Senate Bill S937

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Creates a commission to evaluate the need for community colleges to participate in the educational opportunity program

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Higher Education 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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2023-S937 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Higher Education
Law Section:
Education
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S3485
2019-2020: S6788
2021-2022: S1520

2023-S937 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Creates a commission to evaluate the need for community colleges to participate in the educational opportunity program.

2023-S937 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S937 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    937
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 9, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens. BAILEY, JACKSON -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education
 
 AN ACT relating to creating the commission on affordable college  educa-
   tion  to  study  the participation of community colleges in the educa-
   tional opportunity program; and  providing  for  the  repeal  of  such
   provisions upon expiration thereof
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Legislative findings. The legislature  hereby  acknowledges
 the  need for a college education to compete in today's market. Further-
 more, residents throughout New York state are in need of more affordable
 higher education options. Currently,  twelve  out  of  the  thirty  SUNY
 community  colleges  do  not  participate in the Educational Opportunity
 Programs (EOP), which provide vital financial and academic  support  for
 thousands   of  academic  and  economically  disadvantaged  New  Yorkers
 throughout the state.  Subsequently,  community  college  students  from
 those  twelve  two-year  colleges, who seek to transfer into a four-year
 school as Higher Education Opportunity Program (HEOP) or EOP  applicants
 risk potentially disqualifying themselves for such financial and academ-
 ic support programs.
   §  2.  A temporary state commission, to be known as the "commission on
 affordable college education", is hereby established to examine,  evalu-
 ate  and  make  recommendations  concerning the need for the twelve SUNY
 community colleges to participate in EOP. The commission shall  consider
 the  need for additional legislation to amend current eligibility crite-
 ria for transfer students.
   § 3. The commission shall consist of thirteen members, to be appointed
 as follows: three members to be appointed by the governor; three members
 to be appointed by the temporary president of the senate; three  members
 to  be  appointed  by  the  speaker  of  the assembly; two members to be
 appointed by the minority leader of the senate; and two  members  to  be
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00730-01-3
              

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