Bill Text: NY S05567 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced
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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-Introduced.html
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-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5567 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN SENATE April 13, 2017 ___________ 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 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. Section 355 of the education law is amended by adding a new 2 subdivision 20 to read as follows: 3 20. The state university trustees shall direct each college president 4 to create a protocol requiring proper written notice to student athletes 5 by September thirtieth of the prior academic year if any such college 6 plans to dissolve any athletic team in the upcoming academic year. 7 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD11050-01-7