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Assembly Bill A4317

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to notification requirements when a college plans to dissolve any athletic team

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2019-A4317 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §6438-a, Ed L
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:
A7561

2019-A4317 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to notification requirements when a college plans to dissolve any athletic team.

2019-A4317 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4317
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 4, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. GLICK -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Higher Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to notification  require-
   ments when a college plans to dissolve any athletic team
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 6438-a
 to read as follows:
   § 6438-A. INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETIC TEAM  DISSOLUTION.    EACH  COLLEGE
 SHALL  DEVELOP A WRITTEN POLICY REGARDING THE DISSOLUTION OF INTERCOLLE-
 GIATE ATHLETIC TEAMS THAT INCLUDES A PROTOCOL REQUIRING  WRITTEN  NOTICE
 TO STUDENT ATHLETES IF THE COLLEGE PLANS TO DISSOLVE ANY INTERCOLLEGIATE
 ATHLETIC  TEAM  IN  THE FOLLOWING ACADEMIC YEAR. WRITTEN NOTICE SHALL BE
 PROVIDED AT LEAST ONE YEAR FROM THE START OF THE ACADEMIC YEAR IN  WHICH
 THE  INTERCOLLEGIATE  ATHLETICS TEAM WILL BE DISSOLVED. THE PROTOCOL MAY
 CONSIDER FACTORS SUCH AS THE MISSION OF THE SPORTS PROGRAM,  THE  EDUCA-
 TIONAL OUTCOMES OF SPORTS PARTICIPATION, HISTORY OF SUCCESS OF THE TEAM,
 FAN  SUPPORT,  TITLE IX, DONOR IMPACT, STUDENT-ATHLETE DIVERSITY, FINAN-
 CIAL VIABILITY/COST AND THE PREVALENCE OF LOCAL  AND  REGIONAL  COMPETI-
 TION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05682-01-9

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