NY State Senate Bill 2023-S2913A

Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Higher Education Committee

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Jan 03, 2024	referred to higher education returned to senate died in assembly
May 31, 2023	referred to higher education delivered to assembly passed senate
May 18, 2023	advanced to third reading
May 17, 2023	2nd report cal.
May 16, 2023	1st report cal.1025
Mar 15, 2023	reported and committed to finance
Feb 23, 2023	print number 2913a
Feb 23, 2023	amend and recommit to higher education
Jan 25, 2023	referred to higher education

Votes

- May 31, 2023 - Floor Vote
  S2913A
  
  57
  
  Aye
  
  1
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  5
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Floor Vote: May 31, 2023
      
      aye (57)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Bailey
      
      Borrello
      
      Breslin
      
      Brisport
      
      Brouk
      
      Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick
      
      Chu
      
      Cleare
      
      Comrie
      
      Fernandez
      
      Gallivan
      
      Gianaris
      
      Gonzalez
      
      Gounardes
      
      Griffo
      
      Harckham
      
      Helming
      
      Hinchey
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Jackson
      
      Kavanagh
      
      Kennedy
      
      Krueger
      
      Lanza
      
      Liu
      
      Mannion
      
      Martinez
      
      Mattera
      
      May
      
      Mayer
      
      Murray
      
      Myrie
      
      O'Mara
      
      Oberacker
      
      Ortt
      
      Palumbo
      
      Parker
      
      Persaud
      
      Ramos
      
      Rhoads
      
      Rivera
      
      Rolison
      
      Ryan
      
      Salazar
      
      Sanders Jr.
      
      Scarcella-Spanton
      
      Sepúlveda
      
      Serrano
      
      Skoufis
      
      Stavisky
      
      Stec
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Tedisco
      
      Thomas
      
      Webb
      
      Weber
      
      nay (1)
      
      Walczyk
      
      excused (5)
      
      Ashby
      
      Cooney
      
      Felder
      
      Martins
      
      Weik
  Mar 14, 2023 - Higher Education Committee Vote
  S2913A
  
  9
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  2
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Higher Education Committee Vote: Mar 14, 2023
      
      aye (9)
      
      Breslin
      
      Chu
      
      Gounardes
      
      Jackson
      
      Liu
      
      Oberacker
      
      Rivera
      
      Stavisky
      
      Webb
      
      aye wr (2)
      
      Griffo
      
      Murray
  May 16, 2023 - Finance Committee Vote
  S2913A
  
  22
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Finance Committee Vote: May 16, 2023
      
      aye (22)
      
      Bailey
      
      Borrello
      
      Breslin
      
      Comrie
      
      Cooney
      
      Gallivan
      
      Gounardes
      
      Griffo
      
      Hinchey
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Kennedy
      
      Krueger
      
      Liu
      
      Martins
      
      O'Mara
      
      Oberacker
      
      Parker
      
      Rivera
      
      Salazar
      
      Skoufis
      
      Stavisky
      
      Thomas

Bill Amendments

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2023-S2913 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A2645
Current Committee:: Senate Higher Education
Law Section:: Education Law
Laws Affected:: Add §319, Ed L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:: S1151, A6881

2023-S2913 - Summary

Provides grants to address food insecurity among students at public institutions for higher education.

2023-S2913 - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S2913

SPONSOR: MAY
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the education law, in relation to establishing the
"hunger-free campus act"

 
PURPOSE:

This legislation creates the hunger-free campus act, aimed at addressing
food insecurity on public and private college campuses.

 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

Section 1 cites this as the "hunger free campus act"

Section 2 states that the commissioner shall establish the hunger-free
campus grant program. Within amounts appropriated the commissioner shall
award grants on a competitive basis to public and private institutions
of higher education which are designated by the commissioner as hunger-
free campuses. This funding shall be used to address student hunger,

leverage sustainable solutions to address basic food needs on campus,
raise awareness of services currently offered to address basic food
needs, build partnerships at the local, state and national level to
address food insecurity among students.  In order to be designated a
hunger-free campus, an institution shall establish a hunger free task
force that meets at least three times an academic year to set at least
two goals with action plans, designate a staff member responsible with
assisting students with SNAP, provide options for students to utilize
SNAP at campus stores, participate in an awareness day campaign activity
and event during national hunger and homelessness awareness week,
provide at least one physical food pantry on campus or enable students
to receive food through an alternate stigma-free arrangement, develop a
program. for free meal vouchers, and annually conduct a s tudent survey
on hunger. Funds shall be allocated to each public and private institu-
tion designated by the commissioner as a hunger-free campus, in an
amount to be determined by the commissioner. This section also requires
a report to be submitted to the Legislature.

