Assembly Bill A3703

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Enacts the higher education community service act to promote volunteer service by higher education students

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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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2019-A3703 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1867
Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §319, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A1697, S4847
2011-2012: A3850, S3352
2013-2014: A1757, S630
2015-2016: A4837, S3188
2017-2018: A4607, S3992
2021-2022: A9385, S4138

2019-A3703 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the higher education community service act to promote volunteer service by higher education students; creates a council for higher education community service to regulate and recognize persons and programs associated therewith; requires a report to the governor, temporary president of the senate and speaker of the assembly.

2019-A3703 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3703
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 30, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. ENGLEBRIGHT, RIVERA, SCHIMMINGER, ORTIZ, GUNTHER
   -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. CYMBROWITZ, GALEF, PERRY, WRIGHT  --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Higher Education
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the education law, in relation to enacting the "higher
   education community service act"

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.    Legislative  findings. The legislature hereby finds and
 declares that the American tradition of volunteer community  service  is
 essential  to  the  common good and is vital to the success  of not-for-
 profit agencies, institutions and  organizations  dealing  with  a  vast
 array of critical social problems. It recognizes growing support for the
 idea that postsecondary students should receive recognition for substan-
 tial  commitment  to  volunteer  service,  and  should  be given greater
 encouragement to participate in volunteer community service  activities.
 Volunteers and volunteer programs should be praised for their efforts in
 helping  and  serving  others,  which  result  in changes in the way the
 community views young people and in the  way  young  people  view  their
 responsibilities to the community.
   The  legislature  further declares its desire to promote further inte-
 gration of community service at  institutions  of  higher  education  by
 encouraging  student-initiated  and student-designated community service
 projects.
   § 2. The education law is amended by adding a new section 319 to  read
 as follows:
   §  319.  HIGHER EDUCATION COMMUNITY SERVICE ACT. 1. SHORT TITLE.  THIS
 SECTION SHALL BE KNOWN AND MAY BE CITED AS THE "HIGHER EDUCATION  COMMU-
 NITY SERVICE ACT".
   2.  ESTABLISHMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION COMMUNITY SERVICE ACT.  THERE IS
 HEREBY ESTABLISHED A HIGHER EDUCATION  COMMUNITY  SERVICE  ACT  FOR  THE
 PURPOSE  OF  PROMOTING  AND RECOGNIZING VOLUNTEER SERVICE INVOLVEMENT BY
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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