Bill Text: NY S04496 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires the boards of trustees of SUNY and CUNY to adopt policies requiring institutions thereof to grant course credit to students who serve as election inspectors, poll clerks, or election coordinators.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION [S04496 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S04496-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4496

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    February 9, 2023
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        Introduced by Sen. GOUNARDES -- 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 requiring SUNY and
          CUNY institutions to award course credit  to  students  who  serve  as
          election inspectors, poll clerks or election coordinators

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Section 355 of the education law is amended by adding a new
     2  subdivision 22 to read as follows:
     3    22. The state university trustees  shall,  in  consultation  with  the
     4  state board of elections and the New York city board of elections, adopt
     5  a  policy requiring that each institution of the state university of New
     6  York grant course credit to each student enrolled  in  such  institution
     7  for  such  student's  service  as  an election inspector, poll clerk, or
     8  election coordinator pursuant to title four  of  article  three  of  the
     9  election  law. Such policy shall, at a minimum, require each institution
    10  to coordinate with appropriate county boards of elections  and  the  New
    11  York  city  board  of elections to establish verification procedures for
    12  students claiming credit under this subdivision, including the provision
    13  by the appropriate board of elections to the institution of the  certif-
    14  icate  furnished  to  the board pursuant to subdivision three of section
    15  3-420 of the election law, and such other proof as the state  university
    16  trustees,  in consultation with the state board of elections and the New
    17  York city board of elections, shall deem appropriate.
    18    § 2. Section 6206 of the education law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
    19  subdivision 22 to read as follows:
    20    22.  The board of trustees shall, in consultation with the state board
    21  of elections and the New York city board of elections,  adopt  a  policy
    22  requiring that each institution of the city university of New York grant
    23  course  credit  to  each  student  enrolled in such institution for such
    24  student's service as an election  inspector,  poll  clerk,  or  election

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  coordinator pursuant to title four of article three of the election law.
     2  Such  policy shall, at a minimum, require each institution to coordinate
     3  with the appropriate county boards of elections and the  New  York  city
     4  board  of  elections  to  establish verification procedures for students
     5  claiming credit under this subdivision, including the provision  by  the
     6  appropriate  board  of  elections  to the institution of the certificate
     7  furnished to the board pursuant to section 3-420 of  the  election  law,
     8  and  such other proof as the board of trustees, in consultation with the
     9  state board of elections and the New York city board of elections, shall
    10  deem appropriate.
    11    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.