Section 3 is the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

A recent report identified 39% of college students face food insecurity.
The high cost of college tuition can make the ability to afford adequate
meals difficult. Many students are faced with the difficult decision of
whether they should pay their tuition, buy textbooks, pay rent, or
purchase food, a tough decision college students should not have to
Make. This legislation aims to address that concern by creating a hunger
task force, designating a staff member as a SNAP point person, making
SNAP more readily accessible on campus, creating campus food pantries,
creating a student meal credit sharing program, as well as creating an
annual student survey on hunger on campus. California, New Jersey, and
Minnesota have already passed similar legislation.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2021-2022 - S.1151 (Kaplan) / A.6881 (L. Rosenthal)
 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

To Be Determined.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2023-S2913 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2913
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 25, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  MAY,  MYRIE,  ADDABBO,  BRESLIN,  COMRIE, COONEY,
   GOUNARDES, HARCKHAM, HOYLMAN-SIGAL, JACKSON,  KENNEDY,  KRUEGER,  LIU,
   RIVERA,  SKOUFIS,  THOMAS  -- 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  establishing  the
   "hunger-free campus act"
 
   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  "hunger-
 free campus act".
   §  2. The education law is amended by adding a new section 319 to read
 as follows:
   § 319. HUNGER-FREE CAMPUS GRANT PROGRAM.  1.  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL
 ESTABLISH  THE HUNGER-FREE CAMPUS GRANT PROGRAM PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION
 AND REGULATIONS OF THE COMMISSIONER ADOPTED FOR SUCH PURPOSE. WITHIN THE
 AMOUNTS APPROPRIATED FOR THIS  PURPOSE,  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL  AWARD
 GRANTS  ON  A  COMPETITIVE  BASIS TO PUBLIC AND NONPROFIT PRIVATE INSTI-
 TUTIONS FOR HIGHER EDUCATION WHICH HAVE ONE OR MORE  CAMPUSES  THAT  ARE
 DESIGNATED BY THE COMMISSIONER AS HUNGER-FREE CAMPUSES.
   2. THE PURPOSE OF THE GRANT FUNDING SHALL BE TO:
   A. ADDRESS STUDENT HUNGER;
   B.  LEVERAGE MORE SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS TO ADDRESS BASIC FOOD NEEDS ON
 CAMPUS;
   C. RAISE AWARENESS OF  SERVICES  CURRENTLY  OFFERED  ON  CAMPUS  WHICH
 ADDRESS BASIC FOOD NEEDS; AND
   D.  CONTINUE  TO BUILD STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS AT THE LOCAL, STATE, AND
 NATIONAL LEVELS TO ADDRESS FOOD INSECURITY AMONG STUDENTS.
   3. A. FOR A FOUR-YEAR INSTITUTION TO BE DESIGNATED  AS  A  HUNGER-FREE
 CAMPUS, SUCH INSTITUTION SHALL:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05558-01-3
 S. 2913                             2

