the  university  of  New  York's
     3  accelerate,  complete,  engage  (ACE)  program  and accelerated study in
     4  associate programs (ASAP) shall be designated as deemed  appropriate  to
     5  participating  city  university  of New York campuses as directed by the
     6  board of trustees of the city university of New York.
     7    5. For the two thousand twenty-one--two thousand  twenty-two  academic
     8  year  such  funding  shall  be  utilized  for  the implementation of the
     9  university of New York's accelerate, complete, engage (ACE) program  and
    10  accelerated  study  in  associate  programs (ASAP) in all remaining city
    11  university of New York campuses as such funding permits.
    12    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.