The New York State Senate

 
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                                   6498
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 19, 2021
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 Introduced  by M. of A. HUNTER, SOLAGES -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Higher Education
 
 AN ACT requiring the state university of New York and the city universi-
   ty of New York to examine and conduct a study on the  availability  of
   campus services, programs and resources for veterans

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The board of trustees of the state university of  New  York
 shall  examine  and  conduct  a  study  on  the  availability  of campus
 services, programs and resources for a veteran attending any college  of
 the state university of New York as a student, which shall consider, but
 not be limited to the following:
   (a)  Existing  services,  programs,  and  resources  offered by campus
 veterans services offices, which may include,  but  not  be  limited  to
 academic,  financial,  and career advising services, as well as personal
 counseling services for such students;
   (b) The number of veterans attending each college as students compared
 to the number of available full-time counselors and/or advisors employed
 at each college campus for such students; and
   (c) Any recommendations, based on consultation  with  relevant  stake-
 holders,  on  how  to  increase  the  availability of existing services,
 programs, and resources that may better facilitate the transition period
 for a veteran attending any college of the state university of New  York
 as a student.
   §  2.  The  board of trustees of the city university of New York shall
 examine and conduct a study on  the  availability  of  campus  services,
 programs  and  resources for a veteran attending any college of the city
 university of New York as a student, which shall consider,  but  not  be
 limited to the following:
   (a)  Existing  services,  programs,  and  resources  offered by campus
 veterans services offices, which may include,  but  not  be  limited  to

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

                                                            LBD05101-01-1

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 academic,  financial,  and career advising services, as well as personal
 counseling services for such students;
   (b)  The  number of veterans attending college as students compared to
 the number of available full-time counselors and/or advisors on staff at
 each college campus for such students; and
   (c) Any recommendations, based on consultation  with  relevant  stake-
 holders,  on  how  to  increase  the  availability of existing services,
 programs, and resources that may better facilitate the transition period
 for a veteran attending any college of the city university of  New  York
 as a student.
   § 3. The board of trustees of the state university of New York and the
 board of trustees of the city university of New York shall each submit a
 final report of its findings and recommendations to the governor, tempo-
 rary  president  of  the  senate,  the  speaker of the assembly, and the
 chairs of the higher education committees in  the  assembly  and  senate
 within one year of the effective date of this act.
   § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.