STATE OF NEW YORK
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5636
2009-2010 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 17, 2009
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Introduced by M. of A. CONTE, KOLB, CALHOUN, QUINN, RABBITT, RAIA,
REILICH -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ALFANO, BACALLES, BARCLAY,
BARRA, BURLING, BUTLER, DUPREY, ERRIGO, FINCH, FITZPATRICK, JORDAN,
McDONOUGH, McKEVITT, MILLER, MOLINARO, O'MARA, SALADINO, SAYWARD,
TEDISCO, THIELE, TOWNSEND, WALKER -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Higher Education
AN ACT to enact the Community College and BOCES Partnership Act
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
2 the "Community College and BOCES Partnership Act".
3 § 2. The state university of New York and the department of education
4 are hereby authorized and directed to create a high technology manufac-
5 turing training program to explore the feasibility and benefits of
6 building educational partnerships between community colleges and boards
7 of cooperative educational services to assist students in meeting quali-
8 fications for employment in the high technology manufacturing sector.
9 (a) Participating community colleges shall receive capital grants for
10 manufacturing equipment to assist in job training for students attending
11 a board of cooperative educational services.
12 (b) Participating community colleges and boards of cooperative educa-
13 tional services shall be selected from applications submitted to the
14 state university of New York. Applications for participation shall be
15 developed by the state university of New York and shall require appli-
16 cants to submit a proposal describing:
17 (1) how the partnership shall be formed between the community college
18 and board of cooperative educational services;
19 (2) how the high technology manufacturing equipment will be integrated
20 into the community college setting; and
21 (3) how the high technology manufacturing equipment will assist
22 students attending boards of cooperative educational services in meeting
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 high technology manufacturing job requirements. Community college and
2 board of cooperative educational services partnerships that are selected
3 for participation shall receive the necessary capital grants for manu-
4 facturing equipment for up to a two year period; provided, however that
5 if at any time the state university of New York determines that a commu-
6 nity college and board of cooperative educational services partnership
7 is not complying with the conditions of the program it may withdraw the
8 state's support for its participation in the program.
9 § 3. Participating community colleges are authorized and directed to
10 offer appropriate college level academic credits to board of cooperative
11 educational services students participating in the program.
12 § 4. The state university of New York is authorized and directed to
13 conduct a study of the program during its second year period. Such study
14 shall include, but not be limited to:
15 (a) an assessment of the extent to which the program assists board of
16 cooperative educational services students in reaching the training need-
17 ed to enter the high technology manufacturing workforce; and
18 (b) an assessment of whether and how further investment into the
19 program is appropriate for the state. Such study and recommendations
20 shall be submitted to the legislature no later than one year following
21 the completion of the program's first year.
22 § 5. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
23 it shall have become a law and shall apply to the academic school year
24 next succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law; provided,
25 however, that effective immediately, the department of education may
26 promulgate any rules or regulations necessary for the timely implementa-
27 tion of this act on such effective date.
