Prohibits state funding of any college if instructional staff promotes, encourages, advocates or engages in activities on campus in support of a terrorist organization as defined in federal statute.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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4983
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
February 14, 2025
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Introduced by Sens. CANZONERI-FITZPATRICK, RHOADS, MARTINS, GRIFFO,
WEBER, OBERACKER -- 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 prohibiting state
funding of any college if such institution's instructional staff advo-
cates or engages in activities on campus in support of a terrorist
organization
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new article 13-D
2 to read as follows:
3 ARTICLE 13-D
4 DUTY TO ADDRESS TERRORISTIC ACTIVITY BY INSTRUCTIONAL STAFF
5 Section 641. Duty to address terroristic activity by instructional
6 staff.
7 § 641. Duty to address terroristic activity by instructional staff.
8 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no college shall receive
9 state funding if a member of such college's instructional staff directly
10 or indirectly promotes, encourages, advocates or engages in any activity
11 on campus in support of a terrorist organization as defined by 8 U.S.C.
12 § 1189, unless such college has taken appropriate corrective steps, in a
13 time and manner as determined by the department.
14 2. The commissioner shall notify any college that they deem to have
15 not taken appropriate corrective steps pursuant to subdivision one of
16 this section and that such college shall not receive state funding until
17 appropriate corrective steps are taken, which the commissioner shall
18 describe. The commissioner shall also notify the director of the divi-
19 sion of budget when a college is ineligible to receive state funding
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 pursuant to this section, as well as if and when a college is eligible
2 to receive state funding following appropriate corrective steps.
3 3. For the purposes of this section, "instructional staff" shall mean
4 individuals employed by a college in the following titles: president,
5 dean, director, professor, associate professor, assistant professor,
6 instructor, tutor, fellow, lecturer, librarian, associate librarian,
7 assistant librarian, library assistant, registrar, assistant registrar,
8 registrar's assistant, principal, first assistant, supervisor, assistant
9 teacher, critic teacher, teacher, college science assistant, college
10 science technician, college engineering technician, and any other
11 employees determined by the department to have a direct role in educat-
12 ing students of such college.
13 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
