NY State Assembly Bill 2009-A1827

Assembly Bill A1827

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Allows for baccalaureate and advanced degree programs and certain educational and training activity to count towards the work participation rate

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Feb 22, 2010	referred to finance delivered to senate passed assembly
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Jun 16, 2009	print number 1827a
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2009-A1827 - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Finance
Law Section:: Social Services Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §§335-a, 336, 336-a & 131-n, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2011-2012: A2471
2013-2014: A3473
2015-2016: A3884
2017-2018: A3040
2019-2020: A2428
2021-2022: A1848
2023-2024: A9602

2009-A1827 - Summary

Allows for baccalaureate and advanced degree programs to count towards the work participation rate and further provides for certain educational and training activity (homework expected or required by the educational institution) to count towards the satisfaction of the participant's work activity requirement.

2009-A1827 - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  1827

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 12, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. WRIGHT -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Social Services

AN  ACT  to amend the social services law, in relation to public assist-
  ance employment programs

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

  Section  1.  Paragraphs (h) and (i) of subdivision 1 of section 336 of
the social services law, paragraph (h) as amended by chapter 214 of  the
laws  of  1998  and  paragraph  (i) as added by section 148 of part B of
chapter 436 of the laws of 1997, are amended to read as follows:
  (h) vocational educational training as time limited  by  federal  law.
For  the purposes of this title, "vocational educational training" shall
include but not be limited to organized educational programs offering  a
sequence  of  courses  which  are directly related to the preparation of
individuals for current or emerging occupations [requiring other  than],
INCLUDING  BUT  NOT  LIMITED TO PROGRAMS THAT LEAD TO a baccalaureate or
advanced degree. Such programs shall  include  competency-based  applied
learning  which contributes to an individual's academic knowledge, high-
er-order reasoning, and problem-solving skills[, work attitudes, general
employability skills, and the occupational-specific skills necessary for
economic independence].  Such  term  also  includes  applied  technology
education;
  (i)  job  skills  training  directly  related  to  employment. FOR THE
PURPOSES OF THIS TITLE, "JOB SKILLS TRAINING" IS TRAINING  OR  EDUCATION
FOR JOB SKILLS REQUIRED BY AN EMPLOYER TO PROVIDE AN INDIVIDUAL WITH THE
ABILITY TO OBTAIN EMPLOYMENT TO ADVANCE OR ADAPT TO THE CHANGING DEMANDS
OF  THE  WORKPLACE.  JOB  SKILLS TRAINING DIRECTLY RELATED TO EMPLOYMENT
SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED  TO,  ORGANIZED  EDUCATIONAL  PROGRAMS
OFFERING  A SEQUENCE OF COURSES WHICH ARE DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE PREPA-
RATION OF INDIVIDUALS FOR CURRENT  OR  EMERGING  OCCUPATIONS,  INCLUDING
SUCH PROGRAMS THAT LEAD TO A BACCALAUREATE OR ADVANCED DEGREE;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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  S 2. Section 336 of the social services law is amended by adding a new
subdivision 9 to read as follows:
  9.  FOR ANY PARTICIPANT ENGAGED IN AN EDUCATIONAL OR TRAINING ACTIVITY
PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (H), (I), (J), (K) OR (N) OF  SUBDIVISION  ONE  OF
THIS  SECTION, HOMEWORK EXPECTED OR REQUIRED BY THE EDUCATIONAL INSTITU-
TION, INCLUDING UP TO ONE HOUR OF  UNSUPERVISED  HOMEWORK  PER  HOUR  OF
CLASS  TIME,  PLUS ADDITIONAL HOURS OF HOMEWORK SUPERVISED BY THE EDUCA-
TIONAL INSTITUTION, SHALL COUNT TOWARD SATISFACTION OF THE PARTICIPANT'S
WORK ACTIVITY REQUIREMENTS UNDER THIS TITLE, TO  THE  EXTENT  THAT  SUCH
PARTICIPATION  SHALL NOT IMPAIR THE NEED OF THE SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT
TO MEET FEDERAL AND STATE WORK ACTIVITY PARTICIPATION REQUIREMENTS.
  S 3. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section  335-a  of  the  social
services  law, as amended by section 148 of part B of chapter 436 of the
laws of 1997, is amended to read as follows:
  (a) Based on the  assessment  required  by  subdivision  one  of  this
section,  the social services official, in consultation with the partic-
ipant, shall develop an employability plan in writing  which  shall  set
forth the services that will be provided by the social services official
and  the  activities  in which the participant will take part, including
supportive services and shall set  forth  an  employment  goal  for  the
participant.  A  local social services district may assign recipients in
households without dependent children to any activity, SUBJECT TO SUBDI-
VISION TWO OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED THIRTY-FIVE-B  OF  THIS  TITLE.  The
employability  plan  also  shall  take  into  account  the participant's
supportive services needs, available program resources, local employment
opportunities, and where the social services official is considering  an
educational  activity assignment for such participant, the participant's
liability for student loans, grants and scholarship awards.  The employ-
ability plan shall be explained to the participant. Any  change  to  the
participant's  employability  plan required by the social services offi-
cial shall be discussed with the participant and shall be documented  in
writing.
  S  4.  Subdivision  2  of section 335-b of the social services law, as
amended by section 1 of chapter 380 of the laws of 2004, is  amended  to
read as follows:
  2. Engaged in work for a month shall mean participating in work activ-
ities  identified in subdivision one of section three hundred thirty-six
of this title for the required number of hours specified in this section
provided, however, that at least twenty hours of such participation,  or
thirty  hours  for  two-parent  families,  or fifty hours for two-parent
families receiving federally funded child care as set forth in  subpara-
graph  (iii)  of paragraph [(d)] (E) of subdivision one of this section,
shall be attributable to the  activities  described  in  paragraphs  (a)
through  (h) and (l) of subdivision one of section three hundred thirty-
six of this title, or for households without dependent children at least
twenty hours of participation shall be attributable  to  the  activities
set  forth  in  paragraphs (a) through (h) and (l) of subdivision one of
section three hundred thirty-six of this  title,  and  further  provided
that participation in job search and job readiness assistance as identi-
fied  in paragraph (f) of subdivision one of section three hundred thir-
ty-six of this title shall only be determined as engaged in work  for  a
maximum  period  of  six weeks, only four of which may be consecutive as
otherwise limited by federal law; and that individuals in  all  families
and  in two parent families may be engaged in work for a month by reason
of participation in vocational training to the extent allowed by federal
law. Any [non-graduate] student participating or approved by CUNY,  SUNY

