Senate Bill S6937

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Enhances supports and services for students with disabilities for postsecondary success

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Higher Education Committee


  • 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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2023-S6937 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §6457, Ed L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
S6517

2023-S6937 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enhances supports and services for students with disabilities for postsecondary success starting in the 2023-2024 academic year; funds shall be appropriated proportionally for each student with a disability enrolled in an institution of higher education.

2023-S6937 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S6937 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6937
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 16, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  STAVISKY  --  (at  request  of the State Education
   Department) -- 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 enhancing supports and
   services for students with disabilities for postsecondary success

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new  section  6457
 to read as follows:
   § 6457. ENHANCING SUPPORTS AND SERVICES FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES
 FOR  POSTSECONDARY  SUCCESS.  1.  FOR  THE  PURPOSES  OF  THIS  SECTION,
 "STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES" SHALL MEAN INDIVIDUALS  WITH  A  DISABILITY
 WHO  HAVE  A PHYSICAL OR MENTAL IMPAIRMENT THAT SUBSTANTIALLY LIMITS ONE
 OR MORE MAJOR LIFE ACTIVITY OR ACTIVITIES, A RECORD OF SUCH  IMPAIRMENT,
 OR  BEING  REGARDED  AS HAVING SUCH IMPAIRMENT AND WHO ARE ENROLLED IN A
 DEGREE-GRANTING INSTITUTION IN NEW YORK.
   2. SUBJECT TO AN APPROPRIATION, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ALLOCATE  FUNDS
 AVAILABLE FOR ENHANCING SUPPORTS AND SERVICES FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABIL-
 ITIES  IN  NEW  YORK  STATE DEGREE GRANTING COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES SO
 THEY CAN SUCCEED IN THEIR EDUCATION. SUCH FUNDS SHALL BE AWARDED THROUGH
 GRANTS TO INSTITUTIONS OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY AND INSTITUTIONS  OF  THE
 CITY  UNIVERSITY  OF  NEW  YORK,  AND  THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ENTER INTO
 CONTRACTS  WITH  DEGREE-GRANTING  INSTITUTIONS  IN  NEW  YORK  THAT  ARE
 CURRENTLY  FUNDED  UNDER  THE  TUITION  ASSISTANCE PROGRAM UNDER ARTICLE
 FOURTEEN OF  THIS  CHAPTER  FOR  THE  PURPOSE  OF  PROVIDING  ADDITIONAL
 SERVICES AND SUPPORTS TO EXPAND OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABIL-
 ITIES.
   3.  (A) FUNDS APPROPRIATED IN THE TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE--TWO THOU-
 SAND TWENTY-FOUR ACADEMIC YEAR AND THEREAFTER FOR THE  PURPOSE  OF  THIS
 INITIATIVE  SHALL  BE  ALLOCATED  PROPORTIONALLY FOR EACH STUDENT WITH A
 DISABILITY ENROLLED IN AN INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION THAT  SUCCESS-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03182-01-3
              

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