New York A 4114: Establishes the Charles L. Reason fellowship

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A04114 Summary:

BILL NOA04114 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORHyndman

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MLTSPNSR

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Ren Title 7 Art 130 to be Art 129-C, add §6457, Ed L

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Establishes the Charles L. Reason fellowship for the purpose of increasing faculty diversity in higher education.

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BILL NOA04114 

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01/31/2025referred to higher education

01/07/2026referred to higher education

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 4114

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 31, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. HYNDMAN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Higher Education

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to establishing the
 Charles L. Reason fellowship for the purpose of increasing faculty
 diversity in higher education in New York

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

 1 Section 1. Article 130 of title 7 of the education law is renumbered
 2 article 129-C and a new section 6457 is added to read as follows:
 3 § 6457. Charles L. Reason fellowship. 1. General requirements. The
 4 commissioner shall award grants to degree-granting institutions in New
 5 York or to consortia of such institutions to be used for the purpose of
 6 increasing access by minority or disadvantaged students to academic
 7 programs that have been registered by the commissioner and that prepare
 8 students from underrepresented minority groups to earn terminal academic
 9 degrees and become higher education faculty members. Students who
 10 complete the undergraduate fellowship and enroll in a program as
 11 described in subdivision three of this section shall be eligible for
 12 loan forgiveness payments to further assist their careers as faculty
 13 members.
 14 2. Charles L. Reason fellowship. (a) (i) Undergraduate fellowship
 15 moneys may be used for tutoring, counseling, faculty mentorship
 16 expenses, supplemental financial assistance, program administration
 17 including staff, summer research or similar academic opportunities for
 18 participating fellows, student travel expenses for academic conferences,
 19 and other activities which the commissioner may deem appropriate. To be
 20 eligible for Charles L. Reason undergraduate fellowship program
 21 support, a student must be a resident of New York, or meet the require-
 22 ments of subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph, and must be from a minori-
 23 ty group historically underrepresented in academic faculty in New York,
 24 and must demonstrate interest in and a potential to attain a Ph.D. or

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD08112-01-5

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 1 other terminal academic degree and teach at the collegiate level if
 2 provided special services. Eligible students must be in good academic
 3 standing, enrolled full time in an approved, undergraduate level program
 4 of study, as defined by the regents.
 5 (ii) An applicant who is not a legal resident of New York state, but
 6 who is a United States citizen, a permanent lawful resident, an individ-
 7 ual who is granted U or T non-immigrant status pursuant to the Victims
 8 of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000, a person granted
 9 temporary protected status pursuant to the Federal Immigration Act of
 10 1990, an individual of a class of refugees paroled by the attorney
 11 general of the United States under their parole authority pertaining to
 12 the admission of noncitizens to the United States, or an applicant with-
 13 out lawful immigration status, shall be eligible for an award at the
 14 undergraduate level of study provided that the student:
 15 (1) attended a registered New York state high school for two or more
 16 years, graduated from a registered New York state high school and
 17 applied for attendance at the institution of higher education for the
 18 undergraduate study for which an award is sought within five years of
 19 receiving a New York state high school diploma; or
 20 (2) attended an approved New York state p