S06438 Summary:

BILL NOS06438
 
SAME ASNo same as
 
SPONSORKLEIN
 
COSPNSRMARTINS, ZELDIN
 
MLTSPNSR
 
 
Prohibits the use of state aid by colleges and universities to fund or provide membership in academic institutions that are boycotting a country or higher education institutions of a country.
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S06438 Actions:

BILL NOS06438
 
01/23/2014REFERRED TO RULES
01/27/2014ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.60
01/28/2014PASSED SENATE
01/28/2014DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
01/28/2014referred to higher education
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S06438 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          6438
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                    January 23, 2014
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sen.  KLEIN  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
        AN ACT prohibiting the use of state aid by colleges and universities for
          certain academic institutions
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 

     1    Section 1. Legislative intent. The legislature hereby finds that it is
     2  beneficial to students of this state to have access to an education that
     3  is  not  bound by borders and to have the opportunity to obtain a global
     4  education. The legislature further finds that it is important  that  New
     5  York  State  undertake  efforts to ensure that its students succeed in a
     6  world that is continually becoming more interdependent and  diverse  and
     7  further  that  students  have  access  to international higher education
     8  institutions.  A global education allows students to  connect,  compete,
     9  and  cooperate  with  their  peers around the world. Therefore it is the
    10  policy of the State of New York that colleges not  use  state  funds  to
    11  support  boycotts of countries, or higher education institutions located
    12  in countries, that host higher education institutions chartered  by  the

    13  Board of Regents of the University of the State of New York.
    14    § 2. 1. For purposes of this section the following shall apply:
    15    (a)  the term "academic entity" shall mean any organization comprising
    16  colleges, universities or professors that promotes or supports  academia
    17  in the United States and abroad.
    18    (b)  the  term  "college"  shall have the same meaning as such term is
    19  defined in subdivision 2 of section 2 of the education law.
    20    (c) the term "host country" shall mean those  countries  that  host  a
    21  higher  education  institution  chartered by the Board of Regents of the
    22  University of the State of New York.
    23    2. No college in this state may use state  aid  provided  directly  to
    24  such  college  to: fund an academic entity, provide funds for membership
    25  in an academic entity or fund travel or  lodging  for  any  employee  to

    26  attend  any  meeting of such academic entity if such entity has issued a
    27  public resolution or other official statement or undertaken an  official
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13441-07-4

        S. 6438                             2
 
     1  action  boycotting  a  host  country  or  higher  education institutions
     2  located in such country.
     3    3. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, no college shall be eligi-
     4  ble  for  state  aid  during  the  academic year that such college is in
     5  violation of subdivision two of this section.
     6    4. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any college:
     7    (a) when such college is located in a country that  is  determined  by

     8  the United States secretary of state to be a state sponsor of terrorism;
     9    (b) when such boycott is connected with a labor dispute; or
    10    (c)  when  such  boycott  is  for  the  purpose of protesting unlawful
    11  discriminatory practices as determined by the laws, rules or regulations
    12  of this state.
    13    5. Nothing in this section shall limit the attendance by any  employee
    14  of  a  college  at  any event of an academic entity that boycotts a host
    15  country or higher education institutions located  in  such  country  and
    16  attendance  at  meetings  of  any  such  entity shall not be used by the
    17  college with regard to employment decisions.
    18    § 3. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
    19  have become a law.
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