   (I)  ESTABLISH  A  HUNGER  TASK FORCE WHICH INCLUDES STUDENT REPRESEN-
 TATIVES FROM THE STUDENT BODY THAT MEETS A MINIMUM OF  THREE  TIMES  PER
 ACADEMIC YEAR TO SET AT LEAST TWO GOALS WITH ACTION PLANS;
   (II)  DESIGNATE A STAFF MEMBER RESPONSIBLE FOR ASSISTING STUDENTS WITH
 ENROLLMENT IN THE  STATE'S  SUPPLEMENTAL  NUTRITION  ASSISTANCE  PROGRAM
 (SNAP);
   (III)  PROVIDE OPTIONS FOR STUDENTS TO UTILIZE SNAP BENEFITS AT CAMPUS
 STORES OR PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH INFORMATION  ON  ESTABLISHMENTS  IN  THE
 SURROUNDING AREA OF CAMPUS WHERE THEY CAN UTILIZE SNAP EBT BENEFITS;
   (IV)  HOLD  AN  AWARENESS  DAY  CAMPAIGN  ACTIVITY OR EVENT DURING THE
 NATIONAL HUNGER AND HOMELESSNESS AWARENESS WEEK;
   (V) PROVIDE AT LEAST ONE PHYSICAL FOOD PANTRY  ON  CAMPUS,  OR  ENABLE
 STUDENTS  TO  RECEIVE  FOOD THROUGH A SEPARATE, STIGMA-FREE ARRANGEMENT.
 SUCH CAMPUS MAY PARTNER WITH A LOCAL FOOD BANK OR FOOD  PANTRY  TO  MEET
 THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SUBPARAGRAPH;
   (VI)  DEVELOP  A  STUDENT MEAL CREDIT DONATION PROGRAM, OR DESIGNATE A
 CERTAIN AMOUNT OF FUNDS FOR FREE FOOD VOUCHERS THAT MIGHT  OTHERWISE  BE
 RAISED  THROUGH SUCH A PROGRAM. EACH INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION MAY
 DEVELOP ITS OWN PROCEDURES FOR A MEAL DONATION PROGRAM; AND
   (VII) ANNUALLY CONDUCT A STUDENT SURVEY ON HUNGER,  DEVELOPED  BY  THE
 COMMISSIONER,  AND SUBMIT THE RESULTS OF THE SURVEY AND A BEST PRACTICES
 CAMPUS PROFILE TO THE COMMISSIONER AT A TIME PRESCRIBED BY  THE  COMMIS-
 SIONER  FOR INCLUSION IN A COMPARATIVE PROFILE OF EACH CAMPUS DESIGNATED
 AS A HUNGER-FREE CAMPUS. IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SURVEY,  THE  COMMIS-
 SIONER  SHALL  UTILIZE ANY EXISTING SURVEYS DESIGNED TO COLLECT INFORMA-
 TION ON FOOD INSECURITY AMONG STUDENTS ENROLLED IN PUBLIC AND  NONPROFIT
 PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION.
   B.  FOR  A  TWO-YEAR  INSTITUTION  TO  BE  DESIGNATED AS A HUNGER-FREE
 CAMPUS, IT SHALL MEET ALL OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR FOUR-YEAR INSTITUTIONS
 AS SET FORTH IN PARAGRAPH A OF THIS SUBDIVISION, WITH THE  EXCEPTION  OF
 THE REQUIREMENTS IN SUBPARAGRAPHS (III) AND (VI) OF SUCH PARAGRAPH.
   4.  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL ALLOCATE GRANT FUNDING TO EACH PUBLIC AND
 NONPROFIT PRIVATE INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION THAT HAS ONE  OR  MORE
 CAMPUSES  DESIGNATED  BY  THE  COMMISSIONER  AS  A HUNGER-FREE CAMPUS IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH THE CRITERIA ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO  SUBDIVISION  THREE
 OF  THIS  SECTION.  THE  COMMISSIONER SHALL DETERMINE THE AMOUNT OF EACH
 GRANT WHICH SHALL BE USED BY THE INSTITUTION  TO  FURTHER  ADDRESS  FOOD
 INSECURITY AMONG STUDENTS ENROLLED IN THE INSTITUTION.  THE COMMISSIONER
 OR HIS OR HER DESIGNEE SHALL PRIORITIZE GRANTS TO INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER
 EDUCATION  WITH THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE OF PELL GRANT RECIPIENTS ENROLLED
 IN THE STUDENT BODY. FOLLOWING  THE  AWARDING  OF  SUCH  GRANT  FUNDING,
 RECIPIENTS  WILL BE EXPECTED TO PROVIDE BASIC INFORMATION TO THE DEPART-
 MENT ON HOW SUCH GRANT AWARD WAS USED, ITS DELIVERABLES AND OUTCOMES.
   5. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL SUBMIT A REPORT TO THE GOVERNOR, THE  TEMPO-
 RARY  PRESIDENT  OF THE SENATE AND THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY, NO LATER
 THAN TWO YEARS AFTER THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE HUNGER-FREE  CAMPUS  GRANT
 PROGRAM. THE REPORT SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, THE NUMBER AND
 AMOUNTS  OF  THE  GRANT  AWARDS, THE IMPACT THE GRANT PROGRAM HAS HAD ON
 ESTABLISHING ADDITIONAL  HUNGER-FREE  CAMPUSES  AT  PUBLIC  AND  PRIVATE
 INSTITUTIONS  OF  HIGHER  EDUCATION  AND REDUCING THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS
 EXPERIENCING FOOD INSECURITY, AND RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING  THE  POTEN-
 TIAL ESTABLISHMENT OF AN ANNUAL APPROPRIATION FOR THE GRANT PROGRAM.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

