Bill Text: NY S06280 | 2023-2024 | 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; provides state shall pay until both programs are fully funded.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION [S06280 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S06280-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6280

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                     April 11, 2023
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        Introduced by Sens. SEPULVEDA, 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-
     5  four--two thousand twenty-five fiscal year, the state shall  appropriate
     6  and  pay  an  amount  equal  to twenty-five per centum of the annual one
     7  hundred forty-one million dollars in funding for the city university  of
     8  New  York's  accelerated study in associate programs (ASAP) and acceler-
     9  ate, complete, engage (ACE) program for the two  thousand  twenty-four--
    10  two thousand twenty-five 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-eight  shall  not
    14  exceed one hundred fifty million dollars.
    15    2. For the two thousand twenty-four--two thousand twenty-five 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-four--two thousand twenty-five 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.
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        S. 6280                             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-four--two
     4  thousand  twenty-five  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-five--two thousand twenty-six academic
    10  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.