New York S 3099: Relates to certain student organizations which are ineligible for funding

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S03099 Summary:

BILL NOS03099 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORORTT

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§355, 6206 & 6306, Ed L

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

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BILL NOS03099 

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01/23/2025REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 3099

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 23, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. ORTT -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher 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 22 to read as follows:
 3 22. 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.
 LBD06963-01-5

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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 24 to read as follows:
 11 24. 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 abst