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Assembly Actions -
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| Jan 28, 2022 |
print number 4461a |
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amend and recommit to higher education |
| Jan 05, 2022 |
referred to higher education |
| Feb 05, 2021 |
referred to higher education |
Senate Bill S4461A
2021-2022 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) 26th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Higher Education Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Bill Amendments
co-Sponsors
(D) 36th Senate District
(D) Senate District
(D, WF) Senate District
(D, WF) 25th Senate District
2021-S4461 - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A5843
- Current Committee:
- Senate Higher Education
- Law Section:
- Education Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §§6221, 6206 & 6220, Ed L; amd §22-c, St Fin L
- Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
-
S2146, A4425
2021-S4461 - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S4461
SPONSOR: GOUNARDES
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the education law and the state finance law, in relation
to enacting The New Deal for CUNY
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
This bill is intended to reestablish the City University of New York as
an engine for social and economic mobility by waiving all tuition and
creating certain staff-to-student ratios in order to increase student
success
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1 names the title of the bill.
Section 2 provides the legislative intent for the New Deal for CUNY.
The legislature recognizes the historic role that CUNY has played in
2021-S4461 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
4461
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
February 5, 2021
___________
Introduced by Sen. GOUNARDES -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education
AN ACT to amend the education law and the state finance law, in relation
to enacting The New Deal for CUNY
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Short title. This enacts "The New Deal for CUNY".
§ 2. Legislative intent. The Legislature hereby recognizes the need
for The New Deal for CUNY in order to ensure that the commitment the
Legislature articulated in establishing the city university of New York
is extended to present and future generations. The 1961 legislation
recognized that the creation of a city university as a single unified
system was "justified" by the special needs of a multi-racial urban
constituency and the "vital importance" of creating opportunities for
disadvantaged New Yorkers. Those needs have only grown in the half-cen-
tury since the Legislature's action. Yet CUNY's ability to fulfill them
has diminished as enrollment has skyrocketed and investment has failed
to keep pace. The New Deal for CUNY reimagines CUNY as the vital urban
university it must be if it is to serve the people of New York. It
enhances CUNY's historic role as a leader in educational justice and
economic transformation. This legislation restores free tuition,
ensures adequate faculty staffing, and aligns student support with
nationally recommended standards. In doing so, The New Deal for CUNY
restores New York to national leadership in public higher education and
removes the barriers to student success that have prevented thousands of
CUNY students from realizing the full potential of a college degree. The
New Deal for CUNY gradually increases the ratio of students to full-time
faculty at CUNY to nationally recommended levels, with a special empha-
sis on racial and ethnic diversity in hiring. It also replaces the
system of underpayment for contingent faculty with a dignified labor
system that provides students with the support they urgently need. CUNY
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
co-Sponsors
(D) 36th Senate District
(D, WF) Senate District
(D, WF) 25th Senate District
(D) 30th Senate District
2021-S4461A (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A5843
- Current Committee:
- Senate Higher Education
- Law Section:
- Education Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §§6221, 6206 & 6220, Ed L; amd §22-c, St Fin L
- Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
-
S2146, A4425
2021-S4461A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S4461A
SPONSOR: GOUNARDES
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the education law and the state finance law, in relation
to enacting The New Deal for CUNY
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
This bill is intended to reestablish the City University of New York as
an engine for social and economic mobility by waiving all tuition and
creating certain staff-to-student ratios in order to increase student
success
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1 names the title of the bill.
Section 2 provides the legislative intent for the New Deal for CUNY.
The legislature recognizes the historic role that CUNY has played in
fulfilling the needs of a multi-racial urban constituency and the vital
2021-S4461A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
4461--A
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
February 5, 2021
___________
Introduced by Sens. GOUNARDES, BAILEY, BIAGGI, BRISPORT, COMRIE, GIANAR-
IS, HOYLMAN, JACKSON, KAVANAGH, LIU, MYRIE, PARKER, RAMOS, RIVERA,
SALAZAR, SANDERS, SEPULVEDA, SERRANO, STAVISKY -- read twice and
ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on
Higher Education -- recommitted to the Committee on Higher Education
in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill
amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
tee
AN ACT to amend the education law and the state finance law, in relation
to enacting The New Deal for CUNY
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Short title. This enacts "The New Deal for CUNY".
§ 2. Legislative intent. The Legislature hereby recognizes the need
for The New Deal for CUNY to ensure that the commitment the Legislature
articulated in establishing the city university of New York is extended
to present and future generations. The 1961 legislation recognized that
the creation of a city university as a single unified system was "justi-
fied" by the special needs of a multi-racial urban constituency and the
"vital importance" of creating opportunities for disadvantaged New York-
ers. Those needs have only grown in the half-century since the Legisla-
ture's action. Yet CUNY's ability to fulfill them has diminished as
enrollment has skyrocketed and investment has failed to keep pace. The
New Deal for CUNY reimagines CUNY as the vital urban university it must
be if it is to serve the people of New York. It enhances CUNY's historic
role as a leader in educational justice and economic transformation.
This legislation restores free tuition, ensures adequate faculty staff-
ing, and aligns student support with nationally recommended standards.
In doing so, The New Deal for CUNY restores New York to national leader-
ship in public higher education and removes the barriers to student
success that have prevented thousands of CUNY students from realizing
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD09097-05-2
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