Bill Text: NY A06642 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Establishes the World Trade Center tribute act which shall create the SUNY student volunteer service program and the CUNY student volunteer service program which shall provide such students with up to three academic credits to student volunteers who perform a minimum of ninety hours of volunteer work in a semester.
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 10-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-05-11 - held for consideration in higher education [A06642 Detail]
Download: New_York-2009-A06642-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6642 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y March 11, 2009 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. McDONOUGH, RAIA, THIELE, BARCLAY, CONTE, McKEVITT -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. HAWLEY, QUINN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Higher Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to establishing the World Trade Center tribute act which shall create the SUNY student volunteer service program and the CUNY student volunteer service program THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as 2 the "World Trade Center tribute act". 3 S 2. Legislative intent. The legislature hereby declares that the 4 creation of the state university of New York student volunteer service 5 program and the city university of New York student volunteer service 6 program is a fitting tribute to the thousands of citizens across the 7 state who volunteered their time and resources in response to the World 8 Trade Center tragedy. From rescue workers at "Ground Zero" to individ- 9 uals who worked at soup kitchens, from blood donors to average working 10 men and women across the state who sent cash contributions for victims' 11 families, from school children who wrote poems for survivors to business 12 owners who donated equipment, the events of September eleventh, two 13 thousand one brought out the true spirit of New Yorkers, a spirit of 14 volunteerism and community concern. 15 The legislature finds that the creation of the state university of New 16 York student volunteer service program and the city university of New 17 York student volunteer service program would raise the awareness of the 18 need for community volunteers and promote community activism on the part 19 of college students. Once students are exposed to the operation of 20 volunteer organizations and the valuable services provided by these 21 groups, students will hopefully continue to perform volunteer service on 22 their own initiative as they finish their collegiate studies and enter 23 the workforce. The state university of New York student volunteer EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD01496-01-9 A. 6642 2 1 service program and the city university of New York student volunteer 2 service program would offer tangible benefits to community organizations 3 that regularly are in need of volunteer assistance. 4 S 3. Section 355 of the education law is amended by adding a new 5 subdivision 20 to read as follows: 6 20. CREATION OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK STUDENT VOLUNTEER 7 SERVICE PROGRAM. A. THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES SHALL ESTABLISH AND DISTRIB- 8 UTE, ON OR BEFORE MARCH FIRST, TWO THOUSAND ELEVEN, GUIDELINES FOR THE 9 CREATION OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK STUDENT VOLUNTEER SERVICE 10 PROGRAM TO BE OFFERED TO THE INDIVIDUAL STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK 11 COLLEGES. THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES SHALL DISTRIBUTE SUCH GUIDELINES FOR 12 REVIEW AND CONSIDERATION TO THE PRESIDENT OF EACH COLLEGE IN THE STATE 13 UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK SYSTEM. SUCH GUIDELINES SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE 14 LIMITED TO, THE FOLLOWING PROVISIONS: 15 (1) COLLEGES ARE ENCOURAGED, BUT NOT REQUIRED, TO IMPLEMENT THE 16 PROGRAM AS AN INDEPENDENT STUDY COURSE. 