Bill Text: NY S02493 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Prohibits certain student organizations which participate in discrimination or intolerance from receiving funding from SUNY, CUNY or community colleges.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-06-21 - referred to higher education [S02493 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S02493-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          2493
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    January 13, 2017
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by Sen. PHILLIPS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Education
        AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to certain student organ-
          izations which are ineligible for funding
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Section 355 of the education law is amended by adding a new
     2  subdivision 20 to read as follows:
     3    20.  Ineligibility  for  funding;  student organizations. a. The state
     4  university trustees shall adopt rules that any student group or  student
     5  organization that receives funding from the state university of New York
     6  that  directly  or indirectly promotes, encourages, or permits discrimi-
     7  nation, intolerance, hate speech or boycotts against a person  or  group
     8  based  on  race,  class, gender, nationality, ethnic origin or religion,
     9  shall be ineligible for funding, including funding from student activity
    10  fee proceeds.
    11    b. As used in this subdivision, the following definitions shall apply:
    12    (1) "Allied nation" shall mean:
    13    (i) any country that is a member of the North Atlantic  Treaty  Organ-
    14  ization;
    15    (ii)  any  country that is a signatory of the Southeast Asia Treaty of
    16  1954;
    17    (iii) any country, other than Venezuela, that is a  signatory  of  the
    18  Rio Treaty of 1947;
    19    (iv) Ireland;
    20    (v) Israel;
    21    (vi) Japan; and/or
    22    (vii) the Republic of Korea.
    23    (2)  "Boycott"  shall mean to engage in any activity, or to promote or
    24  encourage others to engage in any activity,  that  will  result  in  any
    25  person  abstaining  from commercial, social or political relations, with
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  any allied nation, or companies based in an allied nation or in territo-
     2  ries controlled by an  allied  nation,  with  the  intent  to  penalize,
     3  inflict,  or cause harm to, or otherwise promote or cast disrepute upon,
     4  such allied nation, its people or its commercial products.
     5    (3)  "Person"  shall  mean  any  natural  person, corporation, limited
     6  liability company, unincorporated association or  any  other  nongovern-
     7  mental  entity,  organization,  or  group,  or  any  successor, subunit,
     8  parent, or subsidiary of the same.
     9    § 2. Section 6206 of the education law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
    10  subdivision 19 to read as follows:
    11    19. a. The city university trustees shall adopt rules that any student
    12  group  or student organization that receives funding from a city univer-
    13  sity of New York that directly or indirectly  promotes,  encourages,  or
    14  permits  discrimination,  intolerance, hate speech or boycotts against a
    15  person or group based on race, class, gender, nationality, ethnic origin
    16  or religion, shall be ineligible for  funding,  including  funding  from
    17  student activity fee proceeds.
    18    b. As used in this subdivision, the following definitions shall apply:
    19    (i) "Allied nation" shall mean:
    20    (1)  any  country that is a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organ-
    21  ization;
    22    (2) any country that is a signatory of the Southeast  Asia  Treaty  of
    23  1954;
    24    (3)  any country, other than Venezuela, that is a signatory of the Rio
    25  Treaty of 1947;
    26    (4) Ireland;
    27    (5) Israel;
    28    (6) Japan; and/or
    29    (7) the Republic of Korea.
    30    (ii) "Boycott" shall mean to engage in any activity, or to promote  or
    31  encourage  others  to  engage  in  any activity, that will result in any
    32  person abstaining from commercial, social or political  relations,  with
    33  any allied nation, or companies based in an allied nation or in territo-
    34  ries  controlled  by  an  allied  nation,  with  the intent to penalize,
    35  inflict, or cause harm to, or otherwise promote or cast disrepute  upon,
    36  such allied nation, its people or its commercial products.
    37    (iii)  "Person"  shall  mean  any natural person, corporation, limited
    38  liability company, unincorporated association or  any  other  nongovern-
    39  mental  entity,  organization,  or  group,  or  any  successor, subunit,
    40  parent, or subsidiary of the same.
    41    § 3. Section 6306 of the education law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
    42  subdivision 11 to read as follows:
    43    11.  a.  The  board  of trustees of each community college shall adopt
    44  rules that any student group or student organization that receives fund-
    45  ing from a community college of New York  that  directly  or  indirectly
    46  promotes,  encourages,  or  permits  discrimination,  intolerance,  hate
    47  speech or boycotts against a person  or  group  based  on  race,  class,
    48  gender,  nationality, ethnic origin or religion, shall be ineligible for
    49  funding, including funding from student activity fee proceeds.
    50    b. As used in this subdivision, the following definitions shall apply:
    51    (i) "Allied nation" shall mean:
    52    (1) any country that is a member of the North Atlantic  Treaty  Organ-
    53  ization;
    54    (2)  any  country  that is a signatory of the Southeast Asia Treaty of
    55  1954;
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     1    (3) any country, other than Venezuela, that is a signatory of the  Rio
     2  Treaty of 1947;
     3    (4) Ireland;
     4    (5) Israel;
     5    (6) Japan; and/or
     6    (7) the Republic of Korea.
     7    (ii)  "Boycott" shall mean to engage in any activity, or to promote or
     8  encourage others to engage in any activity,  that  will  result  in  any
     9  person  abstaining  from commercial, social or political relations, with
    10  any allied nation, or companies based in an allied nation or in territo-
    11  ries controlled by an  allied  nation,  with  the  intent  to  penalize,
    12  inflict,  or cause harm to, or otherwise promote or cast disrepute upon,
    13  such allied nation, its people or its commercial products.
    14    (iii) "Person" shall mean any  natural  person,  corporation,  limited
    15  liability  company,  unincorporated  association or any other nongovern-
    16  mental entity,  organization,  or  group,  or  any  successor,  subunit,
    17  parent, or subsidiary of the same.
    18    § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.