STATE OF NEW YORK
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5567--A
Cal. No. 637
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
April 13, 2017
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Introduced by Sens. LAVALLE, GALLIVAN -- read twice and ordered printed,
and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education
-- reported favorably from said committee, ordered to first and second
report, ordered to a third reading, amended and ordered reprinted,
retaining its place in the order of third reading
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to notification require-
ments when a college plans to dissolve any athletic team
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 section 6438-a
2 to read as follows:
3 § 6438-a. Intercollegiate athletic team dissolution. Each college
4 shall develop a written policy regarding the dissolution of intercolle-
5 giate athletic teams that includes a protocol requiring written notice
6 to student athletes if the college plans to dissolve any intercollegiate
7 athletic team in the following academic year. Written notice shall be
8 provided at least one year from the start of the academic year in which
9 the intercollegiate athletics team will be dissolved. The protocol may
10 consider factors such as the mission of the sports program, the educa-
11 tional outcomes of sports participation, history of success of the team,
12 fan support, Title IX, donor impact, student-athlete diversity, finan-
13 cial viability/cost and the prevalence of local and regional competi-
14 tion.
15 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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