STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 9593 IN ASSEMBLY January 27, 2020 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ARROYO, CRUZ -- read once and referred to the Committee on Correction AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to offering college-lev- el courses at all state-operated correctional facilities in the state The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 136 of the correction law is amended by adding a 2 new subdivision 4 to read as follows: 3 4. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this section, the commis- 4 sioner, in cooperation with the commissioner of education and director 5 of education, shall collaborate with the board of trustees of the state 6 university of New York, the board of trustees of the city university of 7 New York and the council of governing boards for the independent 8 colleges of New York to implement the offering of college-level courses 9 at all state-operated correctional facilities where female incarcerated 10 individuals are confined on or before January first, two thousand twen- 11 ty-one. Such courses shall be offered at all state-operated correctional 12 facilities on or before January first, two thousand twenty-three. Such 13 courses shall apply towards the completion of a college degree program. 14 The department shall ensure that all college-level course offerings are 15 uniform among all the state-operated correctional facilities in the 16 state pursuant to section one hundred fourteen of this article. 17 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD14145-02-9