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This bill creates a veteran career assistance program at SUNY and CUNY to help veterans with resumes and job placement.
Why it matters
Directs SUNY and CUNY to actively support veterans transitioning into civilian careers. , which could help reduce unemployment or underemployment among veterans—a group that sometimes faces unique job market challenges due to differences between military and civilian work environments.
Focuses on practical, immediate support like resume writing and job placement. , providing veterans with concrete tools and connections to enter the workforce, rather than only offering general career advice.
Requires annual reporting to the legislature on program usage. , introducing a mechanism for oversight and accountability that could lead to improvements or expansions of the program if it proves effective or if gaps are identified.
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Help Veterans Find Jobs
In Assembly Committee · Higher Education · Sponsor Thomas Croci
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STATE OF NEW YORK
4755
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 3, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. DenDEKKER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Higher Education
AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to the establishment of a veteran career assistance program within the SUNY and CUNY systems
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 353-b to read as follows:
§ 353-b. Veteran career assistance. The director, together with the chancellor of the state university of New York and the chancellor of the city university of New York, shall establish a veteran career assistance program. Such program shall provide honorably discharged veterans with assistance in resume writing and employment placement services. The program shall be developed and maintained with resources already available to the division and the university systems. The director shall report to the legislature on an annual basis, the number of veterans utilizing the career assistance program.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD01770-01-7
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