Bill Text: NY S05567 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Relates to notification requirements when a college plans to dissolve any athletic team.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-01-03 - REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION [S05567 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S05567-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         5567--A
            Cal. No. 637
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                     April 13, 2017
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        Introduced by Sens. LAVALLE, GALLIVAN -- read twice and ordered printed,
          and  when printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education
          -- reported favorably from said committee, ordered to first and second
          report, ordered to a third reading,  amended  and  ordered  reprinted,
          retaining its place in the order of third reading
        AN  ACT to amend the education law, in relation to notification require-
          ments when a college plans to dissolve any athletic team
          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 6438-a
     2  to read as follows:
     3    §  6438-a.  Intercollegiate  athletic team dissolution.   Each college
     4  shall develop a written policy regarding the dissolution of  intercolle-
     5  giate  athletic  teams that includes a protocol requiring written notice
     6  to student athletes if the college plans to dissolve any intercollegiate
     7  athletic team in the following academic year. Written  notice  shall  be
     8  provided  at least one year from the start of the academic year in which
     9  the intercollegiate athletics team will be dissolved. The  protocol  may
    10  consider  factors  such as the mission of the sports program, the educa-
    11  tional outcomes of sports participation, history of success of the team,
    12  fan support, Title IX, donor impact, student-athlete  diversity,  finan-
    13  cial  viability/cost  and  the prevalence of local and regional competi-
    14  tion.
    15    § 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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