Bill Text: NY A08262 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Establishes an Asian American Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander (AANHPI) leadership institute within the state university of New York as an initiative for Asian American Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander (AANHPI) leaders in higher education with a mission to retain and grow from within SUNY a greater proportion of Asian American Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander (AANHPI) professionals at SUNY campuses; creates an eight member advisory council.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-2)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - referred to higher education [A08262 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A08262-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8262

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    November 15, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced by M. of A. LEE -- read once and referred to the Committee on
          Higher Education

        AN  ACT to amend the education law, in relation to establishing an Asian
          American Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander (AANHPI)  leadership  insti-
          tute within the state university of New York

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

     1    Section 1.  The education law is amended by adding a new  section  362
     2  to read as follows:
     3    §  362. Asian American Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander (AANHPI) lead-
     4  ership institute. 1.  Subject to an appropriation for this purpose,  the
     5  chancellor of the state university of New York, in consultation with the
     6  board  of  trustees of the state university of New York, shall create an
     7  Asian American Native  Hawaiian  Pacific  Islander  (AANHPI)  leadership
     8  institute  within the state university of New York to foster the success
     9  of Asian American Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander (AANHPI)  leaders  at
    10  the  university  president and president's cabinet level. Such institute
    11  shall develop candidate identification and recruitment  efforts,  search
    12  committee  training, professional development and individualized support
    13  measures for institute participants,  professional  assistance  program-
    14  ming, services, research and resource identification activities, and any
    15  other  programs deemed necessary to effectuate the intent of this insti-
    16  tute.
    17    2. The chancellor shall appoint an executive  director  and  an  eight
    18  member  advisory  council, to provide guidance and advice to further the
    19  development and growth of the institute. The director and the members of
    20  the advisory council shall serve for three-year terms, with the director
    21  and three advisory council members appointed in the first  year  of  the
    22  institute's existence, three other members appointed in the second year,
    23  and  two  members appointed in the third year. The director and advisory
    24  council members may be reappointed at the end of each term in the manner

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13010-02-3
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     1  of the original appointment. The director  and  advisory  council  shall
     2  receive  no  compensation  for their work in conjunction with the insti-
     3  tute.
     4    3.  In  considering  measures  and  programming  for  effectuating the
     5  purpose of the institute, the institute shall consider such  factors  as
     6  program  cost-effectiveness;  the  ability  of  such  programs  to offer
     7  programmatically appropriate, long-term, training, and support services;
     8  the ability of such programs to enable individuals to participate in the
     9  institute to receive rewarding training,  services,  and  supports;  and
    10  current  and  projected  employment  data  at  campuses within the state
    11  university system.
    12    4. The executive director shall prepare and present to  the  governor,
    13  the  speaker  of  the assembly, and the majority leader of the senate at
    14  the beginning of each regular session  of  the  legislature  a  separate
    15  report  covering,  in  summary, and in detail, all phases of activity of
    16  the institute for the immediately preceding fiscal year.
    17    § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of April next  succeeding
    18  the date on which it shall have become a law.