Bill Text: NY S03071 | 2021-2022 | 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) 2022-01-05 - REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION [S03071 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S03071-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          3071

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 27, 2021
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        Introduced  by  Sens.  SEPULVEDA, BIAGGI, GOUNARDES, PERSAUD, SERRANO --
          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  -two  thousand twenty-three fiscal year, the state shall appropriate and
     6  pay an amount equal to twenty-five per centum of the annual one  hundred
     7  forty-one  million  dollars  in  funding  for the city university of New
     8  York's accelerated study in associate programs  (ASAP)  and  accelerate,
     9  complete,  engage  (ACE)  program  for  the two thousand twenty-two--two
    10  thousand twenty-three academic year. Each fiscal  year  thereafter,  the
    11  state shall increase such funding amount by twenty-five per centum until
    12  one  hundred  per  centum  of both programs is funded by the state.  The
    13  maximum amount of total funding by two  thousand  twenty-six  shall  not
    14  exceed one hundred fifty million dollars.
    15    2. For the two thousand twenty-two--two thousand twenty-three academic
    16  year  such  funding  for  the  city university of New York's accelerate,
    17  complete, engage (ACE) program  required  by  subdivision  one  of  this
    18  section  shall  fully  fund such program at Lehman College, Medgar Evers
    19  College, Queens College, and John Jay College of Criminal Justice.
    20    3. For the two thousand twenty-two--two thousand twenty-three academic
    21  year such funding for the city of New York's accelerated study in  asso-
    22  ciate  programs (ASAP) required by subdivision one of this section shall
    23  fully fund such program at Queensborough Community College, Bronx Commu-

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD03507-01-1
        S. 3071                             2

     1  nity College, Kingsborough Community College, and Borough  of  Manhattan
     2  Community College.
     3    4.  The remainder of such funding for the two thousand twenty-two--two
     4  thousand twenty-three academic year for the  university  of  New  York's
     5  accelerate,  complete,  engage  (ACE)  program  and accelerated study in
     6  associate programs (ASAP) shall be designated as deemed  appropriate  to
     7  participating  city  university  of New York campuses as directed by the
     8  board of trustees of the city university of New York.
     9    5. For the two thousand twenty-three--two thousand twenty-four academ-
    10  ic year such funding shall be utilized for  the  implementation  of  the
    11  university  of New York's accelerate, complete, engage (ACE) program and
    12  accelerated study in associate programs (ASAP)  in  all  remaining  city
    13  university of New York campuses as such funding permits.
    14    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.