17 (2) COLLEGES MAY OFFER THREE CREDIT HOURS, AS AN ELECTIVE COURSE, TO 18 ANY MATRICULATED STUDENT WHO PERFORMS WITH AN APPROVED ORGANIZATION A 19 MINIMUM OF NINETY HOURS OF VOLUNTEER WORK DURING ANY SEMESTER. 20 (3) A STUDENT SHALL BE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE THREE CREDIT HOURS FOR 21 VOLUNTEER SERVICE ONLY ONCE DURING HIS OR HER COLLEGIATE CAREER. 22 (4) A STUDENT WHO PARTICIPATES IN THE PROGRAM MAY NOT RECEIVE FROM THE 23 COLLEGE OR THE ORGANIZATION HE OR SHE IS VOLUNTEERING WITH, A STIPEND OR 24 OTHER PAY FOR HIS OR HER VOLUNTEER SERVICE WORK. 25 (5) EACH COLLEGE THAT PARTICIPATES IN THE PROGRAM SHALL REQUIRE THE 26 PAYMENT OF TUITION IN THE SAME MANNER IN WHICH TUITION IS COLLECTED FROM 27 STUDENTS BY SUCH COLLEGE FOR OTHER INDEPENDENT STUDY COURSES. 28 (6) EACH COLLEGE THAT PARTICIPATES IN THE PROGRAM SHALL APPOINT A 29 FACULTY MEMBER OR OTHER COLLEGE ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL AS CAMPUS COOR- 30 DINATOR OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK STUDENT VOLUNTEER SERVICE 31 PROGRAM. THE COORDINATOR SHALL SERVE AS THE LIAISON BETWEEN THE COLLEGE 32 AND LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS, AND SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ENSURING THAT 33 STUDENTS MEET PROGRAM STANDARDS AND FULFILL ALL REQUIREMENTS. 34 (7) EACH COLLEGE THAT PARTICIPATES IN THE PROGRAM SHALL DETERMINE 35 WHICH LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS ARE ELIGIBLE TO REQUEST STUDENT VOLUNTEERS, 36 BASED ON GENERAL CRITERIA OFFERED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES. 37 (8) EACH COLLEGE WISHING TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM SHALL SUBMIT A 38 DETAILED PLAN OF ACTION TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR REVIEW AND 39 APPROVAL. 40 B. UPON REQUEST OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, EACH COLLEGE THAT PARTIC- 41 IPATES IN THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK STUDENT VOLUNTEER SERVICE 42 PROGRAM SHALL PROVIDE INFORMATION ON THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS FROM SUCH 43 COLLEGE ENROLLED IN THE PROGRAM, AND THE ORGANIZATIONS RECEIVING VOLUN- 44 TEER ASSISTANCE. 45 C. BEGINNING ON NOVEMBER FIRST, TWO THOUSAND ELEVEN, AND EVERY YEAR 46 THEREAFTER, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES SHALL SUBMIT A REPORT TO THE GOVERNOR, 47 THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY, THE 48 MINORITY LEADER OF THE SENATE AND THE MINORITY LEADER OF THE ASSEMBLY ON 49 THE STATUS OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK STUDENT VOLUNTEER SERVICE 50 PROGRAM, SETTING FORTH THE NAMES OF THE INDIVIDUAL COLLEGES THAT PARTIC- 51 IPATE IN THE PROGRAM AND THE NUMBER OF STUDENT PARTICIPANTS; DESCRIBING 52 PROGRAMS THAT HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED SUCCESSFULLY; AND MAKING RECOMMENDA- 53 TIONS AS TO HOW PARTICIPATION IN THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK 54 STUDENT VOLUNTEER SERVICE PROGRAM CAN BE INCREASED. 