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Assembly Bill A737

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Requires the state university trustees to establish a process to eliminate or reduce duplication of academic degree programs within the state university system

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2013-A737 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1846
Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง359, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A3162, S2731
2011-2012: A2138, S1943
2015-2016: A1815, S21
2017-2018: A4976, S2751
2019-2020: A3952

2013-A737 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the state university trustees to report to the governor and the legislature concerning the steps taken to establish a process by which decisions are made to eliminate or reduce duplication of academic degree programs within the state university system.

2013-A737 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                   737

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 9, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. WEPRIN -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. MONTESA-
  NO,  RIVERA,  ROBERTS,  STEVENSON  --  read  once  and referred to the
  Committee on Higher Education

AN ACT to amend the education law, in  relation  to  efforts  to  reduce
  duplication of academic degree programs within the state university

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

  Section 1. Section 359 of the education law is amended by adding a new
subdivision 6 to read as follows:
  6. THE TRUSTEES SHALL ESTABLISH  A  PROCESS  TO  ELIMINATE  OR  REDUCE
DUPLICATION OF ACADEMIC DEGREE PROGRAMS. SUCH PROCESS SHALL INCLUDE, BUT
NOT  BE  LIMITED  TO,  THE  PROMULGATION  OF CRITERIA TO DETERMINE WHICH
PROGRAMS SHALL BE CONSIDERED FOR ELIMINATION OR CONSOLIDATION,  RECOGNI-
TION  OF  THE  EFFECT  OF ELIMINATION OR CONSOLIDATION ON ACCESS TO SUCH
DEGREE PROGRAM THROUGHOUT THE STATE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM, CONSIDERATION  OF
THE  FISCAL  IMPLICATIONS  OF  ANY  SUCH  ELIMINATION  OR CONSOLIDATION,
CONSIDERATION OF THE RIGHTS UNDER ARTICLE FOURTEEN OF THE CIVIL  SERVICE
LAW  OF  MEMBERS  OF  CERTIFIED  BARGAINING  UNITS EMPLOYED BY THE STATE
UNIVERSITY, AND A PROCESS BY WHICH PUBLIC HEARINGS ARE HELD BEFORE ELIM-
INATION OR CONSOLIDATION OF ANY DEGREE PROGRAM.
  S 2. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become  a
law.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD02923-01-3

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