Assembly Bill A1205

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Establishes an intergenerational educational and mentoring service program to provide assistance to students in elementary schools

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2017-A1205 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Aging
Law Section:
Elder Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 4 §§401 - 405, Eld L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A3907
2011-2012: A4537
2013-2014: A5641
2015-2016: A2535
2019-2020: A2119
2021-2022: A7158

2017-A1205 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes an intergenerational educational and mentoring service program in the state office for the aging to provide assistance by persons age 55 or older to students in elementary schools; details grant funding, based on appropriations; describes reporting requirements.

2017-A1205 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1205
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 11, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. ENGLEBRIGHT, COLTON, RIVERA, ABBATE, LUPARDO,
   MAGNARELLI, GUNTHER, DINOWITZ -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.  BENE-
   DETTO, GOTTFRIED, OAKS, PAULIN, RAMOS -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Aging
 
 AN  ACT to amend the elder law, in relation to establishing an intergen-
   erational educational and mentoring service program
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. The elder law is amended by adding a new article 4 to read
 as follows:
                                 ARTICLE IV
                       INTERGENERATIONAL EDUCATIONAL
                           AND MENTORING SERVICE
                                  PROGRAM
 SECTION 401. DEFINITIONS.
         402. LOCAL INTERGENERATIONAL EDUCATIONAL AND  MENTORING  SERVICE
                PROGRAMS.
         403. DUTIES OF THE DIRECTOR.
         404. FUNDING.
         405. REPORT.
   § 401. DEFINITIONS. AS USED IN THIS SECTION:
   1.  "ADVISORY  COMMITTEE"  SHALL  MEAN  THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR THE
 AGING ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SECTION TWO HUNDRED TEN OF THIS CHAPTER.
   2. "DESIGNATED AGENCY" SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS IS  ASCRIBED  TO
 SUCH  TERM  BY  PARAGRAPH  (A) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION TWO HUNDRED
 FOURTEEN OF THIS CHAPTER.
   3. "DIRECTOR" SHALL MEAN THE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE FOR THE AGING.
   4. "INTERGENERATIONAL EDUCATIONAL AND MENTORING PROGRAM" SHALL MEAN  A
 STATEWIDE PROGRAM ADMINISTERED BY THE DIRECTOR, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE
 COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION, THAT COORDINATES A NETWORK OF LOCAL INTERGEN-
 ERATIONAL EDUCATIONAL AND MENTORING SERVICE PROGRAMS.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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