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NY S04379
Bill
Status
2/4/2025
Primary Sponsor
Leroy Comrie
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AI Summary
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Requires the Commissioner of Education to ensure prison educational and vocational programs allow incarcerated individuals to earn credits transferable to educational institutions upon release
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Amends Section 136 of the Correction Law to add transferability requirements to existing correctional education objectives
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Maintains existing goals of correctional education including socialization, rehabilitation, and providing skills for employment after release
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Takes effect immediately upon passage
Legislative Description
Requires that curricula and educational programs provide incarcerated individuals the opportunity to earn educational or vocational credits which shall be transferable to an educational institution upon the release of the incarcerated individual.
Last Action
REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION
1/7/2026