Assembly Bill A2358

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Provides a program fee option for graduate students to allow continued access to certain facilities within the state university

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2011-A2358 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1789
Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง355, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A5014, S1550
2013-2014: A653, S295
2015-2016: S3172

2011-A2358 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides a program fee option to allow graduate students who have taken at least 30 credits towards the completion of a degree to maintain access to certain facilities within the state university in order to continue a research project or to pursue other academic requirements.

2011-A2358 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  2358

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 18, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. GIBSON -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Higher Education

AN  ACT  to  amend the education law, in relation to providing a program
  fee option for graduate students

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Paragraph h of subdivision 2 of section 355 of the educa-
tion law is amended by adding a new subparagraph 10 to read as follows:
  (10) THE TRUSTEES SHALL ALSO ESTABLISH AN ACCESS FEE OPTION THAT WOULD
ALLOW A STUDENT WHO IS A CANDIDATE FOR A GRADUATE OR PROFESSIONAL DEGREE
AND HAS COMPLETED  AT  LEAST  THIRTY  CREDITS,  AND  IS  ON  LEAVE  FROM
FULL-TIME  STUDY,  TO  MAINTAIN  ACCESS TO CERTAIN FACILITIES WITHIN THE
STATE UNIVERSITY SUCH AS LIBRARIES, COMPUTERS AND/OR STUDENT CENTERS  IN
ORDER  TO  CONTINUE  A  RESEARCH  PROJECT  OR  TO  PURSUE OTHER ACADEMIC
REQUIREMENTS ESTABLISHED BY THE STATE UNIVERSITY, WITHOUT BEING ENROLLED
IN REGULAR CREDIT COURSES. SUCH FEE SHALL NOT EXCEED  THE  COST  OF  ONE
CREDIT  OF THE STUDENT'S PROGRAM OF GRADUATE OR DOCTORATE COURSE WORK AS
ESTABLISHED BY THE TRUSTEES OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD06270-01-1


              

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