N.Y. Education Law § 611: Liberty scholarship advisory committee

§ 611. Liberty scholarship advisory committee. There is hereby

created a liberty scholarship advisory committee, which shall consist of

eleven persons appointed by the governor, two of whom shall be upon the

recommendation of the president pro tem of the senate and two of whom

shall be upon the recommendation of the speaker of the assembly. Such

members shall serve at the pleasure of the governor, except that those

recommended by other authorities shall serve at the pleasure of such

recommending authorities, and shall include, but not be limited to,

representatives of secondary schools, business and industry, labor and

nonprofit or voluntary organizations. In addition to such eleven

members, the president of the higher education services corporation, the

commissioner of education, the chancellor of the state university of New

York, the chancellor of the city university of New York and the

president of the commission of independent colleges and universities

shall serve on the committee as ex-officio members. The governor shall

designate one member to serve as chairperson of the committee. No later

than April first, nineteen hundred eighty-nine, such committee shall

prepare a plan that (i) identifies counseling and support services for

students available from institutions of higher education, secondary

schools, government agencies, business and industry, labor, nonprofit

organizations and volunteers and (ii) proposes ways in which such

counseling and support services can be coordinated to promote continuity

of counseling and support. In addition, the advisory committee shall

make recommendations as to the implementation of such plan and shall

periodically report on the degree to which such plan has been

successfully implemented. The president, commissioner and the

chancellors of the public universities shall make available personnel to

act as staff for the committee. The members of the committee shall

receive no compensation for their services, but shall be entitled to

reimbursement for their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the

performance of their duties.