Bill Text: NY S02123 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Establishes a mentoring program within the office of children and family services to assist juveniles released from juvenile facilities in the development of life skills in the city of New York; provides that mentors shall be students from the city university of New York who shall receive money towards tuition or course credit from such university; directs the commissioner of the office of children and family services to promulgate necessary rules and regulations.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-01-18 - REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES [S02123 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S02123-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         2123
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   January 18, 2011
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  KRUGER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Children and Families
       AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to establishing a mentor-
         ing program within the office of children and family services
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 504-c
    2  to read as follows:
    3    S 504-C. MENTORING PROGRAM FOR YOUTH. 1. THERE IS  HEREBY  ESTABLISHED
    4  IN THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES A MENTOR PROGRAM TO ASSIST
    5  YOUTH  RELEASED  FROM  FACILITIES  OF  THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY
    6  SERVICES IN RESUMING PRODUCTIVE LIVES, DEVELOP SKILLS AND  REDUCE  RECI-
    7  DIVISM. SUCH PROGRAM SHALL BE ESTABLISHED IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK WITHIN
    8  NINETY DAYS AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION.
    9    2.  AS PART OF SUCH PROGRAM THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES
   10  SHALL ENTER INTO AGREEMENTS WITH  STUDENTS  MATRICULATING  AT  THE  CITY
   11  UNIVERSITY  OF  NEW  YORK  TO  SERVE  AS MENTOR-ROLE MODELS FOR SELECTED
   12  YOUTHS. IN RETURN FOR SUCH SERVICES, EITHER THE OFFICE OF  CHILDREN  AND
   13  FAMILY  SERVICES  SHALL  PAY  AN  AGREED  UPON SUM OF MONEY TOWARDS SUCH
   14  STUDENTS' TUITION, OR OTHER EXPENSES INCURRED IN CONNECTION WITH HIS  OR
   15  HER  STATUS  AS  A  STUDENT  AT  SUCH  INSTITUTION OR SUCH STUDENT SHALL
   16  RECEIVE COURSE CREDIT TOWARD A DEGREE FROM SUCH INSTITUTION.
   17    3. THE COMMISSIONER OF THE OFFICE  OF  CHILDREN  AND  FAMILY  SERVICES
   18  SHALL  PROMULGATE  SUCH  REGULATIONS  AS  ARE NECESSARY TO IMPLEMENT THE
   19  PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION.
   20    S 2.  This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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