NY State Senate Bill 2021-S7248

Senate Bill S7248

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Establishes the New York quality undergraduate academic and learning integration for incarcerated individuals (NY-QUALIFIIs) commission

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2021-S7248 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Education
Law Section:: Education Law
Laws Affected:: Add §210-d, Ed L; add §6, amd §§5 & 15-b, Cor L

2021-S7248 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the New York quality undergraduate academic and learning integration for incarcerated individuals (NY-QUALIFIIs) commission, which focuses on providing higher education learning to incarcerated individuals.

2021-S7248 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S7248

SPONSOR: STAVISKY
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the education law and the correction law, in relation to
establishing the New York quality undergraduate academic and learning
integration for incarcerated individuals (NY-QUALIFIIs) commission

 
PURPOSE:

This bill establishes a commission to provide quality oversight of post-
secondary education programs offered to incarcerated individuals in
facilities operated by the New York State Department of Corrections and
Community Supervision.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1. Amends the education law to add new section 210-d. This
section establishes the New York quality undergraduate academic and
learning integration for incarcerated individuals (NY-QUALIFIIs) commis-

sion. Provides for the commission composition, member appointments and
terms of service. Details the scope of responsibilities including the
creation of uniform rules, regulations, standards, processes and best
practices that postsecondary education programs shall meet for approval
to operate within correctional institutions. Addresses the criteria for
program approval when reviewing applicant institutions.

Section 2. Amends the corrections law to add a new section directing the
Department of Corrections and Community Supervision to create and submit
a report to the State Education Department regarding postsecondary
educational program outcomes, data and metrics.

Section 3. The Commissioner of the Department of Corrections and Commu-
nity Supervision shall not enter into agreements or contracts for the
provision of higher education services without the approval of the State
Education Department.

Section 4. The education coordinator of each department-operated facili-
ty shall collaborate with the NY-QUALIFIIs commission and the State
Education Department to ensure compliance with this legislation. The
Department of Corrections and Community Supervision shall continue to be
responsible for the logistical planning and implementation of postsecon-
dary education programs in prison facilities to carry out the programs'
effectiveness and success.

Section 5. Effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

In December of 2020, Congress passed the Consolidated Appropriations
Act, 2021, a second stimulus bill to address to public health crisis and
economic fallout as a result of the COVID-19.  The Consolidated Appro-
priations Act, 2021 lifts the 1994 ban of Pell Grant eligibility for
incarcerated individuals as dictated in the Violent Crime Control and
Law Enforcement Act. While this a great step in criminal justice reform,
the opening of these federal funds creates concern that certain higher
education institutions, facing significant financial strife as a result

of COVID-19, will look to acquire these federal dollars and may create a
subpar higher education program for those incarcerated.

Incarcerated individuals deserve nothing less than a quality education.
Currently, there is no statewide mechanism to review the quality of
these programs and provide oversight and guidance. As such, it is impor-
tant that New York State monitor the quality of the programs that are
being offered in New York State prison facilities.

Multiple studies conducted on this topic have demonstrated the benefits
of providing postsecondary education to incarcerated individuals.
Results have demonstrated that these students were less likely to reci-
divate and, post-release, these students are able to obtain employment
at a higher rate compared to incarcerated individuals that do not
participate in educational programs.  According to a RAND study
conducted in 2013, incarcerated individuals that participated in correc-
tional education programs are 43% less likely to recidivate as compared
to individuals that did not participate in educational programs while
incarcerated. Post-release, incarcerated individuals that partake in an
educational program, whether academic or vocational, have a higher
percentage of obtaining employment. Furthermore, providing educational
programs to incarcerated individuals saves tax payers money. Studies
have estimated that for every one dollar spent on prison education, tax
payers save four to five dollars that would have been spent on reincar-
ceration.

It is important for New York to lead the way in criminal justice reform.
Offering incarcerated individuals an opportunity to receive quality
postsecondary education is an important step in helping ensure success-
ful re-entry post-release. Reviewing and overseeing institutions that
seek to offer postsecondary education programs in prison facilities is
necessary to ensure the educational programs offered to incarcerated
individuals are of equal quality to programs provided on campuses.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New bill.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

TBD.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeeding the
date on which it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the
addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary
for the implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized
to be made and completed on or before such effective date.

