Senate Bill S2060

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Appropriates moneys for and authorizes support of college summer programs to prepare economically and educationally disadvantaged student for graduate programs; appropriation

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2009-S2060 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Higher Education
Law Section:
Appropriations
Laws Affected:
Add §6456, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S3132
2013-2014: S1334
2015-2016: S2657
2017-2018: S2228
2019-2020: S5010
2021-2022: S5391
2023-2024: S6832

2009-S2060 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes commissioner of education to contract with three public or independent institutions of higher education for the support of special summer programs established in order to increase the number of economically and educationally disadvantaged undergraduate students who are prepared for admission to graduate educational programs; establishes eligibility requirements in order to attend such special summer programs; appropriates $711,200 therefor.

2009-S2060 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S2060 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  2060

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 11, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by Sens. HUNTLEY, DIAZ, ESPADA, PARKER, SAMPSON -- read twice
  and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee
  on Finance

AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to opportunity for gradu-
  ate education, and making an appropriation therefor

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1.  The education law is amended by adding a new section  6456
to read as follows:
  S 6456. OPPORTUNITY FOR GRADUATE EDUCATION. 1. TO ADVANCE THE CAUSE OF
EDUCATIONAL  OPPORTUNITY  IN  GRADUATE  EDUCATION,  THE COMMISSIONER MAY
CONTRACT WITH THREE PUBLIC OR INDEPENDENT INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER  EDUCA-
TION  FOR THE SUPPORT OF SPECIAL SUMMER PROGRAMS ESTABLISHED TO INCREASE
THE NUMBER OF ECONOMICALLY AND EDUCATIONALLY DISADVANTAGED UNDERGRADUATE
STUDENTS WHO ARE PREPARED FOR ADMISSION TO EDUCATIONAL  PROGRAMS  BEYOND
THE  BACCALAUREATE  DEGREE.  IN ORDER TO BE ELIGIBLE TO ATTEND A SPECIAL
SUMMER PROGRAM, A STUDENT SHALL HAVE COMPLETED  THE  FIRST  YEAR  OF  AN
UNDERGRADUATE  EDUCATIONAL  PROGRAM  AS  A  PARTICIPANT  IN  ONE  OF THE
PROGRAMS  FOR  EDUCATIONALLY  AND  ECONOMICALLY  DISADVANTAGED  STUDENTS
ESTABLISHED   PURSUANT   TO  SECTION  SIXTY-FOUR  HUNDRED  FIFTY-ONE  OR
SIXTY-FOUR HUNDRED FIFTY-TWO OF THIS ARTICLE. A STUDENT WHO  ATTENDED  A
SPECIAL  SUMMER  PROGRAM  UPON COMPLETION OF THE FIRST YEAR OF AN UNDER-
GRADUATE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM SHALL  ALSO  BE  ELIGIBLE  TO  ATTEND  SUCH
PROGRAM  UPON  COMPLETION  OF THE SECOND YEAR OF AN UNDERGRADUATE EDUCA-
TIONAL PROGRAM. A STUDENT WHO HAS COMPLETED THE THIRD OR FOURTH YEAR  OF
AN  UNDERGRADUATE  EDUCATIONAL  PROGRAM  SHALL  BE  ELIGIBLE TO ATTEND A
SPECIAL SUMMER PROGRAM.  ELIGIBLE STUDENTS SHALL BE  SELECTED  IN  EQUAL
NUMBERS FROM STUDENTS PARTICIPATING IN THE OPPORTUNITY PROGRAMS OF INDE-
PENDENT  INSTITUTIONS  OF  HIGHER EDUCATION, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW
YORK AND THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK,  RESPECTIVELY.  ENROLLMENT  IN

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD02680-01-9

              

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