NY State Senate Bill 2023-S7684

Senate Bill S7684

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Establishes an Asian American Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander (AANHPI) leadership institute within the state university of New York

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
May 07, 2024	reported and committed to finance
Jan 03, 2024	referred to higher education
Oct 04, 2023	referred to rules

Votes

- May 7, 2024 - Higher Education Committee Vote
  S7684
  
  11
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Higher Education Committee Vote: May 7, 2024
      
      aye (11)
      
      Breslin
      
      Chu
      
      Gounardes
      
      Griffo
      
      Jackson
      
      Liu
      
      Murray
      
      Oberacker
      
      Rivera
      
      Stavisky
      
      Webb

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2023-S7684 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A8262
Current Committee:: Senate Finance
Law Section:: Education Law
Laws Affected:: Add §362, Ed L

2023-S7684 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes an Asian American Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander (AANHPI) leadership institute within the state university of New York as an initiative for Asian American Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander (AANHPI) leaders in higher education with a mission to retain and grow from within SUNY a greater proportion of Asian American Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander (AANHPI) professionals at SUNY campuses; creates an eight member advisory council.

2023-S7684 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S7684

SPONSOR: CHU
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the education law, in relation to establishing an Asian
American Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander (AANHPI) leadership institute
within the state university of New York

 
PURPOSE:

To create an Asian American Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander (AANHPI)
leadership institute within the State University of New York to foster
the success of AANHPI leaders at the university president and presi-
dent's cabinet level.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 directs the Chancellor of the State University of New York to
create an Asian American Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander (AANHPI) lead-
ership institute, and tasks the AANHPI leadership institute with imple-
menting programs and measures deemed necessary to support AANHPI leaders

at the state university of New York.

Section 2 establishes the leadership institute's structure and
appointment/reappointment procedures for members. It will have an execu-
tive director and eight advisory council members who will serve for no
compensation for their work in conjunction with the institute.  It
describes their initial appointment procedure and manner of reappoint-
ment.

Section 3 describes the factors the institute must use while evaluating
measures and programming.

Section 4 tasks the executive director with communicating the leadership
institute's work in a report to the Governor, Assembly Speaker, and
Senate Majority Leader at the beginning of each regular session of the
legislature.

Section 5 sets the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

The State University of New York hosts over 30,000 students of AANPHI
backgrounds.(1) Supporting the diversity within SUNY's executive leader-
ship is crucial for serving these students and ensuring that SUNY does
not miss out on a new wave of potential leaders. A 2020 study by the
College and University Professional Association for Human Resources
found that more than 80 percent of higher education administrators are
white, and only 13 percent of top executive officers are people of
color. While universities and colleges have worked to address this gap
following the killing of George Floyd, those efforts have not necessar-
ily flowed to AANPHI leaders and educators. For example, Inside Higher
Ed found that there was no change in the representation of Asian or
Native American presidents between June 2020 and November 2021.(2)

SUNY has a long history of developing and providing cutting-edge leader-
ship and professional development training to faculty and staff across
its 64 campuses.
In 2017, SUNY formed the Hispanic Leadership Institute to foster the
next generation of Hispanic and Latinx leadership in the SUNY system
through professional development training and specialized program-
ming.(3) In the more than five years since its creation, the program has
enjoyed marked success, graduating 51 fellows with backgrounds from more
than a dozen countries, and who come from 27 of SUNY's campuses.(4)

In 2023, SUNY's budget provided first-ever funding to create the Black
Leadership Institute to support Black leaders in the SUNY system, which
is poised to provide the same critical support.(5)

Moreover, the City University of New York currently has such a leader-
ship institute for Asian American leaders, which began operating in
2015.

In an age of increased discrimination and bigotry against Asian Ameri-
cans, it's time for SUNY to provide its Asian American faculty and staff
with that same level of support, which is a natural outgrowth of its
current efforts.

An AANPHI Leadership Institute would help to create a more diverse SUNY
culture and foster the next generation of SUNY's leaders. It's an
investment in education today, and an investment in education tomorrow.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New bill

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

TBD

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding the date
which it shall have become a law.
(1) Fast Facts - SUNY, 2022. https://www.suny.edu/about/fast-facts/
(2) Lederman, Doug. "Colleges Have Hired More Minority Presidents amid
Racial Reckoning." Inside Higher Ed , February 13, 2022.
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2022/02/14/colleges-have-hired-more-
minoritypresidents-amid-racial-reckoning.
(3) Hispanic Leadership Institute." Hispanic Leadership Institute.
Accessed September 13, 2023.  https://wwm.suny.edu/hli/.
(4) SUNY's Hispanic Leadership Institute Celebrates 5 Years." University
at Albany, October 4, 2022.
https://www.albany.edu/news-center/news/2022-sunys-hispanic- leader-
ship-institute-celebrates-5-years.
(5) State of the University - 2023 Policy Agenda." State University of
New York, May 31, 2023.
https://wvvw.suny.edu/media/suny/content-assets/documents/chancellor/SOT
U_Policy Book_053123.pdf.

