Senate Bill S4837

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Prohibits the use of state aid by colleges and universities to fund or provide membership in academic institutions that are boycotting a country or higher education institutions of a country

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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-S4837 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Higher Education
Law Section:
Education
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S2715
2021-2022: S384

2017-S4837 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits the use of state aid by colleges and universities to fund or provide membership in academic institutions that are boycotting a country or higher education institutions of a country.

2017-S4837 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S4837 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4837
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               March 2, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  KLEIN  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education
 
 AN ACT to prohibit the use of state aid by colleges and universities for
   certain academic institutions
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Legislative intent. The legislature hereby finds that it is
 beneficial to students of this state to have access to an education that
 is  not  bound by borders and to have the opportunity to obtain a global
 education. The legislature further finds that it is important  that  New
 York  state  undertake  efforts to ensure that its students succeed in a
 world that is continually becoming more interdependent and  diverse  and
 further  that  students  have  access  to international higher education
 institutions.  A global education allows students  to  connect,  compete
 and  cooperate  with  their  peers around the world. Therefore it is the
 policy of the state  that  colleges  not  use  state  funds  to  support
 boycotts of countries, or higher education institutions located in coun-
 tries, that host higher education institutions chartered by the board of
 regents of the university of the state of New York.
   § 2. 1. For purposes of this section the following shall apply:
   (a)  the term "academic entity" shall mean any organization comprising
 colleges, universities or professors that promotes or supports  academia
 in the United States and abroad.
   (b)  the  term  "college"  shall have the same meaning as such term is
 defined in subdivision 2 of section 2 of the education law.
   (c) the term "host country" shall mean those  countries  that  host  a
 higher  education  institution  chartered by the board of regents of the
 university of the state of New York.
   2. No college in this state may use state  aid  provided  directly  to
 such  college  to: fund an academic entity, provide funds for membership
 in an academic entity or fund travel or  lodging  for  any  employee  to
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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