Assembly Bill A5843

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Enacts The New Deal for CUNY

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  • Introduced
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    • In Committee Senate
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    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
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2021-A5843 - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly 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:
A4425

2021-A5843 - Summary

Enacts The New Deal for CUNY; increases the ratio of faculty and mental health counselors to full-time students; requires that certain amounts of tuition be replaced by federal, state, and city funds.

2021-A5843 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5843
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 26, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced   by   M.  of  A.  REYES,  L. ROSENTHAL,  EPSTEIN,  PICHARDO,
   DE LA ROSA, ANDERSON, GOTTFRIED, DAVILA, BURGOS,  FORREST,  GALLAGHER,
   WEPRIN, FERNANDEZ, MITAYNES, TAYLOR, SIMON, SEPTIMO, SAYEGH, BARNWELL,
   MONTESANO,  JACKSON, BARRON -- read once and referred 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
              

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2021-A5843A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly 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:
A4425

2021-A5843A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts The New Deal for CUNY; increases the ratio of faculty and mental health counselors to full-time students; requires that certain amounts of tuition be replaced by federal, state, and city funds.

2021-A5843A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  5843--A
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 26, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. REYES, L. ROSENTHAL, EPSTEIN, ANDERSON, GOTT-
   FRIED,  DAVILA,  BURGOS,  FORREST,   GALLAGHER,   WEPRIN,   FERNANDEZ,
   MITAYNES,  TAYLOR,  SIMON, SEPTIMO, SAYEGH, BARNWELL, MONTESANO, JACK-
   SON,  NIOU,  GONZALEZ-ROJAS,  CRUZ,  CARROLL,   DINOWITZ,   SEAWRIGHT,
   BICHOTTE HERMELYN,  LAVINE,  CLARK,  KIM,  McDONOUGH,  MAMDANI, QUART,
   ENGLEBRIGHT, SOLAGES, FALL, BENEDETTO, TAPIA, BURDICK, JOYNER,  ZINER-
   MAN,  OTIS, HEVESI, J. RIVERA, COLTON, DARLING, ABBATE, REILLY -- read
   once and referred to the Committee on Higher Education --  recommitted
   to  the Committee on Higher Education in accordance with Assembly Rule
   3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted  as
   amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 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.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09097-06-2
              

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