Bill Text: NY A05636 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An act to enact the Community College and BOCES Partnership Act

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 28-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-05-04 - held for consideration in higher education [A05636 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-A05636-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         5636
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 17, 2009
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       Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  CONTE,  KOLB, CALHOUN, QUINN, RABBITT, RAIA,
         REILICH -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ALFANO,  BACALLES,  BARCLAY,
         BARRA,  BURLING,  BUTLER,  DUPREY, ERRIGO, FINCH, FITZPATRICK, JORDAN,
         McDONOUGH, McKEVITT,  MILLER,  MOLINARO,  O'MARA,  SALADINO,  SAYWARD,
         TEDISCO,  THIELE,  TOWNSEND,  WALKER  -- read once and referred to the
         Committee on Higher Education
       AN ACT to enact the Community College and BOCES Partnership Act
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Short title.  This act shall be known and may be cited as
    2  the "Community College and BOCES Partnership Act".
    3    S 2. The state university of New York and the department of  education
    4  are  hereby authorized and directed to create a high technology manufac-
    5  turing   training program to explore the  feasibility  and  benefits  of
    6  building  educational partnerships between community colleges and boards
    7  of cooperative educational services to assist students in meeting quali-
    8  fications for employment in the high technology manufacturing sector.
    9    (a) Participating community colleges shall receive capital grants  for
   10  manufacturing equipment to assist in job training for students attending
   11  a board of cooperative educational services.
   12    (b)  Participating community colleges and boards of cooperative educa-
   13  tional services shall be selected from  applications  submitted  to  the
   14  state  university  of  New York. Applications for participation shall be
   15  developed by the state university of New York and shall  require  appli-
   16  cants to submit a proposal describing:
   17    (1)  how the partnership shall be formed between the community college
   18  and board of cooperative educational services;
   19    (2) how the high technology manufacturing equipment will be integrated
   20  into the community college setting; and
   21    (3) how  the  high  technology  manufacturing  equipment  will  assist
   22  students attending boards of cooperative educational services in meeting
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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       A. 5636                             2
    1  high  technology  manufacturing  job requirements. Community college and
    2  board of cooperative educational services partnerships that are selected
    3  for participation shall receive the necessary capital grants  for  manu-
    4  facturing  equipment for up to a two year period; provided, however that
    5  if at any time the state university of New York determines that a commu-
    6  nity college and board of cooperative educational  services  partnership
    7  is  not complying with the conditions of the program it may withdraw the
    8  state's support for its participation in the program.
    9    S 3. Participating community colleges are authorized and  directed  to
   10  offer appropriate college level academic credits to board of cooperative
   11  educational services students participating in the program.
   12    S  4.  The  state university of New York is authorized and directed to
   13  conduct a study of the program during its second year period. Such study
   14  shall include, but not be limited to:
   15    (a) an assessment of the extent to which the program assists board  of
   16  cooperative educational services students in reaching the training need-
   17  ed to enter the high technology manufacturing workforce; and
   18    (b)  an  assessment  of  whether  and  how further investment into the
   19  program is appropriate for the state.  Such  study  and  recommendations
   20  shall  be  submitted to the legislature no later than one year following
   21  the completion of the program's first year.
   22    S 5. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
   23  it shall have become a law and shall apply to the academic  school  year
   24  next  succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law; provided,
   25  however, that effective immediately, the  department  of  education  may
   26  promulgate any rules or regulations necessary for the timely implementa-
   27  tion of this act on such effective date.