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2023-S2913A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A2645
Current Committee:: Senate Higher Education
Law Section:: Education Law
Laws Affected:: Add §319, Ed L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:: S1151, A6881

2023-S2913A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides grants to address food insecurity among students at public institutions for higher education.

2023-S2913A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S2913A

SPONSOR: MAY
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the education law, in relation to establishing the
"hunger-free campus act"

 
PURPOSE:

This legislation creates the hunger-free campus act, aimed at addressing
food insecurity on college campuses.

 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

Section one cites this as the "hunger free campus act."

Section two states that the commissioner shall establish the hunger-free
campus grant program. The commissioner shall award grants on a compet-
itive basis to institutions of higher education which are designated by
the commissioner as hunger-free campuses. These grants shall be used to
address student hunger, leverage sustainable solutions to address basic

food needs on campus, raise awareness of services currently offered to
address basic food needs, build partnerships at the local, state and
national level to address food insecurity among students. In order to be
designated a hunger-free campus, an institution shall establish a hunger
free task force that meets at least three times per academic year to set
at least two goals with action plans, designate a staff member responsi-
ble with assisting students with SNAP, provide options for students to
utilize SNAP at campus stores, participate in an awareness day campaign
activity and event during national hunger and homelessness awareness
week, provide at least one physical food pantry on campus or enable
students to receive food through an alternate stigma free arrangement,
develop a program for free meal vouchers, and annually conduct a student
survey on hunger. Funds shall be allocated to each public institution
designated by the commissioner as a hunger-free campus, in an amount to
be determined by the commissioner. This section also requires a report
to be submitted to the Legislature.

Section three is the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

A recent report identified 39% of college students face food insecurity.
The high cost of college tuition can make the ability to afford adequate
meals difficult. Many students are faced with the difficult decision of
whether they should pay their tuition, buy textbooks, pay rent, or
purchase food, a tough decision that college students should not have to
make. This legislation aims to address that concern by creating a hunger
task force, designating a staff member as a SNAP point person, making
SNAP more readily accessible on campus, creating campus food pantries,
creating a student meal credit sharing program, as well as creating an
annual student survey on hunger on campus. Already California, New
Jersey, and Minnesota have passed similar legislation.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2021-2022 - S.1151 (Kaplan) / A.6881 (Rosenthal, L.)

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

To be determined.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2023-S2913A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  2913--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 25, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens. MAY, MYRIE, ADDABBO, BRESLIN, CHU, COMRIE, COONEY,
   GOUNARDES, HARCKHAM, HOYLMAN-SIGAL, JACKSON,  KENNEDY,  KRUEGER,  LIU,
   RIVERA,  SKOUFIS,  THOMAS  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed  to  the  Committee  on  Higher  Education  --
   committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
   recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the education  law,  in  relation  to  establishing  the
   "hunger-free campus act"
 
