NY State Senate Bill 2019-S2479

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Date of Action	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jan 08, 2020	referred to education
Jan 25, 2019	referred to education

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2019-S2479 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Education
Law Section:: Education Law
Laws Affected:: Add §§4608 & 4609, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2013-2014: S7406
2015-2016: S3258
2017-2018: S4682

2019-S2479 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to creating the NYS entrepreneurial training act of 2019.

2019-S2479 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S2479

SPONSOR: SANDERS
 
TITLE OF BILL:  An act to amend the education law, in relation to
creating the "NYS entrepreneurial training act of 2019"

 
PURPOSE:

This bill would amend the education law to establish the NYS Entrepre-
neurial Training Act of 2017.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

§ 1 of this bill titles this bill the NYS Entrepreneurial Training Act
of 2016.

Subsection 2 details the provisions of the act as follows.

1. Cities of over 100,000 people shall be allocated $500,000 for a
program to train entrepreneurial candidates.

a. $100,000 for the operation of the program

b. $400,000 for 40 $10,000 grants to successful graduates of the
program.

2. Cities of over 1,000,000 people shall be allocated $5,000,000 for a
program to train entrepreneurial candidates.

a. $1,000,000 for the operation of the program

b. $4,000,000 for 400 $10,000 grants to successful graduates of the
program.

3. The New York State Education Department is to set guidelines for the
program. Programs shall be administered by individual cities.

4. The New York State Education Department guidelines for the program
shall require minimum grades and attending for successful graduation.
Each participant, as part of the program, shall submit a gradable busi-
ness plan for use of the grant money.

5. Program must include at least 20% participants who qualify as MWBEs
under NYS law.

6. Program must include at least 10% participants who are veterans of
the U.S. military.

 
EXISTING LAW:

Such program does not exist under current law.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

According the Bureau of Labor Statistics, since the last recession, from
mid-2009 to 2011, small firms accounted for 67 percent of the net new
jobs. As New York State continues to recover from the "Great Recession,"
job growth has not been as strong as in past recessions.  Given the fact
that this economic downturn was the worst financial crisis in seven
decades, it is understandable that the recovery has taken longer than
normal.

As a way to stimulate start-up businesses and job creation, the NYS
Entrepreneurial Training Act of 2016 will help train potential entrepre-
neurs. Instead of just handing money over to potential entrepreneurs,
NYS Entrepreneurial Training Act of 2014 will train them how to start
and manage a business. Training potential entrepreneurs will make their
start-up businesses more like to succeed.  As the new businesses begin
to grow, they will hire new employees and increase tax revenues to the
state.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

02/04/15 REFERRED TO EDUCATION
01/06/16 REFERRED TO EDUCATION
01/15/16 AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO EDUCATION
01/15/16 PRINT NUMBER 3258A

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

The initial cost to the state will be approximately $5.5 million. Over
time, the state will receive additional taxes, including sales and
employments taxes, that is undetermined at this time.

 
LOCAL FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2019-S2479 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2479
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 25, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. SANDERS, SEPULVEDA -- read twice and ordered print-
   ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in  relation  to  creating  the  "NYS
   entrepreneurial training act of 2019"
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "NYS entre-
 preneurial training act of 2019".
   § 2. The education law is amended by adding two new sections 4608  and
 4609 to read as follows:
   §  4608.  ENTREPRENEURIAL  TRAINING  GRANT PROGRAM. 1. THERE IS HEREBY
 ESTABLISHED WITHIN THE  DEPARTMENT  AN  ENTREPRENEURIAL  TRAINING  GRANT
 PROGRAM.  THE PROGRAM SHALL BE FORMULATED BY THE COMMISSIONER AND ADMIN-
 ISTERED BY INDIVIDUAL PARTICIPATING CITIES. THE PURPOSE OF  THE  PROGRAM
 SHALL  BE  TO PROVIDE GRANTS TO ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS TO SUPPORT AND TRAIN
 ENTREPRENEURIAL CANDIDATES.
   2. IN ORDER FOR AN ELIGIBLE APPLICANT TO RECEIVE AN AWARD OF AN ANNUAL
 GRANT AN APPLICANT SHALL SUBMIT WITH ITS APPLICATION A GRADABLE BUSINESS
 PLAN FOR THE USE OF THE GRANT MONEY.
   3. A MINIMUM OF TWENTY PERCENT OF  THE  PARTICIPANTS  OF  THE  PROGRAM
 SHALL  BE  NEW YORK STATE CERTIFIED MINORITY AND WOMEN'S BUSINESS ENTER-
 PRISES AND A MINIMUM OF TEN PERCENT SHALL  BE  VETERANS  OF  THE  UNITED
 STATES MILITARY.
   §  4609.  ENTREPRENEURIAL  TRAINING  GRANT  PROGRAM  AWARDS. 1. WITHIN
 AMOUNTS APPROPRIATED THEREFOR, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL BE  AUTHORIZED  TO
 GRANT  AWARDS FOR THE SUPPORT OF APPROVED ENTREPRENEURIAL TRAINING GRANT
 PROGRAMS.
   2. GRANTS  TO  SUPPORT  AN  APPROVED  ENTREPRENEURIAL  TRAINING  GRANT
 PROGRAM  SHALL  BE  AWARDED  ON  A  COMPETITIVE BASIS IN ACCORDANCE WITH
 CRITERIA ESTABLISHED BY THE COMMISSIONER.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08746-01-9

 S. 2479                             2
 
   3. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL,  FROM  WITHIN  AMOUNTS  APPROPRIATED  TO  THE
 DEPARTMENT,  UNDERTAKE ALL ACTIVITIES NECESSARY TO PLAN FOR AND PRELIMI-
 NARILY PROVIDE FOR THE  TIMELY  IMPLEMENTATION  OF  THE  ENTREPRENEURIAL
 TRAINING  GRANT  PROGRAM AUTHORIZED BY THIS ARTICLE FOR THE STATE FISCAL
 YEAR COMMENCING ONE YEAR FOLLOWING THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION.
   4.    PARTICIPATING  CITIES HAVING A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE
 SHALL BE ALLOCATED FIVE MILLION DOLLARS. ONE MILLION  DOLLARS  SHALL  BE
 USED  FOR  THE  OPERATION  OF THE PROGRAM. FOUR MILLION DOLLARS SHALL BE
 USED TO GRANT FOUR HUNDRED TEN  THOUSAND  DOLLAR  GRANTS  TO  SUCCESSFUL
 GRADUATES OF THE PROGRAM.
   5.  PARTICIPATING  CITIES  HAVING  A POPULATION OF BETWEEN ONE HUNDRED
 THOUSAND AND LESS THAN ONE MILLION SHALL BE ALLOCATED FIVE HUNDRED THOU-
 SAND DOLLARS. ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS SHALL BE USED FOR THE  OPERA-
 TION  OF  THE  PROGRAM.  FOUR  HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS SHALL BE USED TO
 GRANT FORTY TEN THOUSAND DOLLAR GRANTS TO SUCCESSFUL  GRADUATES  OF  THE
 PROGRAM.
   §  3.  This  act shall take effect immediately; provided, however that
 the commissioner of education shall have the authority to promulgate any
 rules or regulations necessary for the implementation of this act.

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