S 4379 NY
Requires the educational and vocational credits earned by incarcerated individuals are transferable upon release
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Summary
This bill requires that curricula and educational programs in correctional facilities provide incarcerated individuals the opportunity to earn educational and vocational credits. These credits earned while incarcerated must be transferable to educational institutions upon the individual's release from prison. The bill aims to support education and job training for formerly incarcerated individuals by allowing their in-prison credits to count toward post-release education and employment credentials.
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Official abstract
Requires that curricula and educational programs provide incarcerated individuals the opportunity to earn educational or vocational credits which shall be transferable to an educational institution upon the release of the incarcerated individual.
Sponsor (1)
- Leroy Comrie Democratic · primary
1 coauthor / cosponsor
- Robert Rolison Republican · cosponsor
Action history (12)
- Feb 4, 2025 REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION · upper
- May 13, 2025 1ST REPORT CAL.1032 · upper
- May 14, 2025 2ND REPORT CAL. · upper
- May 15, 2025 ADVANCED TO THIRD READING · upper
- Jun 13, 2025 COMMITTED TO RULES · upper
- Jan 7, 2026 REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION · upper
- Apr 21, 2026 1ST REPORT CAL.794 · upper
- Apr 22, 2026 2ND REPORT CAL. · upper
- Apr 27, 2026 ADVANCED TO THIRD READING · upper
- Jun 2, 2026 PASSED SENATE · upper
- Jun 2, 2026 DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY · upper
- Jun 2, 2026 REFERRED TO CORRECTION · lower
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