Bill Text: NY S00056 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

---

Bill Title: Requires free education for grades pre-K through undergraduate degree programs.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-29 - OPINION REFERRED TO JUDICIARY [S00056 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S00056-Introduced.html

---

                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                           56

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                       (Prefiled)

                                     January 4, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sens. GOUNARDES, BRISPORT, BROUK, COONEY, HOYLMAN, JACK-
          SON, KENNEDY, MYRIE, RAMOS, SALAZAR, SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered
          printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on  Judici-
          ary

                    CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY

        proposing  an amendment to the Constitution, in relation to education of
          pupils through undergraduate

     1    Section 1. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That section 1 of  arti-
     2  cle 11 of the constitution be amended to read as follows:
     3    Section  1.  The  legislature  shall  provide  for the maintenance and
     4  support of a system of free [common schools] and quality education  from
     5  prekindergarten  through  the  undergraduate  degrees  or  certification
     6  programs offered in post secondary schools, wherein all  [the  children]
     7  pupils of this state may be educated.
     8    §  2.  Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That the foregoing amendment
     9  be referred to the first regular legislative session convening after the
    10  next succeeding general election of members of  the  assembly,  and,  in
    11  conformity  with  section  1  of  article  19  of  the  constitution, be
    12  published for 3 months previous to the time of such election.





         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD89001-01-3