Bill Text: NY A04080 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Provides for the renaming of educational BOCES programs as career prep centers; appropriates funds for marketing and replacement signage and other printed materials.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-04-12 - held for consideration in education [A04080 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A04080-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         4080--A
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 29, 2015
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  M. of A. KOLB, BARCLAY, CROUCH, MONTESANO -- Multi-Spon-
          sored by -- M. of A. GIGLIO, TENNEY -- read once and referred  to  the
          Committee on Education -- recommitted to the Committee on Education in
          accordance  with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill
          amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said  commit-
          tee
        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  education  law, in relation to renaming certain
          schools established by a board of cooperative educational services  as
          career prep centers; and making an appropriation therefor
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Section 1950 of the education law is amended  by  adding  a
     2  new subdivision 1-a to read as follows:
     3    1-a.  On  and  after the effective date of this subdivision all educa-
     4  tional programs provided or operated by a board  of  cooperative  educa-
     5  tional  services shall be known as "career prep centers".  Upon applica-
     6  tion by a board of cooperative educational services, there shall be paid
     7  to each qualifying board of cooperative educational services  an  amount
     8  up to ten thousand dollars for the purposes of marketing of such schools
     9  as career prep centers and for the replacement of signs and other print-
    10  ed  materials.  A  board  of  cooperative  educational services shall be
    11  required to expend one thousand dollars from existing funds toward  such
    12  marketing  or  sign  replacement  to  be eligible for a grant under this
    13  subdivision. Signs and materials developed pursuant to the provisions of
    14  this subdivision shall bear the phrase "Career Prep Centers:  Foundation
    15  for Your Future".
    16    § 2. The sum of three hundred eighty thousand dollars  ($380,000),  or
    17  so  much  thereof  as  may  be  necessary, is hereby appropriated to the
    18  department of education out of any moneys in the state treasury  in  the
    19  general  fund  to the credit of the local assistance account, not other-
    20  wise appropriated, and made immediately available, for  the  purpose  of
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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