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or  another  degree  granting  institution,  or any other state or local
district approved education, training or vocational rehabilitation agen-
cy to participate in ANY EDUCATIONAL OR TRAINING ACTIVITY  DESCRIBED  IN
PARAGRAPH  (H), (I), (J), (K) OR (N) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION THREE
HUNDRED THIRTY-SIX OF THIS TITLE, OR IN work-study, [or in] internships,
externships, or other work placements that are part of the curriculum of
that student, shall not be unreasonably denied the  ability  to  partic-
ipate in such programs and each hour of participation shall count toward
satisfaction of such student's work activity requirements of this title,
SO  LONG  AS  SAID PARTICIPATION SHALL NOT IMPAIR THE NEED OF THE SOCIAL
SERVICES DISTRICT TO MEET FEDERAL AND STATE WORK ACTIVITY  PARTICIPATION
REQUIREMENTS,  provided  that  the  district  may  consider, among other
factors, (a) whether the student has voluntarily terminated his  or  her
employment  or  voluntarily  reduced  his or her earnings to qualify for
public assistance pursuant to subdivision ten  of  section  one  hundred
thirty-one  of  this article; (b) whether a comparable job or on the job
training position can reasonably be expected to exist  in  the  private,
public or not-for-profit sector; (c) that the student has a cumulative C
average or its equivalent, which may be waived by the district for undue
hardship  based  on  (1) the death of a relative of the student, (2) the
personal injury or illness of the  student,  or  (3)  other  extenuating
circumstances;  and (d) whether the institution cooperates in monitoring
students attendance and performance and  reports  to  the  local  social
services  department monthly on each student. Failure of the institution
to monitor and report monthly to  local  social  services  districts  on
attendance  and  performance  of  the  student's work study, internship,
externship or other work placement shall be cause for the department  to
reasonably  deny  the student's ability to participate in such programs.
Students shall be subject to sanctions equivalent  to  those  associated
with failure to adequately satisfy their other required work activities.
In  assigning  a  [non-graduate]  student  participating  in work-study,
internships, externships or other  work  placements,  pursuant  to  this
section,  to  other  work  activities the district shall make reasonable
effort to assign the student to hours that  do  not  conflict  with  the
student's academic schedule.
  S  5.  Subdivision  1  of section 336-a of the social services law, as
amended by section 148 of part B of chapter 436 of  the  laws  1997,  is
amended to read as follows:
  1.  Social  services  districts shall make available vocational educa-
tional training and educational activities.  Such activities may include
but need not be limited to, high school education or education  designed
to  prepare  a  participant  for  a high school equivalency certificate,
basic and remedial education, education in English proficiency  and  [no
more  than  a  total  of two years of] post-secondary education [(or the
part-time equivalent if full-time study would constitute an undue  hard-
ship)],  INCLUDING  BUT  NOT  LIMITED  TO  BACCALAUREATE  PROGRAMS,  AND
PROGRAMS LEADING TO ADVANCED DEGREES, in any of the following  providers
which  meet the performance or assessment standards established in regu-
lations by the commissioner for such providers:   a  community  college,
licensed  trade  school,  registered  business  school, or a two-year OR
FOUR-YEAR college OR UNIVERSITY, OR OTHER DEGREE  GRANTING  INSTITUTION;
provided, however, that IF SUCH PARTICIPANT SEEKS TO ENGAGE IN POST-SEC-
ONDARY  EDUCATION  FOR  A  PERIOD  OF  TWELVE  MONTHS OR LONGER WHILE IN
RECEIPT OF FAMILY ASSISTANCE OR SAFETY NET ASSISTANCE, such  post-secon-
dary  education must be necessary to the attainment of the participant's
individual employment goal as set forth in the  employability  plan  and

