STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5567 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN SENATE April 13, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sen. LAVALLE -- 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 notification require- ments when a college plans to dissolve any athletic team 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. The state university trustees shall direct each college president 4 to create a protocol requiring proper written notice to student athletes 5 by September thirtieth of the prior academic year if any such college 6 plans to dissolve any athletic team in the upcoming academic year. 7 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD11050-01-7