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Assembly Bill A2718

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Makes tuition-free college courses available for persons at least sixty years of age

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2009-A2718 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยงยง355 & 6303, Ed L
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
A6580

2009-A2718 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the trustees of the state university and community colleges to offer courses to persons 60 years of age or over without tuition and either with or without credit; provides for taking of courses on a space available basis.

2009-A2718 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  2718

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 21, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. MARKEY, ORTIZ, PHEFFER, COLTON, WRIGHT, SCHROEDER
  --  Multi-Sponsored  by  -- M. of A. ABBATE, COOK, ESPAILLAT, FARRELL,
  HEASTIE, JACOBS, JOHN, MAISEL, MAYERSOHN, McENENY, WEISENBERG --  read
  once and referred to the Committee on Higher Education

AN  ACT to amend the education law, in relation to authorizing the state
  university trustees and officials of community colleges to make cours-
  es available for certain persons sixty years of age or over

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

  Section  1.  Subparagraph 1 of paragraph h of subdivision 2 of section
355 of the education law, as separately amended by chapters 552 and  616
of the laws of 1985, is amended to read as follows:
  (1)  Notwithstanding  the  provisions of any other general, special or
local law, rule or regulation, such regulations may permit persons sixty
years of age or over to  [audit]  TAKE  courses  given  therein  without
tuition,  EITHER  FOR  CREDIT, OR WITHOUT examination, grading or credit
therefor upon a space available basis, as determined by the president of
each such institution, provided that such [audit]  attendance  does  not
deny  course attendance at a state-operated institution by an individual
who is otherwise qualified under the regulations promulgated pursuant to
this section. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, PERSONS SIXTY YEARS  OF  AGE
OR  OVER  WHO  ARE  RESIDENTS OF THE STATE SHALL BE ELIGIBLE TO TAKE NOT
MORE THAN NINE CREDIT HOURS OF COURSES FOR CREDIT PER  SEMESTER  WITHOUT
TUITION.
  S  2.   Subdivision 5 of section 6303 of the education law, as amended
by chapter 552 of the laws of 1984, is amended to read as follows:
  5.  Notwithstanding the provisions of any other  general,  special  or
local  law,  rule  or  regulation, community colleges may permit persons
sixty years of age or over  to  [audit  courses  given  therein  without
tuition,  examination,  grading  or  credit  therefor] ENROLL IN COURSES
GIVEN THEREIN  FOR EXAMINATION, GRADING AND CREDIT BUT WITHOUT  TUITION,

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD03040-01-9

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