S 3099: Prohibits certain student organizations which participate in discrimination or intolerance from receiving funding from SUNY, CUNY or community colleges.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3099 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE January 23, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. ORTT -- 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 certain student organ- izations which are ineligible for funding 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 22 to read as follows: 3 22. Ineligibility for funding; student organizations. a. The state 4 university trustees shall adopt rules that any student group or student 5 organization that receives funding from the state university of New York 6 that directly or indirectly promotes, encourages, or permits discrimi- 7 nation, intolerance, hate speech or boycotts against a person or group 8 based on race, class, gender, nationality, ethnic origin or religion, 9 shall be ineligible for funding, including funding from student activity 10 fee proceeds. 11 b. As used in this subdivision, the following definitions shall apply: 12 (1) "Allied nation" shall mean: 13 (i) any country that is a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organ- 14 ization; 15 (ii) any country that is a signatory of the Southeast Asia Treaty of 16 1954; 17 (iii) any country, other than Venezuela, that is a signatory of the 18 Rio Treaty of 1947; 19 (iv) Ireland; 20 (v) Israel; 21 (vi) Japan; and/or 22 (vii) the Republic of Korea. 23 (2) "Boycott" shall mean to engage in any activity, or to promote or 24 encourage others to engage in any activity, that will result in any 25 person abstaining from commercial, social or political relations, with EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD06963-01-5 
 S. 3099 2 1 any allied nation, or companies based in an allied nation or in territo- 2 ries controlled by an allied nation, with the intent to penalize, 3 inflict, or cause harm to, or otherwise promote or cast disrepute upon, 4 such allied nation, its people or its commercial products. 5 (3) "Person" shall mean any natural person, corporation, limited 6 liability company, unincorporated association or any other nongovern- 7 mental entity, organization, or group, or any successor, subunit, 8 parent, or subsidiary of the same. 9 § 2. Section 6206 of the education law is amended by adding a new 10 subdivision 24 to read as follows: 11 24. a. The city university trustees shall adopt rules that any student 12 group or student organization that receives funding from a city univer- 13 sity of New York that directly or indirectly promotes, encourages, or 14 permits discrimination, intolerance, hate speech or boycotts against a 15 person or group based on race, class, gender, nationality, ethnic origin 16 or religion, shall be ineligible for funding, including funding from 17 student activity fee proceeds. 18 b. As used in this subdivision, the following definitions shall apply: 19 (i) "Allied nation" shall mean: 20 (1) any country that is a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organ- 21 ization; 22 (2) any country that is a signatory of the Southeast Asia Treaty of 23 1954; 24 (3) any country, other than Venezuela, that is a signatory of the Rio 25 Treaty of 1947; 26 (4) Ireland; 27 (5) Israel; 28 (6) Japan; and/or 29 (7) the Republic of Korea. 30 (ii) "Boycott" shall mean to engage in any activity, or to promote or 31 encourage others to engage in any activity, that will result in any 32 person abstaining from commercial, social or political relations, with 33 any allied nation, or companies based in an allied nation or in territo- 34 ries controlled by an allied nation, with the intent to penalize, 35 inflict, or cause harm to, or otherwise promote or cast disrepute upon, 36 such allied nation, its people or its commercial products. 37 (iii) "Person" shall mean any natural person, corporation, limited 38 liability company, unincorporated association or any other nongovern- 39 mental entity, organization, or group, or any successor, subunit, 40 parent, or subsidiary of the same. 41 § 3. Section 6306 of the education law is amended by adding a new 42 subdivision 12 to read as follows: 43 12. a. The board of trustees of each community college shall adopt 44 rules that any student group or student organization that receives fund- 45 ing from a community college of New York that directly or indirectly 46 promotes, encourages, or permits discrimination, intolerance, hate 47 speech or boycotts against a person or group based on race, class, 48 gender, nationality, ethnic origin or religion, shall be ineligible for 49 funding, including funding from student activity fee proceeds. 50 b. As used in this subdivision, the following definitions shall apply: 51 (i) "Allied nation" shall mean: 52 (1) any country that is a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organ- 53 ization; 54 (2) any country that is a signatory of the Southeast Asia Treaty of 55 1954; 
 S. 3099 3 1 (3) any country, other than Venezuela, that is a signatory of the Rio 2 Treaty of 1947; 3 (4) Ireland; 4 (5) Israel; 5 (6) Japan; and/or 6 (7) the Republic of Korea. 7 (ii) "Boycott" shall mean to engage in any activity, or to promote or 8 encourage others to engage in any activity, that will result in any 9 person abstaining from commercial, social or political relations, with 10 any allied nation, or companies based in an allied nation or in territo- 11 ries controlled by an allied nation, with the intent to penalize, 12 inflict, or cause harm to, or otherwise promote or cast disrepute upon, 13 such allied nation, its people or its commercial products. 14 (iii) "Person" shall mean any natural person, corporation, limited 15 liability company, unincorporated association or any other nongovern- 16 mental entity, organization, or group, or any successor, subunit, 17 parent, or subsidiary of the same. 18 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.