New York S 5141: Establishes a direct service professional credit and career ladder tuition assistance grant program

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S05141 Summary:

BILL NOS05141 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORJACKSON

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COSPNSRASHBY

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §13.23, Ment Hyg L; add §6303-b, Ed L

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Establishes a direct service professional credit and career ladder tuition assistance grant program to develop training programs and improve existing workforce development programs for the purpose of training direct support professionals and establishing a career ladder for individuals working with individuals with developmental disabilities.

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BILL NOS05141 

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02/19/2025REFERRED TO DISABILITIES

04/29/2025REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

01/07/2026REFERRED TO DISABILITIES

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 5141

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 19, 2025
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 Introduced by Sens. JACKSON, ASHBY -- read twice and ordered printed,
 and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Disabilities

 AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law and the education law, in
 relation to establishing a direct service professional credit and
 career ladder tuition assistance grant program

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Section 13.23 of the mental hygiene law is amended by
 2 adding a new subdivision (d) to read as follows:
 3 (d) The commissioner shall work cooperatively with the state universi-
 4 ty boards of trustees and the city university boards of trustees to
 5 establish a grant program pursuant to section sixty-three hundred
 6 three-b of the education law in order to develop training programs and
 7 improve existing workforce development programs for the purpose of
 8 training direct support professionals and establishing a career ladder
 9 for individuals working with individuals with developmental disabili-
 10 ties. Within funds appropriated for such purpose, the commissioner may
 11 establish a direct service professional credit and career ladder tuition
 12 assistance grant program.
 13 § 2. The education law is amended by adding a new section 6303-b to
 14 read as follows:
 15 § 6303-b. Direct service professional credit and career ladder tuition
 16 assistance grant program. 1. For purposes of this section, the following
 17 terms shall have the following meanings:
 18 (a) "Direct service professional credit program" shall mean the commu-
 19 nity college programs established pursuant to a memorandum of under-
 20 standing between the commissioner of the office for people with develop-
 21 mental disabilities and the board of trustees of the state university
 22 and the city university to develop training programs and a college
 23 certificate program that links theory with practice for the purpose of
 24 training direct support professionals employed by agencies who are fund-
 25 ed by the office for people with developmental disabilities and provid-
 26 ing supports and services to individuals with developmental disabili-
 27 ties.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD09976-01-5

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 1 (b) "Career ladder program" shall mean the community college programs
 2 established pursuant to a memorandum of understanding between the
 3 commissioner of the office for people with developmental disabilities
 4 and the board of trustees of the state university and the city universi-
 5 ty to develop a career ladder supervisor/manager program leading to an
 6 associate's degree in health/human services or a related major and asso-
 7 ciated credit-bearing certificate programs in community residence
 8 management or developmental disabilities for participants who do not
 9 elect to obtain an associate's degree.
 10 (c) "At least a part-time basis" shall mean enrollment for at least
 11 six hours per semester or four hours per quarter.
 12 (d) "Tuition" shall mean the total semester, quarter or classroom hour
 13 cost of instruction at a state-operated community college, excluding
 14 mandatory fees, book charges and room and board.
 15 (e) "Grant programs"