Directs the board of trustees of the state university of New York to examine and conduct a study on the creation of an equity-centered honors college for the state university of New York college at Geneseo; requires a report on the findings of such study to be submitted within 180 days of the effective date.
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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9450
I N A S S E M B L Y
March 14, 2024
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Introduced by M. of A. BRONSON -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Higher Education
AN ACT to direct the state university of New York to examine and conduct
a study on the creation of an equity-centered honors college for the
state university of New York college at Geneseo
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The board of trustees of the state university of New York
shall conduct a study on the feasibility of the creation of an equity-
centered honors college at the state university of New York college at
Geneseo, which shall include but not be limited to the following:
1. the development and examination of a plan for the implementation
and operation of an equity-centered honors college prepared by the state
university of New York college at Geneseo in consultation with faculty,
staff, and students at such college;
2. anticipated impacts of an equity-centered honors college on
increased enrollment;
3. the benefits to minority students of participating in an equity-
centered honors college program, without any monetary concerns;
4. the benefit of providing students participating in an equity-cen-
tered honors college a guarantee of successful job placement; and
5. an examination of the economic costs and benefits of establishing
an equity-centered honors college for the state university of New York
college at Geneseo.
§ 2. The board of trustees of the state university of New York shall
submit a report of its findings and recommendations of the study
conducted under section one of this act to the governor, the temporary
president of the senate, the speaker of the assembly, and the chairs of
the higher education committees in the assembly and senate within one
hundred eighty days of the effective date of this act.
§ 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD14784-01-4
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