Bill Text: NY A02530 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Establishes a commission on prison education to study and develop a plan for improving education in state prisons.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 24-0)

Status: (Passed) 2021-11-03 - signed chap.557 [A02530 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A02530-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          2530

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 19, 2021
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        Introduced  by  M. of A. BARRON, VANEL, CAHILL, BICHOTTE HERMELYN, HYND-
          MAN, TAYLOR, COLTON, DE LA ROSA, WILLIAMS, WEPRIN  --  Multi-Sponsored
          by  -- M. of A.  COOK, DAVILA, GOTTFRIED, JEAN-PIERRE, NOLAN, PEOPLES-
          STOKES, PICHARDO, SIMON, WALKER --  read  once  and  referred  to  the
          Committee on Correction

        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  correction  law,  in relation to establishing a
          commission on improving education in state prisons

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. The correction law is amended by adding a new section 49 to
     2  read as follows:
     3    §  49.  Commission  on prison education. There is hereby established a
     4  commission on prison education comprised of nine members who shall study
     5  and develop a plan for improving education in the state  prison  system.
     6  The  commission  on  prison education shall consider and investigate the
     7  following factors when determining education improvements: the impact on
     8  an inmate's employment  opportunities  upon  release  from  prison,  the
     9  impact  on  an inmate's reintegration into society and the effectiveness
    10  in reducing recidivism. Appointments to the task force shall be made  as
    11  follows:  three by the governor; two by the speaker of the assembly; one
    12  by the minority leader of the assembly; two by the  temporary  president
    13  of  the senate and one by the minority leader of the senate. The commis-
    14  sion on prison education shall issue a report within  ten  months  after
    15  the effective date of this section.
    16    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.



         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00309-01-1