Relates to requiring the commissioner of education to create a competition among SUNY and CUNY schools with prizes going to the schools that produce the most cost-efficient method of reducing CO2 emissions; the top three schools shall receive a cash prize which shall be used to improve environmental programs at the university.
NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A2204
SPONSOR: Ra TITLE OF BILL:
An act to require the commissioner of education to create a state-wide
competition among SUNY and CUNY schools with prizes going to the schools
that produce the most cost-efficient method of reducing CO2 emissions
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
This bill creates a statewide competition among teams of students from
both SUNY and CUNY schools to derive ideas for cost-effective Carbon
reduction methods, and assigns prizes to the top three teams chosen by
the Commissioner of Education.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1: Empowers the Commissioner of Education to create and sponsor
a statewide competition among SUNY and CUNY student teams for the
purposes of finding cost efficient methods of reducing Carbon emissions.
Establishes a prize $100,000 for the first place team, to be awarded to
their university for the purposes of improving environmental programs at
the university, establishes a second place prize of $50,000 for the
second place team with the same award requir4ment, and establishes a
prize of $10,000 for the third placed team, with the same such award
requirement.
Section 2: Establishes an immediate effective date.
JUSTIFICATION:
This bill seeks to encourage the brightest young minds in New York State
to derive new and efficient methods of reducing Carbon emissions. With
rising levels of concern regarding such emissions it is important to
seek new and more cost-effective methods of keeping our atmosphere
clean.
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
A.3042 (2023-2024) - referred to Higher Education
A.4427 (2021-2022) - held for consideration in Higher Education
A.4134 (2019-2020) - held for consideration in Higher Education
A.10643 (2018) - referred to Higher Education
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:
Cost of administration of competition to be determined.
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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2204
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 15, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. RA, ANGELINO -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Higher Education
AN ACT to require the commissioner of education to create a state-wide
competition among SUNY and CUNY schools with prizes going to the
schools that produce the most cost-efficient method of reducing CO2
emissions
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The commissioner of education shall create and sponsor a
2 state-wide competition among teams of students who attend the state
3 university of New York or the city university of New York designed to
4 challenge and inspire the states' brightest and most inventive college
5 students to produce the most cost-efficient method of reducing CO2 emis-
6 sions. The awards for the teams competing in the competition:
7 First Place: $100,000 to the winning university with an agreement that
8 the award be used to improve environmental programs at the university.
9 Second Place: $50,000 for the university with an agreement that the
10 award be used to improve environmental programs at the university.
11 Third Place: $10,000 for the university with an agreement that the
12 award be used to improve environmental programs at the university.
13 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD05627-01-5