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such  goal  must  relate  directly  to obtaining useful employment [in a
recognized occupation].
  S  6.  Subdivision  4  of section 336-c of the social services law, as
amended by chapter 534 of the laws  of  2000,  is  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  4.  In assigning a recipient who is a [non-graduate] student attending
CUNY, SUNY or other approved non-profit  education,  training  or  voca-
tional  rehabilitation  agency, the social services district must, after
consultation with officials of CUNY, SUNY or other non-profit education,
training or vocational rehabilitation agency, assign the  student  to  a
work  site  on  campus,  where  the recipient is enrolled, and shall not
unreasonably  assign  the  student  to  hours  that  conflict  with  the
student's  academic  schedule, if an approved work experience assignment
is available. Where such work experience assignment  is  not  available,
the  social  services district shall, to the extent possible, assign the
student to a work site within reasonable proximity to the  campus  where
the  recipient is enrolled and shall not unreasonably assign the student
to hours that conflict with the student's academic schedule.   Provided,
however, in order to qualify for a work experience assignment on-campus,
or  in  close  proximity  to  campus, a student must have a cumulative C
average, or its equivalent. The district may waive the requirement  that
the  student  have  a  cumulative  C average or its equivalent for undue
hardship based on: (i) the death of a relative of the student; (ii)  the
personal  injury  or  illness of the student; or (iii) other extenuating
circumstances.
  S 7. This act shall take effect immediately;  provided,  however  that
the  amendments  to  subdivision 2 of section 335-b and subdivision 4 of
section 336-c of the social services law made by sections four  and  six
of  this  act  shall  not affect the expiration of such subdivisions and
shall be deemed to expire therewith.

