assembly Bill A2323

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Establishes the commission on post-secondary correctional education

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Jan 05, 2022 referred to correction
Jan 14, 2021 referred to correction

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A2323 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3368
Law Section:
Commissions
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A8552, S5685
2011-2012: A3657, S974
2013-2014: A4109, S3350
2015-2016: A3309, S2039
2017-2018: A4158, S3342
2019-2020: A4011, S2206
2023-2024: A1398, S1509

A2323 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the commission on post-secondary correctional education to examine, evaluate, and make recommendations concerning the availability, effectiveness and need for expansion of post-secondary education in the NYS prison system.

A2323 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2323
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 14, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. AUBRY, O'DONNELL -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Correction
 
 AN  ACT  to establish a commission on post-secondary correctional educa-
   tion; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon  expiration
   thereof
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Legislative findings and intent. The legislature finds that
 the availability of post-secondary correctional education has the poten-
 tial to reduce recidivism, increase employment opportunities for inmates
 upon release and have a positive impact on prison safety  and  security.
 The  legislature  further finds that there is currently a lack of avail-
 able post-secondary educational opportunities for  inmates  in  the  New
 York state prison system.
   Studies have consistently found that the higher the level of education
 attained,  the more likely a former inmate will be to obtain gainful and
 stable employment, and the less likely he or she will be  to  engage  in
 future  criminal activity. However, in 1994, federal tuition assistance,
 in the form of Pell Grants, for individuals incarcerated in federal  and
 state  correctional  facilities was terminated with the enactment of the
 Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act. Then, in 1995,  New  York
 prohibited  inmates  from  accessing  state  funds  through  the Tuition
 Assistance Program  (TAP)  for  post-secondary  correctional  education.
 According  to  a report published by the Correctional Association of New
 York in January, 2009, entitled "Education From  the  Inside,  Out:  The
 Multiple  Benefits  of  College  Programs  in  Prison," only four out of
 seventy post-secondary  correctional  education  programs  continued  to
 operate  in  New  York following the termination of TAP availability for
 inmates.
   According to the Correctional Association of New York report,  statis-
 tical  evidence  from  several highly regarded studies demonstrates that

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