2021-S7248 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7248
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               June 9, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. STAVISKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law and the correction law, in relation to
   establishing the New York quality undergraduate academic and  learning
   integration for incarcerated individuals (NY-QUALIFIIs) commission

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section  210-d
 to read as follows:
   §  210-D.  NEW  YORK QUALITY UNDERGRADUATE ACADEMIC AND LEARNING INTE-
 GRATION FOR INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS COMMISSION. 1. THE NEW YORK QUALITY
 UNDERGRADUATE ACADEMIC AND LEARNING INTEGRATION FOR  INCARCERATED  INDI-
 VIDUALS  (NY-QUALIFIIS)  COMMISSION IS HEREBY ESTABLISHED TO MAKE RECOM-
 MENDATIONS TO ENSURE THAT INSTITUTIONS SEEKING TO PROVIDE  POSTSECONDARY
 DEGREE  GRANTING  AND/OR CERTIFICATION EDUCATION PROGRAMS TO INDIVIDUALS
 INCARCERATED IN FACILITIES OPERATED AND CONTROLLED BY THE NEW YORK STATE
 DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND COMMUNITY SUPERVISION (DOCCS) MEET QUALITY
 STANDARDS  ESTABLISHED  BY  SUCH  COMMISSION  PRIOR  TO  SUCH  PROGRAMS'
 APPROVAL BY SUCH DEPARTMENT.
   2.  (A)  THE  NY-QUALIFIIS  COMMISSION  SHALL BE COMPRISED OF THIRTEEN
 VOTING AND FOUR EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS, ALL OF WHOM SHALL SERVE  THREE  YEAR
 TERMS TO BE APPOINTED AS FOLLOWS:
   (I) THREE MEMBERS TO BE APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR;
   (II)  TWO  MEMBERS  TO  BE APPOINTED BY THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE
 SENATE;
   (III) TWO MEMBERS TO BE APPOINTED BY THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY;
   (IV) THE COMMISSIONER OR HIS OR  HER  DESIGNEE,  WHO  SHALL  SERVE  AS
 CHAIR;
   (V)  THE  COMMISSIONER  OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND COMMUNITY
 SUPERVISION OR HIS OR HER DESIGNEE, WHO SHALL SERVE AS VICE CHAIR;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11284-04-1

