Establishes the civic education fund for community-based organizations, non-profits and other non-traditional organizations to implement civics education projects.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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7202
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
April 12, 2019
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Introduced by M. of A. SIMON -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Ways and Means
AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation to establishing the
civic education fund
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section
2 91-e to read as follows:
3 § 91-e. Civic education fund. 1. There is hereby established in the
4 joint custody of the state comptroller and the commissioner of educa-
5 tion, a special fund to be known as the "civic education fund".
6 2. Such fund shall consist of all moneys appropriated, credited or
7 transferred thereto from any other fund or source pursuant to law. Noth-
8 ing contained in this section shall prevent the state from receiving
9 grants, gifts or bequests for the purposes of the fund as defined in
10 this section and depositing them into the fund according to law.
11 3. Monies from the fund shall be expended only for community-based
12 organizations, non-profits and other non-traditional organizations to
13 implement civics education projects including, but not limited to,
14 universities, museums, libraries, and cultural institutions. Such funds
15 may also be expended for civic education projects including, but not
16 limited to, mock trials, debate forums, voter registration activities,
17 and projects that demonstrate an understanding of the connections
18 between federal, state and local politics including issues that may
19 impact the students' community.
20 4. On or before the first of February of each year, the commissioner
21 of education shall provide a written report to the temporary president
22 of the senate, speaker of the assembly, chair of the senate finance
23 committee, chair of the assembly ways and means committee, chair of the
24 senate committee on education, chair of the assembly committee on educa-
25 tion, the state comptroller and the public. Such report shall include
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 how the monies of the fund were utilized during the preceding calendar
2 year and shall include:
3 (i) the amount of money dispersed from the fund;
4 (ii) the purpose of the expenditures from the fund; and
5 (iii) anticipated expenditure projections for the next year.
6 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
