Assembly Bill A4976

2017-2018 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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  • 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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2017-A4976 - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §359, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A3162
2011-2012: A2138
2013-2014: A737
2015-2016: A1815
2019-2020: A3952

2017-A4976 - Summary

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

2017-A4976 - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4976
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 6, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. WEPRIN -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. MONTESA-
   NO, PERRY, RIVERA -- 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.
   §  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.
                                                            LBD08100-01-7

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2017-A4976A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §359, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A3162
2011-2012: A2138
2013-2014: A737
2015-2016: A1815
2019-2020: A3952

2017-A4976A (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2017-A4976A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  4976--A
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 6, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. WEPRIN -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. MONTESA-
   NO, PERRY, RIVERA -- read once and referred to the Committee on Higher
   Education  --  recommitted  to  the  Committee  on Higher Education in
   accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged,  bill
   amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
   tee
 
 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 7 to read as follows:
   7. 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.
   § 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.
                                                            LBD08100-03-8

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