   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  "hunger-
 free campus act".
   §  2. The education law is amended by adding a new section 319 to read
 as follows:
   § 319. HUNGER-FREE CAMPUS GRANT PROGRAM.  1.  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL
 ESTABLISH  THE HUNGER-FREE CAMPUS GRANT PROGRAM PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION
 AND REGULATIONS OF THE COMMISSIONER ADOPTED FOR SUCH PURPOSE. WITHIN THE
 AMOUNTS APPROPRIATED FOR THIS  PURPOSE,  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL  AWARD
 GRANTS  ON  A COMPETITIVE BASIS TO PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS FOR HIGHER EDUCA-
 TION WHICH HAVE ONE OR MORE CAMPUSES THAT ARE DESIGNATED BY THE  COMMIS-
 SIONER AS HUNGER-FREE CAMPUSES.
   2. THE PURPOSE OF THE GRANT FUNDING SHALL BE TO:
   A. ADDRESS STUDENT HUNGER;
   B.  LEVERAGE MORE SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS TO ADDRESS BASIC FOOD NEEDS ON
 CAMPUS;
   C. RAISE AWARENESS OF  SERVICES  CURRENTLY  OFFERED  ON  CAMPUS  WHICH
 ADDRESS BASIC NEEDS; AND
   D.  CONTINUE  TO BUILD STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS AT THE LOCAL, STATE, AND
 NATIONAL LEVELS TO ADDRESS FOOD INSECURITY AMONG STUDENTS.
   3. A. FOR AN INSTITUTION TO BE DESIGNATED  AS  A  HUNGER-FREE  CAMPUS,
 SUCH INSTITUTION SHALL:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05558-03-3

