Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jul 18, 2012 |
signed chap.136 |
Jul 06, 2012 |
delivered to governor |
Jun 13, 2012 |
returned to assembly passed senate 3rd reading cal.1240 substituted for s6424 |
May 14, 2012 |
referred to higher education delivered to senate passed assembly |
May 10, 2012 |
advanced to third reading cal.562 |
May 08, 2012 |
reported |
May 01, 2012 |
reported referred to ways and means |
Feb 24, 2012 |
referred to higher education |
Assembly Bill A9391
Signed By Governor2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
PEOPLES-STOKES
Archive: Last Bill Status - Signed by Governor
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
2011-A9391 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Senate Version of this Bill:
- S6424
- Law Section:
- Education Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §6401, Ed L
2011-A9391 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Relates to eligibility for state aid for certain independent institutions of higher learning; provides that a former two-year institution may elect to continue to receive associate level degree awards if it foregoes receiving any awards for degrees conferred at the bachelor's level.
2011-A9391 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 9391 I N A S S E M B L Y February 24, 2012 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. PEOPLES-STOKES -- read once and referred to the Committee on Higher Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to eligibility for state aid for certain independent institutions of higher learning THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 6401 of the education law, as amended by chapter 507 of the laws of 2008, is amended to read as follows: 3. Degree awards. The amount of such annual apportionment to each institution meeting the requirements of subdivision two of this section shall be computed by multiplying by not to exceed six hundred dollars the number of earned associate degrees, by not to exceed one thousand five hundred dollars the number of earned bachelor's degrees, by not to exceed nine hundred fifty dollars the number of earned master's degrees, and by not to exceed four thousand five hundred fifty dollars the number of earned doctorate degrees, conferred by such institution during the twelve-month period next preceding the annual period for which such apportionment is made, provided that there shall be excluded from any such computation the number of degrees earned by students with respect to whom state aid other than that established by this section or section sixty-four hundred one-a of this article is granted directly to the institution, and provided further that, except as otherwise provided in this subdivision, the amount apportioned for an associate degree shall be awarded only to two year institutions qualifying under subdivision two of this section. The regents shall promulgate rules defining and classifying professional degrees for the purposes of this section. Institutions qualifying for state aid pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (b) of subdivision two of this section shall, for purposes of this subdivision, be deemed to be the institutions which confer degrees. For purposes of this subdivision, a two-year institution which has received authority to confer bachelor degrees shall continue to be considered a two-year institution until such time as it has actually begun to confer the bachelor's degree. Thereafter, notwithstanding any EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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