STATE OF NEW YORK
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5002
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
April 3, 2019
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Introduced by Sen. PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Crime Victims, Crime and
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 on prison education shall consider and investigate the
7 following factors when determining education improvements: the impact on
8 an inmate's employment opportunities upon release from prison, the
9 impact on an inmate's reintegration into society and the effectiveness
10 in reducing recidivism. Appointments to the task force shall be made as
11 follows: three by the governor; two by the speaker of the assembly; one
12 by the minority leader of the assembly; two by the temporary president
13 of the senate and one by the minority leader of the senate. The commis-
14 sion on prison education shall issue a report within ten months after
15 the effective date of this section.
16 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD00027-01-9