 S. 2913--A                          2
 
   (I)  ESTABLISH  A  HUNGER  TASK FORCE WHICH INCLUDES STUDENT REPRESEN-
 TATIVES FROM THE STUDENT BODY THAT MEETS A MINIMUM OF  THREE  TIMES  PER
 ACADEMIC YEAR TO SET AT LEAST TWO GOALS WITH ACTION PLANS;
   (II)  DESIGNATE A STAFF MEMBER RESPONSIBLE FOR ASSISTING STUDENTS WITH
 ENROLLMENT IN THE  STATE'S  SUPPLEMENTAL  NUTRITION  ASSISTANCE  PROGRAM
 (SNAP);
   (III)  INSTITUTE  A  SYSTEM  OF  EDUCATING  THE STUDENT BODY ABOUT THE
 STATE'S SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. THIS MAY INCLUDE, BUT
 IS NOT LIMITED TO, INCLUDING INFORMATION ABOUT SNAP IN ALL FINANCIAL AID
 INFORMATION, INCLUDING INFORMATION ABOUT SNAP IN NEW STUDENT ORIENTATION
 MATERIALS, INCLUDING SNAP INFORMATION ON CLASS SYLLABI, POSTING INFORMA-
 TION ABOUT SNAP IN ALL ON-CAMPUS HOUSING;
   (IV) PROVIDE OPTIONS FOR STUDENTS TO UTILIZE SNAP BENEFITS  AT  CAMPUS
 STORES  OR  PROVIDE  STUDENTS  WITH INFORMATION ON ESTABLISHMENTS IN THE
 SURROUNDING AREA OF CAMPUS WHERE THEY CAN UTILIZE SNAP EBT BENEFITS;
   (V) HOLD AN AWARENESS  DAY  CAMPAIGN  ACTIVITY  OR  EVENT  DURING  THE
 NATIONAL  HUNGER  AND  HOMELESSNESS  AWARENESS  WEEK  THAT INCLUDES SNAP
 OUTREACH AND APPLICATION ASSISTANCE;
   (VI) PROVIDE AT LEAST ONE PHYSICAL FOOD PANTRY ON  CAMPUS,  OR  ENABLE
 STUDENTS  TO  RECEIVE  FOOD THROUGH A SEPARATE, STIGMA-FREE ARRANGEMENT.
 SUCH CAMPUS MAY PARTNER WITH A LOCAL FOOD BANK OR FOOD  PANTRY  TO  MEET
 THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SUBPARAGRAPH;
   (VII)  DEVELOP  A STUDENT MEAL CREDIT DONATION PROGRAM, OR DESIGNATE A
 CERTAIN AMOUNT OF FUNDS FOR FREE FOOD VOUCHERS OR GIFT CARDS THAT CAN BE
 USED AT CAMPUS STORES, EATERIES OR LOCAL ESTABLISHMENTS.  EACH  INSTITU-
 TION  OF  HIGHER  EDUCATION  MAY  DEVELOP  ITS OWN PROCEDURES FOR A MEAL
 DONATION PROGRAM; AND
   (VIII) ANNUALLY CONDUCT OR PARTICIPATE IN A STUDENT SURVEY  ON  HUNGER
 AND  SUBMIT  THE  RESULTS  OF  THE  SURVEY TO THE COMMISSIONER AT A TIME
 PRESCRIBED BY THE COMMISSIONER FOR INCLUSION IN A COMPARATIVE PROFILE OF
 EACH CAMPUS DESIGNATED AS A HUNGER-FREE CAMPUS.
   4. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ALLOCATE GRANT FUNDING TO EACH PUBLIC INSTI-
 TUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION THAT HAS ONE OR MORE CAMPUSES  DESIGNATED  BY
 THE COMMISSIONER AS A HUNGER-FREE CAMPUS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CRITERIA
 ESTABLISHED  PURSUANT  TO SUBDIVISION THREE OF THIS SECTION. THE COMMIS-
 SIONER SHALL UTILIZE THE HUNGER-FREE CAMPUS FUNDING FORMULA TO DETERMINE
 THE AMOUNT OF EACH GRANT WHICH SHALL  BE  USED  BY  THE  INSTITUTION  TO
 FURTHER  ADDRESS FOOD INSECURITY AMONG STUDENTS ENROLLED IN THE INSTITU-
 TION.  THE COMMISSIONER OR HIS OR HER DESIGNEE SHALL  PRIORITIZE  GRANTS
 TO  INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION WITH THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE OF PELL
 GRANT ELIGIBLE STUDENTS ENROLLED IN  THE  STUDENT  BODY.  FOLLOWING  THE
 AWARDING  OF  SUCH GRANT FUNDING, RECIPIENTS WILL BE EXPECTED TO PROVIDE
 BASIC INFORMATION TO THE DEPARTMENT ON HOW SUCH GRANT  AWARD  WAS  USED,
 ITS DELIVERABLES AND OUTCOMES.
   5.  THE COMMISSIONER SHALL SUBMIT A REPORT TO THE GOVERNOR, THE TEMPO-
 RARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE AND THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY,  NO  LATER
 THAN  TWO  YEARS AFTER THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE HUNGER-FREE CAMPUS GRANT
 PROGRAM. THE REPORT SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, THE NUMBER AND
 AMOUNTS OF THE GRANT AWARDS, EXAMPLES OF HOW STUDENTS WERE SUPPORTED  BY
 THE  PROGRAM  AND  HOW THIS FUNDING HELPED THEM CONTINUE THEIR EDUCATION
 THROUGH TO COMPLETION, EXAMPLES OF THE IMPACT THE GRANT PROGRAM HAS  HAD
 ON  ESTABLISHING  ADDITIONAL HUNGER-FREE CAMPUSES AT PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS
 OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND REDUCING THE  NUMBER  OF  STUDENTS  EXPERIENCING
 FOOD  INSECURITY, AND RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING THE POTENTIAL ESTABLISH-
 MENT OF AN ANNUAL APPROPRIATION FOR THE GRANT PROGRAM.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

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Senate Bill S2913A

Sponsored By

Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Higher Education Committee

May 31, 2023 - Floor Vote

Floor Vote: May 31, 2023

Mar 14, 2023 - Higher Education Committee Vote

Higher Education Committee Vote: Mar 14, 2023

May 16, 2023 - Finance Committee Vote

Finance Committee Vote: May 16, 2023

Bill Amendments

co-Sponsors

2023-S2913 - Details

2023-S2913 - Summary

2023-S2913 - Sponsor Memo

2023-S2913 - Bill Text download pdf

co-Sponsors

2023-S2913A (ACTIVE) - Details

2023-S2913A (ACTIVE) - Summary

2023-S2913A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S2913A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Higher Education Committee

Bill Amendments

co-Sponsors

2023-S2913 - Details

2023-S2913 - Summary

2023-S2913 - Sponsor Memo

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