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2009-A1827A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Finance
Law Section:: Social Services Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §§335-a, 336, 336-a & 131-n, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2011-2012: A2471
2013-2014: A3473
2015-2016: A3884
2017-2018: A3040
2019-2020: A2428
2021-2022: A1848
2023-2024: A9602

2009-A1827A (ACTIVE) - Summary

2009-A1827A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                BILL NUMBER:A1827A

TITLE  OF BILL:   An act to amend the social services law, in relation
to clarifying the definitions of vocational educational  training  and
educational activities

PURPOSE  OF  THE  BILL:   The bill would amend the Social Services Law
(SSL) to allow attendance  in  up  to  four  years  of  post-secondary
education   to   count   toward,  an  individual's  public  assistance
employment requirement where the attendance  is  consistent  with  the
individual's   employment   and   assessment   plan  goals,  and  make
corresponding changes to income and resource exemptions for monies set
aside for paying for education.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:  Section 1 of the bill would amend  SSL  335(a)
to match with the corresponding law in §335-a.

Section  2  of  the bill would amend SSL § 336-a(1) to allow for up to
four years of post-secondary education to count as  participation  for
purposes  of  an individual's public assistance employment requirement
and provide that all assignments to  vocational  educational  training
and  educational  activities will be permitted only to the extent that
such an assignment is consistent with an individual's  assessment  and
employment plan.

Section  3  of  this  bill  would  add  participation  in  a four year

postsecondary program to enlist under job  skill  training  consistent
with federal and state requirements.

Section  4  of  the bill would amend SSL § 336(a) (1)(h) and (1)(i) to
include up to four years of postsecondary education in the  definition
of "vocational educational training."

Section  5  of the bill would amend SSL § 131-n (1)(c), which provides
that up to $1,400 may be kept in a separate bank  account  and  deemed
exempt  and disregarded in calculating the amount of public assistance
benefits where the funds are to be used for payment of  tuition  at  a
two-year  accredited  post-secondary institution, to add an accredited
four-year institution.

Section 6 of the bill would provide for an immediate effective date

EXISTING LAW:

SSL §S 336 and  336-a  currently  provide  that  a  public  assistance
recipient  may  be  assigned  no more than two years of post-secondary
education as part of public assistance employment activities.

SSL § 131-n (1)(c) currently provides that up to $1,400 may be kept in
a  separate  bank  account  and  deemed  exempt  and,  disregarded  in
calculating  the  amount of public assistance benefits where the funds
are to be used for  payment  of  tuition  at  a  two  year  accredited
post-secondary institution.

PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 2008: A11297


STATEMENT IN SUPPORT:  This bill would permit Social service districts
to exercise the flexibility permitted by recent changes to the federal
regulations  in  the  Temporary  Assistance for Needy Families program
(TANF).   The   Personal   Responsibility   and   Work   Opportunities
Reconciliation  Act  (PRWORA)  of 1996 required states to meet certain
work participation rates for recipients of assistance  funded  by  the
TANF  program  or  face  severe  fiscal penalties. The federal law and
implementing regulations specified  which  kinds  of  work  activities
counted  towards meeting the work participation rate. Participation in
a four year college program was not a countable activity.  State  law,
SSL  §330  et seq., mirrored the federal requirements in imposing work
obligations  on  public  assistance  recipients  and  not   permitting
participation  in  a  four-year  college program to count towards that
requirement. Changes in federal regulations in response to the federal
Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (Pub.L. 109-171) now  permit  states  to
count  four  year  college  attendance  by  recipients toward the work
participation  Requirements  in  certain  circumstances.  The  changes
proposed  by this bill would permit New York to take advantage of this
federal  change,  benefiting  both  recipients  and  social   services
districts. While a four-year college degree may not be a viable option
for  many public assistance recipients, for whom there exists an array
of services and programs, a four year diploma is a realistic goal  for
some  recipients.  For those recipients, a college diploma is a proven
way out of poverty and an important tool in  staying  off  assistance.
This  is  particularly  true for recipients who were already attending
college when the current  spell  of  neediness  occurred.  This  would
alleviate  concerns that a recipient would have to drop out of college
in order to perform his or her public assistance.   work  requirements
to  maintain  necessary  assistance. The bill will also benefit social
services districts. It will give them one more option in fashioning  a
program for public assistance recipients.  It will also help them meet
work  participation  requirements. The bill does not require districts
to approve every recipient for  attendance  in  a  four-year  college.
Instead, it permits a district to consider such activity for its local
employment plan and to make individual assignments consistent with its
evaluation  and  assessment  of  employability.  Consistent  with  the
general purpose of permitting four-year colleges as a permissible work
activity, the bill would amend section SSL §  131-n,  which  specifies
income  and  resources  an applicant or recipient of public assistance
may have and still be eligible for assistance. Currently, an applicant
or recipient can maintain up to $1,400  in  a  bank  account  for  the
purpose of paying for a two-year secondary education. Without changing
the amount, this bill would permit a person to maintain an account for
a four year secondary education.