2023-S7684 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7684
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              October 4, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  CHU  --  read  twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to establishing an  Asian
   American  Native  Hawaiian Pacific Islander (AANHPI) leadership insti-
   tute within the state university of New York

   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 362
 to read as follows:
   § 362. ASIAN AMERICAN NATIVE HAWAIIAN PACIFIC ISLANDER (AANHPI)  LEAD-
 ERSHIP  INSTITUTE. 1.  SUBJECT TO AN APPROPRIATION FOR THIS PURPOSE, THE
 CHANCELLOR OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE
 BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, SHALL  CREATE  AN
 ASIAN  AMERICAN  NATIVE  HAWAIIAN  PACIFIC  ISLANDER (AANHPI) LEADERSHIP
 INSTITUTE WITHIN THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK TO FOSTER THE  SUCCESS
 OF  ASIAN  AMERICAN NATIVE HAWAIIAN PACIFIC ISLANDER (AANHPI) LEADERS AT
 THE UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT AND PRESIDENT'S CABINET LEVEL.  SUCH  INSTITUTE
 SHALL  DEVELOP  CANDIDATE IDENTIFICATION AND RECRUITMENT EFFORTS, SEARCH
 COMMITTEE TRAINING, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND INDIVIDUALIZED  SUPPORT
 MEASURES  FOR  INSTITUTE  PARTICIPANTS, PROFESSIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM-
 MING, SERVICES, RESEARCH AND RESOURCE IDENTIFICATION ACTIVITIES, AND ANY
 OTHER PROGRAMS DEEMED NECESSARY TO EFFECTUATE THE INTENT OF THIS  INSTI-
 TUTE.
   2.  THE  CHANCELLOR  SHALL  APPOINT AN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND AN EIGHT
 MEMBER ADVISORY COUNCIL, TO PROVIDE GUIDANCE AND ADVICE TO  FURTHER  THE
 DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH OF THE INSTITUTE. THE DIRECTOR AND THE MEMBERS OF
 THE ADVISORY COUNCIL SHALL SERVE FOR THREE-YEAR TERMS, WITH THE DIRECTOR
 AND  THREE  ADVISORY  COUNCIL MEMBERS APPOINTED IN THE FIRST YEAR OF THE
 INSTITUTE'S EXISTENCE, THREE OTHER MEMBERS APPOINTED IN THE SECOND YEAR,
 AND TWO MEMBERS APPOINTED IN THE THIRD YEAR. THE DIRECTOR  AND  ADVISORY
 COUNCIL MEMBERS MAY BE REAPPOINTED AT THE END OF EACH TERM IN THE MANNER
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13010-02-3

 S. 7684                             2
 
 OF  THE  ORIGINAL  APPOINTMENT.  THE DIRECTOR AND ADVISORY COUNCIL SHALL
 RECEIVE NO COMPENSATION FOR THEIR WORK IN CONJUNCTION  WITH  THE  INSTI-
 TUTE.
   3.  IN  CONSIDERING  MEASURES  AND  PROGRAMMING  FOR  EFFECTUATING THE
 PURPOSE OF THE INSTITUTE, THE INSTITUTE SHALL CONSIDER SUCH  FACTORS  AS
 PROGRAM  COST-EFFECTIVENESS;  THE  ABILITY  OF  SUCH  PROGRAMS  TO OFFER
 PROGRAMMATICALLY APPROPRIATE, LONG-TERM, TRAINING, AND SUPPORT SERVICES;
 THE ABILITY OF SUCH PROGRAMS TO ENABLE INDIVIDUALS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE
 INSTITUTE TO RECEIVE REWARDING TRAINING,  SERVICES,  AND  SUPPORTS;  AND
 CURRENT  AND  PROJECTED  EMPLOYMENT  DATA  AT  CAMPUSES WITHIN THE STATE
 UNIVERSITY SYSTEM.
   4. THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SHALL PREPARE AND PRESENT TO  THE  GOVERNOR,
 THE  SPEAKER  OF  THE ASSEMBLY, AND THE MAJORITY LEADER OF THE SENATE AT
 THE BEGINNING OF EACH REGULAR SESSION  OF  THE  LEGISLATURE  A  SEPARATE
 REPORT  COVERING,  IN  SUMMARY, AND IN DETAIL, ALL PHASES OF ACTIVITY OF
 THE INSTITUTE FOR THE IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING FISCAL YEAR.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of April next  succeeding
 the date on which it shall have become a law.

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