Assembly Bill A9787

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires the state university of New York to examine and conduct a study on the creation of a designated equity-centered honors college for the state university college at Geneseo for all attending students

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • 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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2023-A9787 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Education

2023-A9787 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the state university of New York to examine and conduct a study on the creation of a designated equity-centered honors college for the state university college at Geneseo for all attending students; requires a report on the findings of such study to be submitted within 180 days of the effective date.

2023-A9787 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9787
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               April 9, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. BRONSON -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Higher Education
 
 AN ACT to require the state  university  of  New  York  to  examine  and
   conduct a study on the creation of a designated equity-centered honors
   college  for the state university college at Geneseo for all attending
   students

   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  for  the state university college at Geneseo,
 which shall consider but not be limited to the following:
   1. examination of a plan for the implementation and  operation  of  an
 equity-centered  honors college prepared by the state university college
 at Geneseo in consultation with faculty, staff,  and  students  at  such
 college;
   2.  evaluation  of the impacts of an equity-centered honors college on
 increased enrollment;
   3. measurement of persistence through degree completion of  first-gen-
 eration,  low-income  students  through  increased need-based funding to
 support their education at the state university college of Geneseo;
   4. exploration of  the  impact  and  potential  benefit  of  providing
 students  participating in the equity-centered honors college, such as a
 guarantee of successful job placement; and
   5. examination of the economic costs and benefits of  establishing  an
 equity-centered honors college for the state university college at Gene-
 seo.
   §  2.  The board of trustees of the state university of New York shall
 submit a report of its findings and recommendations 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.
                                                            LBD15162-01-4

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