Bill Text: NY S03383 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides for disclosure of relationships between institutions of higher education and study abroad programs.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION [S03383 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S03383-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         3383
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   February 17, 2011
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       Introduced  by  Sen. LAVALLE -- 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  disclosure  of
         relationships  between  institutions  of  higher  education  and study
         abroad programs
         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 article 25 to
    2  read as follows:
    3                                 ARTICLE 25
    4             DISCLOSURE OF RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN INSTITUTIONS OF
    5                      HIGHER EDUCATION AND STUDY ABROAD
    6                                  PROGRAMS
    7  SECTION 1250. DEFINITIONS.
    8          1251. DISCLOSURE  OF  RELATIONSHIPS;  HIGHER  EDUCATION;   STUDY
    9                 ABROAD PROGRAMS.
   10    S 1250. DEFINITIONS. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS ARTICLE, THE FOLLOWING TERMS
   11  SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   12    1.  "COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY"  SHALL  MEAN ANY INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCA-
   13  TION, RECOGNIZED AND APPROVED BY THE REGENTS OF THE  UNIVERSITY  OF  THE
   14  STATE  OF  NEW  YORK,  WHICH  PROVIDES  A COURSE OF STUDY LEADING TO THE
   15  GRANTING OF A POST-SECONDARY DEGREE OR DIPLOMA.
   16    2. "STUDY ABROAD PROGRAMS" SHALL MEAN PROGRAMS WHICH  ARE  COORDINATED
   17  BY  COLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND PRIVATE ORGANIZA-
   18  TIONS, THAT PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH THE  OPPORTUNITY  TO  WORK  OR  STUDY,
   19  WHOLLY OR IN PRINCIPAL PART, OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
   20    3.    "PERQUISITE"  SHALL  MEAN  ANY  EXPENSES  PAID BY A STUDY ABROAD
   21  PROGRAM TO ANY EMPLOYEE OR REPRESENTATIVE OF A COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY FOR
   22  TRAVEL, LODGING, FOOD OR ENTERTAINMENT. THE TERM "PERQUISITE" SHALL ALSO
   23  MEAN ANY DIRECT FINANCIAL BENEFIT REALIZED BY A COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY AS  A
   24  RESULT OF ITS STUDENTS ATTENDING A PARTICULAR STUDY ABROAD PROGRAM.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD06725-01-1
       S. 3383                             2
    1    S  1251.  DISCLOSURE  OF RELATIONSHIPS; HIGHER EDUCATION; STUDY ABROAD
    2  PROGRAMS.  1.  EACH  COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY  LOCATED  IN  THIS  STATE  SHALL
    3  DISCLOSE ANY PERQUISITES THAT IT RECEIVES FROM ALL STUDY ABROAD PROGRAMS
    4  THAT ITS STUDENTS PARTICIPATE IN. SUCH DISCLOSURE SHALL BE MADE IN WRIT-
    5  ING TO ANYONE WHO REQUESTS IT.
    6    2.  IN  INSTANCES  WHERE A STUDENT PAYS THE USUAL COSTS OF ATTENDING A
    7  PARTICULAR    COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY    FOR    A    SEMESTER,    AND    SUCH
    8  COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY  IN  TURN  PAYS FOR SUCH STUDENT'S PARTICIPATION IN A
    9  PARTICULAR STUDY ABROAD PROGRAM, SUCH COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY SHALL  DISCLOSE
   10  THE   ACTUAL   COSTS   OF   THE   STUDY  ABROAD  PROGRAM  PAID  BY  SUCH
   11  COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY IN WRITING TO ANYONE WHO REQUESTS IT.
   12    S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
   13  it shall have become a law.