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   (VI) THE CHANCELLOR OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK OR HIS OR  HER
 DESIGNEE;
   (VII)  THE CHANCELLOR OF THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK OR HIS OR HER
 DESIGNEE;
   (VIII) THE PRESIDENT OF THE COMMISSION  ON  INDEPENDENT  COLLEGES  AND
 UNIVERSITIES OR HIS OR HER DESIGNEE;
   (IX) THE PRESIDENT OF THE HIGHER EDUCATION SERVICES CORPORATION OR HIS
 OR HER DESIGNEE;
   (X) TWO MEMBERS WHO ARE MEMBERS OF A NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATION OPER-
 ATING  IN THE FIELD OF POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION FOR INCARCERATED INDIVID-
 UALS, ONE OF WHICH SHALL BE APPOINTED BY THE SENATE CHAIR OF THE COMMIT-
 TEE ON HIGHER EDUCATION AND ONE OF  WHICH  SHALL  BE  APPOINTED  BY  THE
 ASSEMBLY CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON HIGHER EDUCATION, BOTH OF WHICH SHALL
 SERVE AS EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS;
   (XI)  TWO  MEMBERS  WHO  WERE  FORMERLY  INCARCERATED  INDIVIDUALS WHO
 PARTICIPATED IN AN EDUCATION PROGRAM WHILE INCARCERATED,  ONE  OF  WHICH
 SHALL BE APPOINTED BY THE SENATE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON HIGHER EDUCA-
 TION  AND  ONE  OF WHICH SHALL BE APPOINTED BY THE ASSEMBLY CHAIR OF THE
 COMMITTEE ON HIGHER EDUCATION, BOTH OF WHICH SHALL SERVE  AS  EX-OFFICIO
 MEMBERS.
   (B)  COMMISSION  VACANCIES  SHALL  BE  FILLED  IN  THE  SAME MANNER AS
 PROVIDED FOR IN THE ORIGINAL APPOINTMENTS.
   (C) APPOINTMENTS TO THE NY-QUALIFIIS COMMISSION SHALL BE  MADE  WITHIN
 NINETY  DAYS  OF  THE  EFFECTIVE  DATE OF THIS SECTION. THE NY-QUALIFIIS
 COMMISSION MAY BEGIN ITS DUTIES WHEN A MAJORITY OF THE TOTAL  NUMBER  OF
 POSITIONS HAVE BEEN APPOINTED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVI-
 SION.  THE  MEMBERS  OF  THE  NY-QUALIFIIS  COMMISSION  SHALL RECEIVE NO
 COMPENSATION FOR THEIR SERVICES BUT SHALL  BE  REIMBURSED  FOR  EXPENSES
 ACTUALLY  AND  NECESSARILY  INCURRED BY THEM IN THE PERFORMANCE OF THEIR
 DUTIES PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION.
   3. (A) THE NY-QUALIFIIS COMMISSION SHALL RESEARCH AND FORMULATE RECOM-
 MENDATIONS ON TOPICS INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO:
   (I) THE CREATION OF UNIFORM RULES, REGULATIONS,  STANDARDS,  PROCESSES
 AND  BEST PRACTICES, THAT POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION PROGRAMS SHALL MEET TO
 BE APPROVED FOR ADMITTANCE INTO CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS;
   (II) THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT AND  DOCCS  IN  DELIVERING
 POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION PROGRAMS;
   (III)  THE  ROLE  OF TECHNOLOGY IN POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION PROGRAMS IN
 DOCCS FACILITIES;
   (IV) THE EVALUATION OF PROCEDURES FOR DISCIPLINARY TICKETS AND PUNISH-
 MENTS RELATED TO SUCH TIER LEVEL TICKETS  AND  ANY  OTHER  INSTITUTIONAL
 BARRIERS THAT COULD POTENTIALLY HINDER AN INDIVIDUAL'S ACADEMIC SUCCESS;
   (V) THE REVIEW OF PROGRAM APPLICATIONS TO ENSURE QUALITY POSTSECONDARY
 EDUCATION  PROGRAMMING  AND STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES WILL BE PROVIDED TO
 INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS;
   (VI) THE VIABILITY OF EXPANDING THE USE OF TEMPORARY RELEASE OF INCAR-
 CERATED INDIVIDUALS FOR POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION PROGRAMS;
   (VII) THE TRANSFERABILITY OF CREDITS BETWEEN  POSTSECONDARY  EDUCATION
 PROGRAMS  IF  AN  INDIVIDUAL  IS  TRANSFERRED FROM ONE DOCCS FACILITY TO
 ANOTHER;
   (VIII) GUIDELINES FOR ARTICULATION AGREEMENTS AND ACCEPTANCE OF COURSE
 CREDITS BETWEEN HIGHER EDUCATION  INSTITUTIONS  OPERATING  WITHIN  DOCCS
 FACILITIES  AND  WITH OTHER NEW YORK STATE HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS
 UPON AN INDIVIDUAL'S RELEASE FROM CUSTODY;
   (IX) THE CREATION OF REQUIREMENTS REGARDING THE REVIEW OF  TRANSCRIPTS
 BY  NEW  YORK  STATE  HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS FOR INDIVIDUALS THAT

