NY State Senate Bill 2019-S2469

Senate Bill S2469

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Requires the state university of New York and the city university of New York to examine and conduct a study on the availability of campus services, programs and resources for veteran students

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Veterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs Committee

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- In Committee Senate
- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
- Passed Assembly
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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jan 08, 2020	referred to veterans, homeland security and military affairs returned to senate died in assembly
May 21, 2019	referred to higher education delivered to assembly passed senate
May 06, 2019	advanced to third reading
May 01, 2019	2nd report cal.
Apr 30, 2019	1st report cal.470
Jan 25, 2019	referred to veterans, homeland security and military affairs

Votes

- May 21, 2019 - Floor Vote
  S2469
  
  61
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  1
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Floor Vote: May 21, 2019
      
      aye (61)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Akshar
      
      Amedore
      
      Antonacci
      
      Bailey
      
      Benjamin
      
      Biaggi
      
      Boyle
      
      Breslin
      
      Brooks
      
      Carlucci
      
      Comrie
      
      Felder
      
      Flanagan
      
      Gallivan
      
      Gaughran
      
      Gianaris
      
      Gounardes
      
      Griffo
      
      Harckham
      
      Helming
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Jackson
      
      Jacobs
      
      Jordan
      
      Kaminsky
      
      Kaplan
      
      Kavanagh
      
      Kennedy
      
      Krueger
      
      LaValle
      
      Lanza
      
      Little
      
      Liu
      
      Martinez
      
      May
      
      Mayer
      
      Metzger
      
      Montgomery
      
      Myrie
      
      O'Mara
      
      Ortt
      
      Parker
      
      Persaud
      
      Ramos
      
      Ranzenhofer
      
      Ritchie
      
      Rivera
      
      Robach
      
      Salazar
      
      Sanders Jr.
      
      Savino
      
      Sepúlveda
      
      Serino
      
      Serrano
      
      Seward
      
      Skoufis
      
      Stavisky
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Tedisco
      
      Thomas
      
      excused (1)
      
      Funke
  Apr 30, 2019 - Veterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs Committee Vote
  S2469
  
  9
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Veterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs Committee Vote: Apr 30, 2019
      
      aye (9)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Amedore
      
      Brooks
      
      Harckham
      
      Martinez
      
      Ortt
      
      Ritchie
      
      Sanders Jr.
      
      Thomas

co-Sponsors

2019-S2469 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A4480
Current Committee:: Senate Veterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs
Law Section:: Education
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:: S2469, A4480

2019-S2469 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the state university of New York and the city university of New York to examine and conduct a study on the availability of campus services, programs and resources for veteran students.

2019-S2469 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S2469

SPONSOR: SANDERS
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act requiring the state university of New York and the city universi-
ty of New York to examine and conduct a study on the availability of
campus services, programs and resources for veterans

 
PURPOSE:

The purpose of this bill is to study what services and programs are
currently provided, and where resources may be directed in the future to
enhance these services offered to students as veterans.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 would require the State University of New York (SUNY) to exam-
ine and study the availability of existing campus services, programs and
resources for a veteran attending any SUNY college as a student, as well
as provide any recommendations on how to increase the availability of

existing services and programs in a report to governor and legislature
within one year of the bill becoming law.

Section 2 would require the City University of New York (CUNY) to exam-
ine and study the availability of existing campus services, programs and
resources for a veteran attending any CUNY college as a student, as well
as provide any recommendations on how to increase the availability of
existing services and programs in a report to governor and legislature
within one year of the bill becoming law.

Section 3 would require a final report by both CUNY and SUNY to be send
to the Governor and the Legislature within one year of the effective
date.

Section 4 would provide for the effective date.

 
EXISTING LAW:

New law

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Veterans can face particular challenges entering and graduating from
college. To address these challenges, CUNY, SUNY and other schools
throughout the state are working to assist veterans on campus, but exam-
ples from other states show there is more New York can do to help veter-
ans across the state achieve college success. States are also taking
extra steps to ensure sufficient on-campus resources for veterans, such
as navigators, resource centers and mentors. New Jersey's Troops to
College legislation assists the state's colleges and universities to
coordinate services provided to veterans, and Texas leveraged its exist-
ing Veterans Commission to create a network of veteran education counse-
lors to assist colleges to improve on-campus services for veterans. This
bill would allow SUNY, CUNY, and the legislature to study what services
and programs are currently provided, and where resources may be directed
in the future to enhance these services offered to students as veterans
based upon recommendations made in consultation with relevant stakehold-
ers.
 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

01/22/16 Referred to Education

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None

 
LOCAL FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2019-S2469 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2469
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 25, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. SANDERS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Veterans, Homeland Securi-
   ty and Military Affairs
 
 AN ACT requiring the state university of New York and the city universi-
   ty of New York to examine and conduct a study on the  availability  of
   campus services, programs and resources for veterans
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The board of trustees of the state university of  New  York
 shall  examine  and  conduct  a  study  on  the  availability  of campus
 services, programs and resources for a veteran attending any college  of
 the state university of New York as a student, which shall consider, but
 not be limited to the following:
   (a)  Existing  services,  programs,  and  resources  offered by campus
 veterans services offices, which may include,  but  not  be  limited  to
 academic,  financial,  and career advising services, as well as personal
 counseling services for such students;
   (b) The number of veterans attending each college as students compared
 to the number of available full-time counselors and/or advisors employed
 at each college campus for such students; and
   (c) Any recommendations, based on consultation  with  relevant  stake-
 holders,  on  how  to  increase  the  availability of existing services,
 programs, and resources that may better facilitate the transition period
 for a veteran attending any college of the state university of New  York
 as a student.
   §  2.  The  board of trustees of the city university of New York shall
 examine and conduct a study on  the  availability  of  campus  services,
 programs  and  resources for a veteran attending any college of the city
 university of New York as a student, which shall consider,  but  not  be
 limited to the following:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04732-01-9

 S. 2469                             2
 
   (a)  Existing  services,  programs,  and  resources  offered by campus
 veterans services offices, which may include,  but  not  be  limited  to
 academic,  financial,  and career advising services, as well as personal
 counseling services for such students;
   (b)  The  number of veterans attending college as students compared to
 the number of available full-time counselors and/or advisors on staff at
 each college campus for such students; and
   (c) Any recommendations, based on consultation  with  relevant  stake-
 holders,  on  how  to  increase  the  availability of existing services,
 programs, and resources that may better facilitate the transition period
 for a veteran attending any college of the city university of  New  York
 as a student.
   § 3. The board of trustees of the state university of New York and the
 board of trustees of the city university of New York shall each submit a
 final report of its findings and recommendations to the governor, tempo-
 rary  president  of  the  senate,  the  speaker of the assembly, and the
 chairs of the higher education committees in  the  assembly  and  senate
 within one year of the effective date of this act.
   § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.

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Sponsored By

James Sanders Jr.

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Veterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs Committee

co-Sponsors

Andrew Gounardes

Daphne Jordan

Anna M. Kaplan

Zellnor Myrie

2019-S2469 (ACTIVE) - Details

2019-S2469 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2019-S2469 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S2469 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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