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A01107 Summary:

BILL NO	A01107
SAME AS	SAME AS S02782
SPONSOR	Heastie
COSPNSR
MLTSPNSR	Perry
Add S49, Cor L
Establishes a commission on prison education to study and develop a plan for improving education in state prisons.

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A01107 Actions:

BILL NO	A01107
01/09/2013	referred to correction
01/08/2014	referred to correction

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A01107 Floor Votes:

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A01107 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          1107
 
                               2013-2014 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                       (Prefiled)
 
                                     January 9, 2013
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by M. of A. HEASTIE -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Correction
 
        AN ACT to amend the  correction  law,  in  relation  to  establishing  a
          commission on improving education in state prisons
 

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. The correction law is amended by adding a new section 49 to
     2  read as follows:
     3    § 49. Commission on prison education. There is  hereby  established  a
     4  commission on prison education comprised of nine members who shall study
     5  and  develop  a plan for improving education in the state prison system.
     6  The commission shall consider and investigate the following factors when
     7  determining education improvements: the impact on an inmate's employment
     8  opportunities upon release from prison, the impact on an inmate's  rein-
     9  tegration  into  society  and  the effectiveness in reducing recidivism.

    10  Appointments to the task force shall be made as follows:  three  by  the
    11  governor; two by the speaker of the assembly; one by the minority leader
    12  of the assembly; two by the temporary president of the senate and one by
    13  the  minority  leader of the senate. The commission shall issue a report
    14  within ten months after the effective date of this paragraph.
    15    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD04301-01-3

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