The   bill  also  provides  that  any  assignment  to  any  vocational
educational training or educational activity will be permitted only to
the extent that it is consistent with ,the individual's assessment and
employment plan goals.  This  provision  reflects  the  goals  of  the
assessments  and  employability  plans as set forth-in SSL § 335 and
335-a and the current State policy of meeting the educational needs of
public assistance recipients in  order  to  enhance  their  employment
opportunities.

BUDGET  IMPLICATIONS:    It is anticipated that this bill would have a
minimal fiscal impact.


EFFECTIVE DATE:  This bill would become  effective  immediately,  with
provisions.

2009-A1827A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                 1827--A

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 12, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  WRIGHT,  PERRY,  ROSENTHAL, CASTRO, TOWNS --
  Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. GOTTFRIED -- read once and referred  to
  the  Committee  on  Social  Services  --  reported and referred to the
  Committee on Ways and Means --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,
  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

AN  ACT  to amend the social services law, in relation to clarifying the
  definitions of vocational educational training and educational  activ-
  ities

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

  Section 1.  Paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of  section  335-a  of  the
social  services law, as amended by section 148 of part B of chapter 436
of the laws of 1997, is amended to read as follows:
  (a) Based on the  assessment  required  by  subdivision  one  of  this
section,  the social services official, in consultation with the partic-
ipant, shall develop an employability plan in writing  which  shall  set
forth the services that will be provided by the social services official
and  the  activities  in which the participant will take part, including
supportive services and shall set  forth  an  employment  goal  for  the
participant.  [A local social services district may assign recipients in
households without dependent children to any activity.]  TO  THE  EXTENT
POSSIBLE,  THE  EMPLOYABILITY  PLAN SHALL REFLECT THE PREFERENCES OF THE
PARTICIPANT IN A MANNER THAT IS  CONSISTENT  WITH  THE  RESULTS  OF  THE
PARTICIPANT'S ASSESSMENT AND THE NEED OF THE SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT TO
MEET FEDERAL AND STATE WORK ACTIVITY PARTICIPATION REQUIREMENTS, AND, IF
SUCH  PREFERENCES CANNOT BE ACCOMMODATED, THE REASONS SHALL BE SPECIFIED
IN THE EMPLOYABILITY PLAN. The employability plan also shall  take  into
account  the  participant's supportive services needs, available program
resources, local employment opportunities, and where the social services
official is considering an  educational  activity  assignment  for  such
participant,  the  participant's liability for student loans, grants and

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
A                                                          LBD00476-03-9

