2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 7 - State and City Colleges and Institutions-Cornell University › Article 130 - Arthur O. Eve Opportunity for Higher Education › 6454 - Science and Technology Entry Program.

§ 6454. Science  and  technology  entry  program.  1.  As used in this
section:
a. "Council" means the  council  on  professional  career  opportunity
created pursuant to article forty-four of the executive law;
b.  "Eligible  students"  shall mean secondary school students who are
either   economically   disadvantaged   or    minorities    historically
underrepresented    in    the   scientific,   technical,   health,   and
health-related professions as defined by the regents after  consultation
with the council; and
c.  "Eligible  applicant"  shall  mean an institution of postsecondary
education or a consortia of such institutions.
2. The purpose of the science and technology entry programs  shall  be
to  assist  eligible  students  in  acquiring  the skills, attitudes and
abilities necessary to pursue professional or pre-professional study  in
post-secondary    degree   programs   in   scientific,   technical   and
health-related fields.
3. Grant applications submitted by eligible applicants shall outline a
plan of instruction and curriculum-related activities  and  services  to
advance  the  purpose  of the science and technology entry program. Such
plans may  provide  for  contracting  by  the  eligible  applicant  with
specified  not-for-profit  community based educational organizations for
the provision of instruction, activities and services  outlined  in  the
plan.    Such  plans  shall  include quantifiable measures to assess the
effectiveness of the instruction, activities and services  in  promoting
the purposes of the science and technology entry program.  Such measures
shall include, but not be limited to:
a.  the  persistence  rate  of participating students in selecting and
completing mathematics and science courses in an academic track in their
subsequent years in high school;
b.  the  college  placement  rate   of   participating   students   in
professional  or  pre-professional programs in scientific, technical, or
health-related fields. Such approved  plans  may  be  amended  with  the
approval of the commissioner.
4. Eligible applicants receiving grants pursuant to this section shall
provide  a  program of instruction and curriculum-related activities and
services to advance the purpose of  the  science  and  technology  entry
program.   The   curricula  of  these  programs  shall,  to  the  extent
practicable, emphasize the concrete aspects of the scientific, technical
or health-related discipline as it relates  to  a  professional  career,
through laboratories, relevant work experience opportunities, or similar
activities.    In  addition  to specialized instruction, programs funded
pursuant to this  section  shall  provide  participating  students  with
personal,  career  and  financial  aid  counseling  to  ensure that such
students are fully aware of the opportunities and necessary preparations
for professional careers in  scientific,  technical,  or  health-related
fields.
5.  a.  Grants  shall  be  awarded  to  eligible applicants based upon
criteria established by the commissioner  after  consultation  with  the
council, including, but not limited to, the following:
(1)  an  established  record  of  conducting  effective  collaborative
educational programs with neighboring secondary schools;
(2) the ability and willingness to cooperate with other  postsecondary
institutions in operating a program funded pursuant to this section;
(3)  the  capacity  to secure or provide additional support in amounts
equal to at least twenty-five percent of the  grant  sought  under  this
section  through  private  and  other  governmental  sources and through
in-kind services;
(4) a location within a school district with an  enrollment  comprised
of  at  least  twenty percent minority group students or a location near
such a district that is accessible by public transportation.
b.   The   commissioner   shall  select  the  grant  recipients  after
consultation with the council. To the  fullest  extent  practicable  the
commissioner  and  the  council  shall ensure that grants are awarded to
eligible applicants in a diversity of regions of the state.
6. To be selected to participate in a program funded pursuant to  this
section,  an  eligible  student  must  exhibit the potential for college
level study if provided with special services, as indicated by  academic
record,  test  scores, attendance record, personal references, and other
measures deemed appropriate by the commissioner.
7. No grant pursuant to this section shall exceed two hundred thousand
dollars to any eligible applicant in a single state fiscal  year  unless
the  eligible  applicant  is  a  consortium  comprised  of  two  or more
institutions  of  post-secondary  education  or  unless   the   eligible
applicant  is  conducting  summer  classes  as  an  approved part of its
program.
8. The commissioner  is  authorized  to  require  eligible  applicants
receiving funds pursuant to this section to report periodically upon:
a. compliance with the approved plan;
b. the objectives of the applicant's program;
c.  the  curricula  and  the  activities  and  services offered by the
program;
d. the sources of support and the expenditures of the program;
e. the background and progress of students selected to participate  in
the program;
f.  the performance of the program in meeting the evaluation standards
established pursuant to this section; and
g. other matters the commissioner deems appropriate.