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 HAVE RECEIVED CREDITS WHILE  INCARCERATED,  PROVIDED  SUCH  REQUIREMENTS
 COMPLY WITH THE FAMILY EDUCATION RIGHTS AND PRIVACY ACT;
   (X)  ALIGNING  AND  UPDATING  STANDARDS  FOR EARLY RELEASE BASED ON AN
 INCARCERATED  INDIVIDUAL'S   COMPLETION   OF   POSTSECONDARY   EDUCATION
 PROGRAMS; AND
   (XI)  STANDARDS  FOR  ASSESSING  POSTSECONDARY  PROGRAMS  TO DETERMINE
 WHETHER SUCH PROGRAMS RESULT IN CAREER READINESS  AND  EMPLOYABILITY  OF
 INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS UPON THEIR RELEASE.
   (B)  THE  NY-QUALIFIIS  COMMISSION  SHALL FOCUS ON EXPANDING ACCESS TO
 QUALITY PROGRAMMING AND SHALL CONSIDER THE FUNDING AND RESOURCES  NEEDED
 TO  ADEQUATELY PREPARE INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS FOR SUCCESS UPON RELEASE
 AND THE FUNDING AND RESOURCES NEEDED TO PROVIDE RE-ENTRY SERVICES.
   (C) THE NY-QUALIFIIS COMMISSION SHALL MAKE  RECOMMENDATIONS  REGARDING
 THE  PROVISIONS  OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION  TO  GUIDE THE DEPARTMENT AND THE
 DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND COMMUNITY SUPERVISION IN THE  PROMULGATION
 OF RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS SECTION.
   4. THE NY-QUALIFIIS COMMISSION SHALL PUBLISH A REPORT OF ITS RECOMMEN-
 DATIONS  AND  FINDINGS  WITHIN  ONE  YEAR  OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS
 SECTION AND EVERY FIFTH YEAR THEREAFTER, AND SHALL SUBMIT SUCH REPORT TO
 THE GOVERNOR, THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, THE SPEAKER OF  THE
 ASSEMBLY,  AND  THE  CHAIRS OF THE COMMITTEE ON HIGHER EDUCATION IN EACH
 HOUSE.
   5. UPON THE ISSUANCE OF THE FIRST REPORT REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVI-
 SION FOUR OF THIS SECTION, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PROMULGATE  RULES  AND
 REGULATIONS  TO  GOVERN THE APPLICATION PROCESS FOR POSTSECONDARY EDUCA-
 TION PROGRAMS' APPROVAL TO OPERATE IN DOCCS FACILITIES.
   6. IN REVIEWING APPLICATIONS  FOR  APPROVAL,  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL
 PRIORITIZE APPLICANTS WHO MEET THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA:
   (A) THE APPLICANT IS IN GOOD STANDING WITH THEIR ACCREDITING BODY;
   (B)  THE  APPLICANT'S  PROGRAM  PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR MEANINGFUL
 INTERACTION BETWEEN FACULTY AND INCARCERATED STUDENTS  AND  BETWEEN  THE
 STUDENTS THEMSELVES;
   (C)  THE  APPLICANT  EMPLOYS  INSTRUCTORS  THAT MEET THE SAME ACADEMIC
 QUALIFICATIONS AS THE  INSTITUTIONS'  FACULTY  SERVING  NON-INCARCERATED
 STUDENTS  AND  IN  ADDITION,  SUCH INSTRUCTORS HAVE COMPLETED ADDITIONAL
 TRAINING APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT RELATING TO THE UNIQUE CHALLENGES OF
 PROVIDING INSTRUCTION IN CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES;
   (D) THE APPLICANT PROVIDES PROGRAM OUTREACH  AND  ADMISSION  STANDARDS
 THAT ARE OPEN TO ALL INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS REGARDLESS OF THEIR FEDER-
 AL OR STATE FINANCIAL AID ELIGIBILITY; AND
   (E)  THE  APPLICANT OFFERS COLLEGE READINESS, REMEDIATION, COUNSELING,
 INCLUDING FINANCIAL AID  COUNSELING  AND  RE-ENTRY  SERVICES,  INCLUDING
 MENTORING AND AIDING INDIVIDUALS SEEKING TO CONTINUE THEIR EDUCATION AND
 TRANSFER THEIR EARNED CREDITS.
   §  2.  The correction law is amended by adding a new section 6 to read
 as follows:
   § 6. REPORTING ON APPROVED POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION PROGRAMS  OPERATING
 WITHIN  A  DEPARTMENT  FACILITY.  1.  BEGINNING JULY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND
 TWENTY-FOUR, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL REPORT TO THE COMMISSIONER OF EDUCA-
 TION THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION RELATED TO APPROVED POSTSECONDARY  EDUCA-
 TION  PROGRAMS OPERATING WITHIN A DEPARTMENT FACILITY, PROVIDED THAT THE
 COMMISSIONER SHALL COMPLY WITH THE FAMILY RIGHTS AND PRIVACY  ACT  WHILE
 COLLECTING AND DISSEMINATING SUCH INFORMATION:
   (A) THE CURRENT RATE OF ENROLLMENT AND THE PROJECT ENROLLMENT RATE FOR
 THE FOLLOWING YEAR;

