Assembly Actions -
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Feb 02, 2016 |
print number 649a |
Feb 02, 2016 |
amend and recommit to higher education |
Jan 06, 2016 |
referred to higher education |
Jan 07, 2015 |
referred to higher education |
Senate Bill S649A
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Higher Education Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Bill Amendments
co-Sponsors
(D) Senate District
2015-S649 - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Higher Education
- Law Section:
- Education Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add §679-h, Ed L
- Versions Introduced in 2013-2014 Legislative Session:
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S6383
2015-S649 - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S649 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the education law, in relation to enacting the student athlete bill of rights; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL : This bill seeks to codify the protections that student athletes should receive from the colleges and universities that they play for, within, and outside of the context of formally engaging in collegiate sports. These protections include adequate health care, and extended coverage for catastrophic injuries suffered while under the purview of an institution. Furthermore if an athletic program does not renew an athletic scholarship of a student athlete who suffers an incapacitating injury or illness resulting from his or her participation in the athletic program, the institution of higher education shall provide an equivalent scholarship. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS : Section 1 establishes how the bill shall be known and cited, Section 2 outlines legislature including educational needs, institutions' revenues, students' revenues, adequate health, medical expenses, due
2015-S649 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 649 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E (PREFILED) January 7, 2015 ___________ Introduced by Sen. KENNEDY -- 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 enacting the student athlete bill of rights; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "student athlete bill of rights". S 2. The Legislature finds and declares the following: 1. Meeting the educational needs of student athletes should be a priority for intercollegiate athletic programs. 2. New York's institutions of higher education that participate in Division I and Division II intercollegiate athletics collectively gener- ate millions of dollars annually in media contracts, and this revenue would not exist without the efforts of student athletes. 3. Student athletes generate large revenues for many athletic programs, spend approximately forty hours per week participating in their respective sports, and suffer current and historically low gradu- ation rates. 4. Providing adequate health and safety protection for student athletes can help prevent serious injury and death. 5. Current and former student athletes can be left to pay for medical expenses incurred from injuries suffered while participating in inter- collegiate athletics. 6. Institutions of higher education should provide their student athletes with the same due process protection afforded to students who do not participate in athletics. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD03259-01-5
co-Sponsors
(D) Senate District
2015-S649A (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Higher Education
- Law Section:
- Education Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add §679-h, Ed L
- Versions Introduced in 2013-2014 Legislative Session:
-
S6383
2015-S649A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S649A TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the education law, in relation to enacting the student athlete bill of rights; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL : This bill seeks to codify the protections that student athletes should receive from the colleges and universities that they play for, within, and outside of the context of formally engaging in collegiate sports. These protections include adequate health care, and extended coverage for catastrophic injuries suffered while under the purview of an institution. Furthermore if an athletic program does not renew an athletic scholarship of a student athlete who suffers an incapacitating injury or illness resulting from his or her participation in the athletic program, the institution of higher education shall provide an equivalent scholarship. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS : Section 1 establishes how the bill shall be known and cited.
2015-S649A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 649--A 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E (PREFILED) January 7, 2015 ___________ Introduced by Sens. KENNEDY, PANEPINTO -- read twice and ordered print- ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Educa- tion -- recommitted to the Committee on Higher Education in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to enacting the student athlete bill of rights; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "student athlete bill of rights". S 2. The Legislature finds and declares the following: 1. Meeting the educational needs of student athletes should be a priority for intercollegiate athletic programs. 2. New York's institutions of higher education that participate in Division I and Division II intercollegiate athletics collectively gener- ate millions of dollars annually in media contracts, and this revenue would not exist without the efforts of student athletes. 3. Student athletes generate large revenues for many athletic programs, spend approximately forty hours per week participating in their respective sports, and suffer current and historically low gradu- ation rates. 4. Providing adequate health and safety protection for student athletes can help prevent serious injury and death. 5. Current and former student athletes can be left to pay for medical expenses incurred from injuries suffered while participating in inter- collegiate athletics. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD03259-02-6
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