NY State Senate Bill 2021-S4115

Senate Bill S4115

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Requires the educational and vocational credits earned by incarcerated individuals are transferable upon release

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Crime Victims, Crime And Correction Committee

Introduced
- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
Delivered to Governor
Signed By Governor

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jan 05, 2022	referred to crime victims, crime and correction
Jun 10, 2021	committed to rules
May 12, 2021	advanced to third reading
May 11, 2021	2nd report cal.
May 10, 2021	1st report cal.987
Feb 02, 2021	referred to crime victims, crime and correction

Votes

- May 10, 2021 - Crime Victims, Crime And Correction Committee Vote
  S4115
  
  6
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  1
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Crime Victims, Crime And Correction Committee Vote: May 10, 2021
      
      aye (6)
      
      Akshar
      
      Bailey
      
      Myrie
      
      Rivera
      
      Ryan
      
      Salazar
      
      aye wr (1)
      
      Gallivan

2021-S4115 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Crime Victims, Crime And Correction
Law Section:: Correction Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §136, Cor L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:: S5598

2021-S4115 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires that curricula and educational programs provide incarcerated individuals the opportunity to earn educational or vocational credits which shall be transferable to an educational institution upon the release of the incarcerated individual.

2021-S4115 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S4115 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4115
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 2, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Crime Victims,  Crime  and
   Correction
 
 AN  ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to requiring the educa-
   tional and vocational credits earned by incarcerated  individuals  are
   transferable upon release

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1.  Subdivision 1 of section 136 of  the  correction  law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  431  of  the  laws  of 2015, is amended to read as
 follows:
   1. The objective of  correctional  education  in  its  broadest  sense
 should  be  the socialization of the inmates through varied impressional
 and expressional activities, with emphasis on individual  inmate  needs.
 The  objective  of  this program shall be the return of these inmates to
 society with a more wholesome attitude toward living, with a  desire  to
 conduct  themselves  as  good citizens, and with the skill and knowledge
 which will give them a reasonable  chance  to  maintain  themselves  and
 their  dependents through honest labor. To this end each inmate shall be
 given a program of education which, on  the  basis  of  available  data,
 seems  most likely to further the process of socialization and rehabili-
 tation. Provided  that,  the  commissioner,  in  consultation  with  the
 commissioner  of  education,  shall  develop a curricula for and require
 provision of an education program to all inmates, on a  periodic  basis,
 on  the  consequences  and  prevention of shaken baby syndrome which may
 include the viewing of a video  presentation  thereon.  The  time  daily
 devoted  to  such education shall be such as is required for meeting the
 above objectives. The director of education, subject to the direction of
 the commissioner and after consultation with the commissioner of  educa-
 tion,  shall  develop  the curricula and the education programs that are
 required to meet the special needs of each correctional facility in  the

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

                                                            LBD08830-01-1

 S. 4115                             2
 
 department.  THE  COMMISSIONER  OF EDUCATION SHALL ENSURE SUCH CURRICULA
 AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS PROVIDE INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS  THE  OPPORTU-
 NITY TO EARN EDUCATIONAL OR VOCATIONAL CREDITS WHICH SHALL BE TRANSFERA-
 BLE  TO  AN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION UPON THE RELEASE OF THE INCARCERATED
 INDIVIDUAL. The commissioner  of  education,  in  cooperation  with  the
 commissioner and the director of education, shall set up the educational
 requirements  for the certification of teachers in all such correctional
 facilities. Such educational requirements shall  be  sufficiently  broad
 and  comprehensive  to include training in penology, sociology, psychol-
 ogy, philosophy, in the special subjects to be taught, and in any  other
 professional courses as may be deemed necessary by the responsible offi-
 cers,  and  shall  include  training  relating  to  the consequences and
 prevention of shaken baby syndrome which may include the  viewing  of  a
 video  presentation thereon. No certificates for teaching service in the
 state institutions shall be issued unless a minimum  of  four  years  of
 training  beyond  the  high  school  has  been secured, or an acceptable
 equivalent. Existing requirements for the certification of  teachers  in
 the  institutions  shall continue in force until changed pursuant to the
 provisions of this section.
   § 2.  This act shall take effect immediately.

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