What's happening
This bill requires New York colleges to provide written notice at least one year in advance before dissolving any intercollegiate athletic team.
Why it matters
Gives student athletes and staff more time to plan their futures. Advance written notice (at least one year) helps students consider transfers, athletic eligibility, scholarships, and academic plans if their team is being dissolved.
Promotes transparency and accountability from colleges. Requiring a formal written policy and notification process makes it harder for institutions to quietly cut athletic teams without community awareness or input.
Encourages thoughtful and equitable decision-making. The bill lists factors colleges should consider (like Title IX compliance, donor impact, diversity, financial viability, and team history), aiming to ensure that dissolutions aren’t made arbitrarily or without regard for fairness.
May impact college recruitment, alumni relations, and campus morale. Advance notice and a transparent process could affect how prospective students, alumni, and fans view the college’s commitment to athletics and student life.
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STATE OF NEW YORK
4317
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 4, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. GLICK -- read once and referred to the Committee on Higher Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to notification requirements when a college plans to dissolve any athletic team
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 6438-a to read as follows:
§ 6438-a. Intercollegiate athletic team dissolution. Each college shall develop a written policy regarding the dissolution of intercollegiate athletic teams that includes a protocol requiring written notice to student athletes if the college plans to dissolve any intercollegiate athletic team in the following academic year. Written notice shall be provided at least one year from the start of the academic year in which the intercollegiate athletics team will be dissolved. The protocol may consider factors such as the mission of the sports program, the educational outcomes of sports participation, history of success of the team, fan support, Title IX, donor impact, student-athlete diversity, financial viability/cost and the prevalence of local and regional competition.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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