NY State Senate Bill S3873A

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Nov 27, 2020	signed chap.298
Nov 18, 2020	delivered to governor
Jul 20, 2020	returned to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading rules cal.169 substituted for a7104a
Mar 02, 2020	referred to education delivered to assembly passed senate
Feb 27, 2020	advanced to third reading
Feb 26, 2020	2nd report cal.
Feb 25, 2020	1st report cal.468
Feb 20, 2020	print number 3873a
Feb 20, 2020	amend (t) and recommit to finance
Feb 10, 2020	reported and committed to finance
Jan 08, 2020	referred to education returned to senate died in assembly
Jun 13, 2019	referred to education delivered to assembly passed senate
Apr 29, 2019	advanced to third reading
Apr 10, 2019	2nd report cal.
Apr 09, 2019	1st report cal.430
Mar 05, 2019	reported and committed to finance
Feb 20, 2019	referred to education

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S3873 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A7104
Law Section:: Education Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §1950, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2013-2014: S6881, A9289
2015-2016: S1799, A2410
2017-2018: S1906, A4385

S3873 - Summary

Authorizes and directs boards of cooperative educational services to establish an agriculture program for students.

S3873 - Sponsor Memo

 
BILL NUMBER: S3873

SPONSOR: MAY
 
TITLE OF BILL:  An act to amend the education law, in relation to
establishing a young farmer apprentice program

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

This bill will allows BOCES to establish and encourage young farmer
apprentice programs.

 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

Section 1 amends section 1950 of the education law, which encompasses
the powers, duties and responsibilities of boards of cooperative educa-
tional services, to establish and encourage a young farmer apprentice
program under the auspices of Boards of Cooperative Educational Services
(BOCES). Section 2 provides the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Providing for a young farmer apprentice program under the auspices of
BOCES, will encourage the creation of such programs. Taking steps to
recruit young, new farmers to the agricultural profession is extremely
important to New York.

Agriculture is the leading industry in New York yet, New York's farm
community is aging and it has become increasingly difficult to attract
young people to farming and to encourage younger generations to consider
farming as a career. The average age of farm operators in New York is
59, and is expected to continue to increase unless steps are taken to
reverse this trend. The U.S. Secretary of Agriculture has set a goal of
recruiting 100,000 new farmers across the country to replace those who
are retiring. By enacting legislation to create a young fanner appren-
tice program under the direction of BOCES, New York will help recruit
young farmers to the profession, keep agricultural lands in production,
and prevent the loss of agricultural businesses.

Farming is a difficult industry and there are many barriers to keeping
current farm land in the hands of agricultural producers. As the current
crop of farmers continues to age out of the business, we need to take
steps to encourage new farmers to enter the profession. It is in the
best interest of the state to ensure that enough producers are recruited
and retained in agricultural production. Additionally, the recent
increase in demand for quality fresh locally grown foods and beverages
highlight the importance of assisting new farmers to enter the profes-
sion.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2013-2014: S6881, A9289
2015-2016: S1799, A2410
2017-2018: 81906, A4385

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
Immediately.

S3873 - Bill Text download pdf

 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3873
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 20, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  MAY  --  read  twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to establishing  a  young
   farmer apprentice program
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Paragraph gg of subdivision 4 of section 1950 of the educa-
 tion law, as amended by chapter 301 of the laws of 1996, is  amended  to
 read as follows:
   gg. (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a board of cooper-
 ative educational services may provide training for employment to adults
 on  a space available basis, with consideration given to occupations and
 industries in demand, and establish reduced adult tuition rates for such
 training. For the purposes of this section, training for employment  for
 adults shall be offered through state approved sequences or parts there-
 of  of secondary career education instruction. Adults may participate in
 such instruction and be awarded certificates of completion, but they may
 not earn credit based on  their  participation  towards  a  high  school
 diploma.  Pursuant  to  section forty-six hundred two of this chapter, a
 board of cooperative educational services  may  establish  such  reduced
 rates for participation of adults provided that participation is limited
 to  assigned instructional staff and currently used facilities in sched-
 uled secondary career education programs, and provided further that such
 rates may not be less than fifty percent of the tuition rates charged to
 school districts for the participation of secondary students in the same
 programs, unless waived by the commissioner based on application of  the
 board  of cooperative educational services. This participation of adults
 at reduced tuition rates shall be in accordance with terms  agreed  upon
 by  the  board  of  cooperative  educational  services and the component
 school districts receiving such services but in no case shall such rates
 result  in  extraordinary  costs  assigned  to  such  component   school
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD10066-01-9

