Requires the state university of New York to examine and conduct a study on the creation of a designated equity-centered honors college for the state university college at Geneseo for all attending students; requires a report on the findings of such study to be submitted within 180 days of the effective date.
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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9787
I N A S S E M B L Y
April 9, 2024
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Introduced by M. of A. BRONSON -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Higher Education
AN ACT to require the state university of New York to examine and
conduct a study on the creation of a designated equity-centered honors
college for the state university college at Geneseo for all attending
students
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 conduct a study on the feasibility of the creation of an equity-
centered honors college for the state university college at Geneseo,
which shall consider but not be limited to the following:
1. examination of a plan for the implementation and operation of an
equity-centered honors college prepared by the state university college
at Geneseo in consultation with faculty, staff, and students at such
college;
2. evaluation of the impacts of an equity-centered honors college on
increased enrollment;
3. measurement of persistence through degree completion of first-gen-
eration, low-income students through increased need-based funding to
support their education at the state university college of Geneseo;
4. exploration of the impact and potential benefit of providing
students participating in the equity-centered honors college, such as a
guarantee of successful job placement; and
5. examination of the economic costs and benefits of establishing an
equity-centered honors college for the state university college at Gene-
seo.
§ 2. The board of trustees of the state university of New York shall
submit a report of its findings and recommendations to the governor, the
temporary president of the senate, the speaker of the assembly, and the
chairs of the higher education committees in the assembly and senate
within one hundred eighty days of the effective date of this act.
§ 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD15162-01-4
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