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Assembly Bill A8738

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Requires free education for grades pre-K through undergraduate.

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2019-A8738 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5255
Current Committee:
Assembly Judiciary
Law Section:
Constitution, Concurrent Resolutions to Amend
Laws Affected:
Amd Art 11 §1, Constn
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A3100, S1079
2023-2024: A409, S56
2025-2026: S1117

2019-A8738 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires free education for grades pre-K through undergraduate degree programs.

2019-A8738 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8738
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             November 25, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. EPSTEIN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Education
 
             CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY
 
 proposing an amendment to the Constitution, in relation to education  of
   pupils through undergraduate
 
   Section  1. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That section 1 of article
 11 of the constitution be amended to read as follows:
   Section 1. The legislature  shall  provide  for  the  maintenance  and
 support  of a system of free [common schools] AND QUALITY EDUCATION FROM
 PREKINDERGARTEN  THROUGH  THE  UNDERGRADUATE  DEGREES  OR  CERTIFICATION
 PROGRAMS  OFFERED  IN POST SECONDARY SCHOOLS, wherein all [the children]
 PUPILS of this state may be educated.
   § 2. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That the foregoing amendment  be
 referred  to  the  first regular legislative session convening after the
 next succeeding general election of members of  the  assembly,  and,  in
 conformity  with  section  1  of  article  19  of  the  constitution, be
 published for 3 months previous to the time of such election.
 
 
 
 
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD89129-02-9

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