 S. 3873                             2
 
 districts. Boards of cooperative educational services which provide such
 training  to  adults  shall submit to the commissioner annually a report
 which shall include but not be limited to the number of  adults  served,
 referral  source,  training  sequences  or  parts thereof taken by adult
 participants, the tuition rates charged to them, and the gross  revenues
 realized  therefrom.  For  the  purpose of this paragraph, "adult" shall
 mean any person under the age of twenty-one  who  has  received  a  high
 school  diploma  or any person twenty-one years of age or older, whether
 or not they have received a high school diploma.
   (2) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, TO SUPERVISE,  ENCOUR-
 AGE  AND PROMOTE A YOUNG FARMER APPRENTICE PROGRAM WITHIN NEW YORK STATE
 AND TO  ESTABLISH  SUGGESTED  STANDARDS  FOR  APPRENTICESHIP  AGREEMENTS
 BETWEEN PROSPECTIVE YOUNG FARMERS AND NEW YORK STATE AGRICULTURAL ENTER-
 PRISES.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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S3873A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A7104
Law Section:: Education Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §1950, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2013-2014: S6881, A9289
2015-2016: S1799, A2410
2017-2018: S1906, A4385

S3873A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes and directs boards of cooperative educational services to establish an agriculture program for students.

S3873A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

 
BILL NUMBER: S3873A

SPONSOR: MAY
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the education law, in relation to authorizing and
directing boards of cooperative educational services to establish an
agriculture program for students

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

This bill will allows BOCES to establish and encourage young farmer
apprentice programs.

 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

Adds a new subdivision 13 of paragraph h of subdivision 4 of section
1950 of the education law to allow BOCES to establish agriculture
programs designed to encourage young farmers to enter New York's agri-
culture industry.

** The amended legislation clarifies that BOCES may establish these
programs based upon local interest and with approval of the BOCES board.
**

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Providing for a young farmer apprentice program under the auspices of
BOCES, will encourage the creation of such programs. Taking steps to
recruit young, new farmers to the agricultural profession is extremely
important to New York.

Agriculture is the leading industry in New York yet, New York's farm
community is aging and it has become increasingly difficult to attract
young people to farming and to encourage younger generations to consider
farming as a career. The average age of farm operators in New York is
59, and is expected to continue to increase unless steps are taken to
reverse this trend. The U.S. Secretary of Agriculture has set a goal of
recruiting 100,000 new farmers across the country to replace those who
are retiring. By enacting legislation to create a young farmer appren-
tice program under the direction of BOCES, New York will help recruit
young farmers to the profession, keep agricultural lands in production,
and prevent the loss of agricultural businesses.

Farming is a difficult industry and there are many barriers to keeping
current farm land in the hands of agricultural producers. As the current
crop of farmers continues to age out of the business, we need to take
steps to encourage new farmers to enter the profession. It is in the
best interest of the state to ensure that enough producers are recruited
and retained in agricultural production. Additionally, the recent
increase in demand for quality fresh locally grown foods and beverages
highlight the importance of assisting new farmers to enter the profes-
sion.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2013-2014: S6881, A9289
2015-2016: S1799, A2410
2017-2018: S1906, A4385
 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
Immediately.

S3873A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  3873--A
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 20, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  MAY,  RITCHIE, BIAGGI, GALLIVAN, HELMING, JORDAN,
   KRUEGER, MARTINEZ, METZGER,  MONTGOMERY  --  read  twice  and  ordered
   printed,  and  when printed to be committed to the Committee on Educa-
   tion -- recommitted to the Committee on Education in  accordance  with
   Senate  Rule  6,  sec. 8 -- reported favorably from said committee and
   committed to the Committee on Finance --  committee  discharged,  bill
   amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
   tee
 
 AN ACT to amend the  education  law,  in  relation  to  authorizing  and
   directing  boards  of cooperative educational services to establish an
   agriculture program for students
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Paragraph h of subdivision 4 of section 1950 of the educa-
 tion law is amended by adding a new subparagraph 13 to read as follows:
   (13) TO ESTABLISH, UPON LOCAL INTEREST  FROM  ONE  OR  MORE  COMPONENT
 SCHOOL  DISTRICTS  AND  SUBJECT TO APPROVAL BY THE BOCES BOARD OF EDUCA-
 TION, AN AGRICULTURE PROGRAM THAT IS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE  STUDENTS  WITH
 THE  SKILLS REQUIRED TO WORK IN, AND HELP SUSTAIN NEW YORK'S AGRICULTURE
 INDUSTRY.  SUCH PROGRAM MAY INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO,  A  PARTNER-
 SHIP WITH FARMS AND OTHER AGRICULTURE ENTITIES IN THE STATE THAT PROVIDE
 STUDENTS WITH HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE COMBINED WITH OTHER EDUCATIONAL OPPOR-
 TUNITIES.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10066-02-0

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Feb 25, 2020 - Finance committee Vote

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S3873 - Details

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S3873 - Sponsor Memo

S3873 - Bill Text download pdf

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S3873A (ACTIVE) - Summary

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