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   (B)  THE  DROPOUT  RATE  OR  RATE OF DISCONTINUATION IN AN EDUCATIONAL
 PROGRAM;
   (C) THE COURSE COMPLETION RATE, INCLUDING THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PASS-
 ING AND FAILING;
   (D) THE NUMBER OF CERTIFICATES OR DEGREES GRANTED;
   (E)  THE  NUMBER  OF  STUDENTS WHO RECEIVED STATE OR FEDERAL FINANCIAL
 AID;
   (F) THE TYPES OF RE-ENTRY SERVICES PROVIDED AND THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS
 WHO USE SUCH SERVICES;
   (G) FACULTY AND STUDENT FEEDBACK REGARDING PARTICIPATION IN A  PROGRAM
 WHICH MAY BE OBTAINED THROUGH SURVEYS OR OTHER MEANS; AND
   (H) ANY OTHER INFORMATION THE DEPARTMENT DEEMS APPROPRIATE.
   2.  WITHIN  THREE  MONTHS  OF  THE RECEIPT OF THE INFORMATION PROVIDED
 PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION, THE COMMISSIONER OF  EDUCA-
 TION  SHALL  COMPILE A REPORT TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE GOVERNOR, TEMPORARY
 PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, SPEAKER OF THE  ASSEMBLY,  AND  CHAIRS  OF  THE
 COMMITTEE  ON  HIGHER  EDUCATION IN EACH HOUSE IN RELATION TO THE EFFEC-
 TIVENESS AND SUCCESS OF POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION PROGRAMS  IN  DEPARTMENT
 FACILITIES.
   § 3. Section 5 of the correction law is amended by adding a new subdi-
 vision 7 to read as follows:
   7.  (A)  THE COMMISSIONER SHALL NOT ENTER INTO ANY CONTRACTS OR AGREE-
 MENTS FOR THE PROVISION OF HIGHER EDUCATION  SERVICES  FOR  INCARCERATED
 INDIVIDUALS  AT  CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES UNLESS SUCH EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM
 HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION PURSUANT TO SECTION TWO
 HUNDRED TEN-D OF THE EDUCATION LAW.
   (B) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY LAW, RULE OR REGULATION TO THE  CONTRARY,  THE
 PROHIBITION  CONTAINED  IN  THIS  SUBDIVISION SHALL APPLY TO ALL CURRENT
 AGREEMENTS OR CONTRACTS AND  ANY  AGREEMENT  OR  CONTRACT  CURRENTLY  IN
 EFFECT THAT CONFLICTS WITH THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL BE NULL AND VOID.
   §  4.  Section  15-b of the correction law, as amended by section 1 of
 subpart B of part C of chapter 62 of the laws of  2011,  is  amended  to
 read as follows:
   §  15-b.  Education.  1.  The present director of vocational education
 shall be the director of education with the powers  and  duties  of  the
 director  of  education  and hereafter shall be appointed by the commis-
 sioner. The director of education, at any time  appointed,  shall  be  a
 person  whose  education,  training and experience shall cover fields of
 penology and of professional education. The  educational  qualifications
 shall  include  the  satisfactory  completion of three years of graduate
 work in education, penology, and allied fields. The head of the division
 of education shall have the direct supervision of all  educational  work
 in  the  department  of  corrections and community supervision and shall
 have full authority to visit and inspect all institutions of the depart-
 ment to observe, study, organize, and develop the educational activities
 of such institutions in harmony with the general educational program  of
 the  department.  He or she shall be responsible to the commissioner and
 deputy commissioner designated by the commissioner.
   2. (A) THE DESIGNATED EDUCATION COORDINATOR OF EACH  DEPARTMENT  OPER-
 ATED  PRISON FACILITY SHALL COLLABORATE WITH THE NY-QUALIFIIS COMMISSION
 AND DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION PURSUANT TO SECTION TWO HUNDRED TEN-D OF THE
 EDUCATION LAW TO ENSURE THAT INSTITUTIONS SEEKING TO PROVIDE  POSTSECON-
 DARY  DEGREE  GRANTING AND/OR CERTIFICATION EDUCATION PROGRAMS TO INCAR-
 CERATED INDIVIDUALS MEET QUALITY STANDARDS ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO  SUCH
 SECTION  AND COMPLY WITH SUBDIVISION SEVEN OF SECTION FIVE OF THIS ARTI-
 CLE.

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   (B) THE DEPARTMENT SHALL CONTINUE TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE LOGISTICAL
 PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION OF POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION PROGRAMS IN PRIS-
 ON FACILITIES TO CARRY OUT THE PROGRAM'S EFFECTIVENESS AND SUCCESS.
   §  5. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
 ing the date on which it shall have become a law. Effective immediately,
 the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or  regulation  neces-
 sary  for  the  implementation  of  this  act  on its effective date are
 authorized to be made and completed on or before such effective date.

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