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NY A09598
Bill
Status
1/27/2020
Primary Sponsor
Carmen Arroyo
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AI Summary
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Establishes a nine-member task force within the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision to examine how incarcerated individuals can complete undergraduate degrees at SUNY, CUNY, or independent colleges and universities.
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Task force members appointed by the governor (6), temporary president of the senate (1), speaker of the assembly (1), and corrections commissioner (1), with the commissioner chairing the task force.
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Task force shall examine and recommend on: credit transferability, course offerings and curricula, collaboration methods between colleges and correctional facilities, and funding mechanisms for undergraduate degree programs for incarcerated individuals.
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Department of Corrections and Community Supervision must provide staff and administrative support to the task force; other state agencies must provide information and assistance upon request.
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Task force must submit findings, conclusions, recommendations, and legislative proposals to the governor and legislature by February 1, 2021, and the task force expires March 1, 2021.
Legislative Description
Establishes the incarcerated individual undergraduate degree completion task force and requires reporting to the governor and legislature of recommendations on how to ensure courses taken by individuals while incarcerated qualify for degree completion at a qualified state college or university.
Last Action
referred to correction
1/27/2020