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Assembly Bill A1737

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Authorizes the board of trustees of the city university of New York to permit persons sixty years of age or over to take courses given without tuition

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2009-A1737 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2019
Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง6206, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A4047, S2692
2013-2014: A4752, S2557

2009-A1737 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the board of trustees of the city university of New York to permit persons sixty years of age or over to take courses given without tuition, either for credit, or without examination, grading or credit therefor upon a space available basis, as determined by the president of each institution of the city university, provided that such attendance does not deny course attendance at the city university of New York by an individual who is otherwise qualified; eligible persons shall be limited to nine credit hours of courses for credit per semester without tuition.

2009-A1737 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  1737

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             January 9, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. ENGLEBRIGHT, BENEDETTO, JACOBS, GREENE, MILLMAN,
  ARROYO, CARROZZA -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.  of  A.  ABBATE,  CAHILL,
  DIAZ, ESPAILLAT, GOTTFRIED, JOHN, V. LOPEZ, PHEFFER, J. RIVERA, ROBIN-
  SON -- read once and referred to the Committee on Higher Education

AN  ACT  to amend the education law, in relation to authorizing the city
  university trustees to make  courses  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. Paragraph (b) of subdivision  7  of  section  6206  of  the
education  law,  as added by chapter 344 of the laws of 1995, is amended
to read as follows:
  (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other  general,  special  or
local  law, rule or regulation, the board of trustees 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 the city university of New York by an individ-
ual who is otherwise qualified under this section. FOR PURPOSES OF  THIS
PARAGRAPH,  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. This act shall take effect on the first of April next succeeding
the date on which it shall have become a law.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD05063-01-9

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