55 S 4. Section 6206 of the education law is amended by adding a new 56 subdivision 17 to read as follows: A. 6642 3 1 17. CREATION OF THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK STUDENT VOLUNTEER 2 SERVICE PROGRAM. A. THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES SHALL ESTABLISH AND DISTRIB- 3 UTE, ON OR BEFORE MARCH FIRST, TWO THOUSAND ELEVEN, GUIDELINES FOR THE 4 CREATION OF THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK STUDENT VOLUNTEER SERVICE 5 PROGRAM TO BE OFFERED TO THE INDIVIDUAL CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK 6 COLLEGES. THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES SHALL DISTRIBUTE SUCH GUIDELINES FOR 7 REVIEW AND CONSIDERATION TO THE PRESIDENT OF EACH COLLEGE IN THE CITY 8 UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK SYSTEM. THE GUIDELINES SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE 9 LIMITED TO, THE FOLLOWING PROVISIONS: 10 (1) COLLEGES ARE ENCOURAGED, BUT NOT REQUIRED, TO IMPLEMENT THE 11 PROGRAM AS AN INDEPENDENT STUDY COURSE. 12 (2) COLLEGES MAY OFFER THREE CREDIT HOURS, AS AN ELECTIVE COURSE, TO 13 ANY MATRICULATED STUDENT WHO PERFORMS WITH AN APPROVED ORGANIZATION A 14 MINIMUM OF NINETY HOURS OF VOLUNTEER WORK DURING ANY SEMESTER. 15 (3) A STUDENT SHALL BE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE THREE CREDIT HOURS FOR 16 VOLUNTEER SERVICE ONLY ONCE DURING HIS OR HER COLLEGIATE CAREER. 17 (4) A STUDENT WHO PARTICIPATES IN THE PROGRAM MAY NOT RECEIVE FROM THE 18 COLLEGE OR ORGANIZATION A STIPEND OR OTHER PAY FOR HIS OR HER VOLUNTEER 19 SERVICE WORK. 20 (5) EACH COLLEGE THAT PARTICIPATES IN THE PROGRAM SHALL REQUIRE THE 21 PAYMENT OF TUITION IN THE SAME MANNER IN WHICH TUITION IS COLLECTED FROM 22 STUDENTS BY SUCH COLLEGE FOR OTHER INDEPENDENT STUDY COURSES. 23 (6) EACH COLLEGE THAT PARTICIPATES IN THE PROGRAM SHALL APPOINT A 24 FACULTY MEMBER OR OTHER COLLEGE ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL AS CAMPUS COOR- 25 DINATOR OF THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK STUDENT VOLUNTEER SERVICE 26 PROGRAM. THE COORDINATOR SHALL SERVE AS THE LIAISON BETWEEN THE COLLEGE 27 AND THE LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS, AND SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ENSURING THAT 28 STUDENTS MEET PROGRAM STANDARDS AND FULFILL ALL REQUIREMENTS. 29 (7) EACH COLLEGE THAT PARTICIPATES IN THE PROGRAM SHALL DETERMINE 30 WHICH LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS ARE ELIGIBLE TO REQUEST STUDENT VOLUNTEERS, 31 BASED ON GENERAL CRITERIA OFFERED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES. 32 (8) EACH COLLEGE WISHING TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM SHALL SUBMIT A 33 DETAILED PLAN OF ACTION TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR REVIEW AND 34 APPROVAL. 35 B. UPON REQUEST OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, EACH COLLEGE THAT PARTIC- 36 IPATES IN THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK STUDENT VOLUNTEER SERVICE 37 PROGRAM SHALL PROVIDE INFORMATION ON THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS FROM SUCH 38 COLLEGE ENROLLED IN THE PROGRAM, AND THE ORGANIZATIONS RECEIVING VOLUN- 39 TEER ASSISTANCE. 40 C. BEGINNING ON NOVEMBER FIRST, TWO THOUSAND ELEVEN, AND EVERY YEAR 41 THEREAFTER, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES SHALL SUBMIT A REPORT TO THE GOVERNOR, 42 THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY, THE 43 MINORITY LEADER OF THE SENATE AND MINORITY LEADER OF THE ASSEMBLY ON THE 44 STATUS OF THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK STUDENT VOLUNTEER SERVICE 45 PROGRAM, SETTING FORTH THE NAMES OF THE INDIVIDUAL COLLEGES THAT PARTIC- 46 IPATE IN THE PROGRAM AND THE NUMBER OF STUDENT PARTICIPANTS; DESCRIBING 47 PROGRAMS THAT HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED SUCCESSFULLY; AND MAKING RECOMMENDA- 48 TIONS AS TO HOW PARTICIPATION IN THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK STUDENT 49 VOLUNTEER SERVICE PROGRAM CAN BE INCREASED. 50 S 5. This act shall take effect immediately.