Bill Text: NY A00760 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Directs the commissioner of education to conduct a study regarding the assistance needed to encourage women and minorities to pursue technology careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 16-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-07-14 - print number 760a [A00760 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-A00760-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 760--A 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 10, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. L. ROSENTHAL, MOSLEY, JAFFEE, PERRY, LUPARDO, SCHIMMINGER, ORTIZ, BICHOTTE, COLTON, VANEL, GRIFFIN -- Multi-Spon- sored by -- M. of A. COOK, GOTTFRIED, SOLAGES, THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Economic Development -- reported and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means -- recommitted to the Committee on Ways and Means in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT in relation to directing the commissioner of education to conduct a study regarding the assistance needed to encourage women and minori- ties to pursue technology careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The commissioner of education shall conduct a study to 2 determine the amount of assistance, including financial, technical or 3 any other assistance, needed to encourage women and minorities to pursue 4 technology careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics 5 (STEM). Such study shall determine the amount of such assistance needed 6 in school districts, charter schools, boards of cooperative educational 7 services and private schools, to develop new and enhance current STEM 8 programs in grades six through twelve, including career exploration 9 activities, opportunities for technical skills attainment and partner- 10 ships with postsecondary education and training programs, to increase 11 participation by women and minority students in STEM programs. Such 12 study shall include data on the number of women and minorities in this 13 state that are currently in STEM related programs, the availability of 14 STEM grants to women and minorities and the number of women and minority 15 applicants applying for such STEM grants. 16 § 2. The commissioner of education shall submit a report which shall 17 include the findings and conclusions of such study, including recommen- EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD03986-02-0A. 760--A 2 1 dations, to the governor, the temporary president of the senate, the 2 speaker of the assembly and the chairs of the senate and assembly educa- 3 tion committees no later than December 31, 2021. On or before December 4 31, 2022 and annually thereafter, the commissioner of education shall 5 update such report to include the data required by section one of this 6 act for the preceding year. 7 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.