Bill Text: NY A02177 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Establishes a commission on prison education to study and develop a plan for improving education in state prisons.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 24-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2020-07-23 - REFERRED TO RULES [A02177 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-A02177-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2177 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 22, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. BARRON, VANEL, CAHILL, ORTIZ, BICHOTTE, HYNDMAN -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BLAKE, COOK, DAVILA, GOTTFRIED, JAFFEE, JEAN-PIERRE, MOSLEY, NOLAN, PEOPLES-STOKES, PICHARDO, SIMON, WALKER -- read once and referred to the Committee 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 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