NY State Senate Bill 2017-S1906

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Jan 03, 2018	referred to education
Jan 11, 2017	referred to education

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2017-S1906 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A4385
Current Committee:: Senate Education
Law Section:: Education Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §1950, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2013-2014: S6881, A9289
2015-2016: S1799, A2410
2019-2020: S3873, A7104

2017-S1906 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to establishing a young farmer apprentice program.

2017-S1906 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S1906

 TITLE OF BILL :  An act to amend the education law, in relation to
establishing a young farmer apprentice program

 PURPOSE :

To establish a young farmer apprentice  program.

 SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :

Section 1 amends section 1950 of the education law, which encompasses
the powers, duties and responsibilities of boards of cooperative
educational services, to establish and encourage a young farmer
apprentice program under the auspices of Boards of Cooperative
Educational Services (BOCES). Section 2 provides the effective date.

 EXISTING LAW :

Current law does not specifically allow for a young farmer apprentice
program. Such programs however, do exist in other states as a way to
encourage people to consider farming and agricultural production as a
career. By giving BOCES jurisdiction over such a program, this will
encourage such programs to take root and give them authenticity.

 JUSTIFICATION :

Providing for a young farmer apprentice program under the auspices of
BOCES, will encourage the creation of such programs.  Taking steps to
recruit young, new farmers to the agricultural profession is extremely
important to New York.

Agriculture is the leading industry in New York yet, New York's farm
community is aging and it has become increasingly difficult to attract
young people to farming and to encourage younger generations to
consider farming as a career. The average age of farm operators in New
York is 59, and is expected to continue to increase unless steps are
taken to reverse this trend. The U.S. Secretary of Agriculture has set
a goal of recruiting 100,000 new farmers across the country to replace
those who are retiring. By enacting legislation to create a young
fanner apprentice program under the direction of BOCES, New York will
help recruit young farmers to the profession, keep agricultural lands
in production, and prevent the loss of agricultural businesses.

Farming is a difficult industry and there are many barriers to keeping
current farm land in the hands of agricultural producers. As the
current crop of farmers continues to age out of the business, we need
to take steps to encourage new farmers to enter the profession. It is
in the best interest of the state to ensure that enough producers are
recruited and retained in agricultural production. Additionally, the
recent increase in demand for quality fresh locally grown foods and
beverages highlight the importance of assisting new farmers to enter
the profession.

 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

2015-2016: S.1799 Referred to Education/ A.2410 Referred to Education
2013-2014: S.6881/ A.9289

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :

None.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
Immediately.

2017-S1906 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1906
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 11, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  RITCHIE,  BONACIC, DeFRANCISCO, GALLIVAN, LARKIN,
   MARCHIONE, O'MARA, ORTT, RANZENHOFER, SEWARD, YOUNG -- read twice  and
   ordered  printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on
   Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to establishing  a  young
   farmer apprentice program

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph gg of subdivision 4 of section 1950 of the educa-
 tion law, as amended by chapter 301 of the laws of 1996, is  amended  to
 read as follows:
   gg. (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a board of cooper-
 ative educational services may provide training for employment to adults
 on  a space available basis, with consideration given to occupations and
 industries in demand, and establish reduced adult tuition rates for such
 training. For the purposes of this section, training for employment  for
 adults shall be offered through state approved sequences or parts there-
 of  of secondary career education instruction. Adults may participate in
 such instruction and be awarded certificates of completion, but they may
 not earn credit based on  their  participation  towards  a  high  school
 diploma.  Pursuant  to  section forty-six hundred two of this chapter, a
 board of cooperative educational services  may  establish  such  reduced
 rates for participation of adults provided that participation is limited
 to  assigned instructional staff and currently used facilities in sched-
 uled secondary career education programs, and provided further that such
 rates may not be less than fifty percent of the tuition rates charged to
 school districts for the participation of secondary students in the same
 programs, unless waived by the commissioner based on application of  the
 board  of cooperative educational services. This participation of adults
 at reduced tuition rates shall be in accordance with terms  agreed  upon
 by  the  board  of  cooperative  educational  services and the component

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

                                                            LBD07442-01-7

 S. 1906                             2
 
 school districts receiving such services but in no case shall such rates
 result  in  extraordinary  costs  assigned  to  such  component   school
 districts. Boards of cooperative educational services which provide such
 training  to  adults  shall submit to the commissioner annually a report
 which shall include but not be limited to the number of  adults  served,
 referral  source,  training  sequences  or  parts thereof taken by adult
 participants, the tuition rates charged to them, and the gross  revenues
 realized  therefrom.  For  the  purpose of this paragraph, "adult" shall
 mean any person under the age of twenty-one  who  has  received  a  high
 school  diploma  or any person twenty-one years of age or older, whether
 or not they have received a high school diploma.
   (2) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, TO SUPERVISE,  ENCOUR-
 AGE  AND PROMOTE A YOUNG FARMER APPRENTICE PROGRAM WITHIN NEW YORK STATE
 AND TO  ESTABLISH  SUGGESTED  STANDARDS  FOR  APPRENTICESHIP  AGREEMENTS
 BETWEEN PROSPECTIVE YOUNG FARMERS AND NEW YORK STATE AGRICULTURAL ENTER-
 PRISES.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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2017-S1906 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S1906 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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2017-S1906 (ACTIVE) - Details

2017-S1906 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2017-S1906 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S1906 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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