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Assembly Bill A8320

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Provides for the renaming of educational BOCES programs as career prep centers; appropriation

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2021-A8320 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1950, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A7112
2011-2012: A4745
2013-2014: A5019
2015-2016: A4080
2017-2018: A2801
2019-2020: A1137

2021-A8320 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for the renaming of educational BOCES programs as career prep centers; appropriates funds for marketing and replacement signage and other printed materials.

2021-A8320 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8320
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             October 20, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. BARCLAY -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education  law,  in  relation  to  renaming  certain
   schools  established by a board of cooperative educational services as
   career prep centers; 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.  Section  1950 of the education law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 1-a to read as follows:
   1-A. ON AND AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS  SUBDIVISION  ALL  EDUCA-
 TIONAL  PROGRAMS  PROVIDED  OR OPERATED BY A BOARD OF COOPERATIVE EDUCA-
 TIONAL SERVICES SHALL BE KNOWN AS "CAREER PREP CENTERS".  UPON  APPLICA-
 TION BY A BOARD OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES, THERE SHALL BE PAID
 TO  EACH  QUALIFYING BOARD OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES AN AMOUNT
 UP TO TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR THE PURPOSES OF MARKETING OF SUCH SCHOOLS
 AS CAREER PREP CENTERS AND FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF SIGNS AND OTHER PRINT-
 ED MATERIALS. A BOARD  OF  COOPERATIVE  EDUCATIONAL  SERVICES  SHALL  BE
 REQUIRED  TO EXPEND ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM EXISTING FUNDS TOWARD SUCH
 MARKETING OR SIGN REPLACEMENT TO BE ELIGIBLE  FOR  A  GRANT  UNDER  THIS
 SUBDIVISION. SIGNS AND MATERIALS DEVELOPED PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF
 THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL BEAR THE PHRASE "CAREER PREP CENTERS:  FOUNDATION
 FOR YOUR FUTURE".
   §  2.  The sum of three hundred eighty thousand dollars ($380,000), or
 so much thereof as may be  necessary,  is  hereby  appropriated  to  the
 department  of  education out of any moneys in the state treasury in the
 general fund to the credit of the local assistance account,  not  other-
 wise  appropriated,  and  made immediately available, for the purpose of
 carrying out the provisions of this act. Such moneys shall be payable on
 the audit and warrant  of  the  comptroller  on  vouchers  certified  or
 approved  by  the  commissioner of education in the manner prescribed by
 law.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02567-01-1

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