Assembly Bill A7508

                            
 
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                                   7508
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 28, 2017
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 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  LUPINACCI  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Higher Education
 
 AN ACT to enact the Community College and BOCES Partnership Act
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Short title.  This act shall be known and may be cited as
 the "Community College and BOCES Partnership Act".
   § 2. The state university of New York and the department of  education
 are  hereby authorized and directed to create a high technology manufac-
 turing   training program to explore the  feasibility  and  benefits  of
 building  educational partnerships between community colleges and boards
 of cooperative educational services to assist students in meeting quali-
 fications for employment in the high technology manufacturing sector.
   (a) Participating community colleges shall receive capital grants  for
 manufacturing equipment to assist in job training for students attending
 a board of cooperative educational services.
   (b)  Participating community colleges and boards of cooperative educa-
 tional services shall be selected from  applications  submitted  to  the
 state  university  of  New York. Applications for participation shall be
 developed by the state university of New York and shall  require  appli-
 cants to submit a proposal describing:
   (1)  how the partnership shall be formed between the community college
 and board of cooperative educational services;
   (2) how the high technology manufacturing equipment will be integrated
 into the community college setting; and
   (3) how  the  high  technology  manufacturing  equipment  will  assist
 students attending boards of cooperative educational services in meeting
 high  technology  manufacturing  job requirements. Community college and
 board of cooperative educational services partnerships that are selected
 for participation shall receive the necessary capital grants  for  manu-
 facturing  equipment for up to a two year period; provided, however that
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 if at any time the state university of New York determines that a commu-
 nity college and board of cooperative educational  services  partnership
 is  not complying with the conditions of the program it may withdraw the
 state's support for its participation in the program.
   §  3.  Participating community colleges are authorized and directed to
 offer appropriate college level academic credits to board of cooperative
 educational services students participating in the program.
   § 4. The state university of New York is authorized  and  directed  to
 conduct a study of the program during its second year period. Such study
 shall include, but not be limited to:
   (a)  an assessment of the extent to which the program assists board of
 cooperative educational services students in reaching the training need-
 ed to enter the high technology manufacturing workforce; and
   (b) an assessment of whether  and  how  further  investment  into  the
 program  is  appropriate  for  the state. Such study and recommendations
 shall be submitted to the legislature no later than one  year  following
 the completion of the program's first year.
   § 5. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it  shall  have become a law and shall apply to the academic school year
 next succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law;  provided,
 however,  that  effective  immediately,  the department of education may
 promulgate any rules or regulations necessary for the timely implementa-
 tion of this act on such effective date.