Bill Text: NY S04983 | 2025-2026 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Prohibits state funding of any college if instructional staff promotes, encourages, advocates or engages in activities on campus in support of a terrorist organization as defined in federal statute.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-02-14 - REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION [S04983 Detail]

Download: New_York-2025-S04983-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          4983

                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    February 14, 2025
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sens.  CANZONERI-FITZPATRICK,  RHOADS,  MARTINS, GRIFFO,
          WEBER, OBERACKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and  when  printed
          to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education

        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  education law, in relation to prohibiting state
          funding of any college if such institution's instructional staff advo-
          cates or engages in activities on campus in  support  of  a  terrorist
          organization

          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  article  13-D
     2  to read as follows:

     3                                ARTICLE 13-D
     4         DUTY TO ADDRESS TERRORISTIC ACTIVITY BY INSTRUCTIONAL STAFF

     5  Section 641. Duty  to  address  terroristic  activity  by  instructional
     6                 staff.
     7    § 641. Duty to address terroristic activity  by  instructional  staff.
     8  1.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no college shall receive
     9  state funding if a member of such college's instructional staff directly
    10  or indirectly promotes, encourages, advocates or engages in any activity
    11  on campus in support of a terrorist organization as defined by 8  U.S.C.
    12  § 1189, unless such college has taken appropriate corrective steps, in a
    13  time and manner as determined by the department.
    14    2.  The  commissioner  shall notify any college that they deem to have
    15  not taken appropriate corrective steps pursuant to  subdivision  one  of
    16  this section and that such college shall not receive state funding until
    17  appropriate  corrective  steps  are  taken, which the commissioner shall
    18  describe. The commissioner shall also notify the director of  the  divi-
    19  sion  of  budget  when  a college is ineligible to receive state funding

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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        S. 4983                             2

     1  pursuant to this section, as well as if and when a college  is  eligible
     2  to receive state funding following appropriate corrective steps.
     3    3.  For the purposes of this section, "instructional staff" shall mean
     4  individuals employed by a college in the following titles:    president,
     5  dean,  director,  professor,  associate  professor, assistant professor,
     6  instructor, tutor, fellow,  lecturer,  librarian,  associate  librarian,
     7  assistant  librarian, library assistant, registrar, assistant registrar,
     8  registrar's assistant, principal, first assistant, supervisor, assistant
     9  teacher, critic teacher, teacher,  college  science  assistant,  college
    10  science  technician,  college  engineering  technician,  and  any  other
    11  employees determined by the department to have a direct role in  educat-
    12  ing students of such college.
    13    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.