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scholarship awards.  The employability plan shall be  explained  to  the
participant. Any change to the participant's employability plan required
by  the social services official shall be discussed with the participant
and shall be documented in writing.
  S  2.  Paragraph  (h)  of  subdivision  1 of section 336 of the social
services law, as amended by chapter 214 of the laws of 1998, is  amended
to read as follows:
  (h)  vocational  educational  training as time limited by federal law.
For the purposes of this title, "vocational educational training"  shall
include  but not be limited to organized educational programs offering a
sequence of courses which are directly related  to  the  preparation  of
individuals  for current or emerging occupations [requiring other than a
baccalaureate or advanced degree] INCLUDING PROGRAMS THAT REQUIRE UP  TO
FOUR  YEARS  OF  POST-SECONDARY  EDUCATION.  Such programs shall include
competency-based applied learning which contributes to  an  individual's
academic  knowledge, higher-order reasoning, and problem-solving skills,
work attitudes, general employability skills, and the  occupational-spe-
cific  skills  necessary  for  economic  independence.  Such  term  also
includes applied technology education;
  S 3. Paragraph (i) of subdivision 1  of  section  336  of  the  social
services  law,  as  added by section 148 of part B of chapter 436 of the
laws of 1997, is amended to read as follows:
  (i) job skills training directly related to employment.    JOB  SKILLS
TRAINING DIRECTLY RELATED TO EMPLOYMENT SHALL INCLUDE BUT NOT BE LIMITED
TO  PARTICIPATION IN UP TO FOUR YEARS OF POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION TO THE
EXTENT CONSISTENT WITH FEDERAL AND STATE REQUIREMENTS;
  S 4. Subdivision 1 of section 336-a of the  social  services  law,  as
amended  by section 148 of part B of chapter 436 of the laws of 1997, is
amended to read as follows:
  1. Social services districts shall make  available  vocational  educa-
tional  training  and  educational  activities  INCLUDING  PROGRAMS THAT
REQUIRE UP TO FOUR YEARS OF POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION.   Such  activities
may  include but need not be limited to, high school education or educa-
tion designed to prepare a participant for  a  high  school  equivalency
certificate,  basic  and  remedial  education,  AND education in English
proficiency and SHALL INCLUDE no more than a total of [two]  FOUR  years
of  post-secondary  education  (or the part-time equivalent if full-time
study would constitute an undue hardship) [in].  EDUCATIONAL  ACTIVITIES
PURSUANT  TO  THIS  SECTION  MAY  BE  OFFERED  WITH any of the following
providers which meet the performance or assessment standards established
in regulations by the commissioner for  such  providers:    a  community
college,  licensed  trade  school, registered business school, or a two-
year OR FOUR-YEAR college; provided, however, that  such  post-secondary
education must be necessary to the attainment of the participant's indi-
vidual  employment  goal as set forth in the employability plan and such
goal must relate directly to obtaining useful employment in a recognized
occupation.   WHEN MAKING ANY ASSIGNMENT  TO  ANY  EDUCATIONAL  ACTIVITY
PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION, SUCH ASSIGNMENT SHALL BE PERMITTED ONLY TO
THE  EXTENT  THAT  SUCH  ASSIGNMENT  IS CONSISTENT WITH THE INDIVIDUAL'S
ASSESSMENT AND EMPLOYMENT PLAN GOALS IN ACCORDANCE WITH  SECTIONS  THREE
HUNDRED THIRTY-FIVE AND THREE HUNDRED THIRTY-FIVE-A OF THIS TITLE.
  S  5.  Paragraph  (c)  of subdivision 1 of section 131-n of the social
services law, as amended by chapter 373 of the laws of 2003, is  amended
to read as follows:
  (c)  an  amount  up to one thousand four hundred dollars in a separate
bank account established by an individual while currently in receipt  of

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assistance  for the purpose of paying tuition at a two-year OR FOUR-YEAR
accredited post-secondary educational institution, so long as the  funds
are not used for any other purpose,
  S  6.  This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
the amendments to paragraph (c) of subdivision 1 of section 131-n of the
social services law made by section five of this act  shall  not  affect
the expiration of such section and shall be deemed to expire therewith.

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Assembly Bill A1827

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WRIGHT

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Finance Committee

Bill Amendments

2009-A1827 - Details

2009-A1827 - Summary

2009-A1827 - Bill Text download pdf

co-Sponsors

N. Nick Perry

Linda Rosenthal

Nelson Castro

Darryl Towns

multi-Sponsors

Vivian Cook

Richard Gottfried

Sam Hoyt

Micah Kellner

2009-A1827A (ACTIVE) - Details

2009-A1827A (ACTIVE) - Summary

2009-A1827A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-A1827A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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