Section 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.