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Assembly Bill A5562

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Provides public assistance to qualified persons attending a four-year university

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2009-A5562 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Social Services
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง336-a, Soc Serv L

2009-A5562 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Allows persons participating in an approved program of vocational training or rehabilitation, including attendance at a 4-year university to receive public assistance benefits pursuant to a federal waiver to be obtained by the department of labor.

2009-A5562 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  5562

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 13, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. V. LOPEZ, GANTT -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
  BRODSKY, CLARK, GOTTFRIED, GREENE, LENTOL -- read once and referred to
  the Committee on Social Services

AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to providing public
  assistance to persons attending a four-year university

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

  Section 1. 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.  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  hardship)
in  any of the following providers which meet the performance or assess-
ment standards established in regulations by the commissioner  OF  LABOR
for  such providers:  a community college, licensed trade school, regis-
tered business school, [or] a two-year college, OR A FOUR-YEAR UNIVERSI-
TY TO THE EXTENT THAT FEDERAL PARTICIPATION IN SUCH PROGRAM IS AVAILABLE
AND IN  ACCORDANCE  WITH  STANDARDS  SPECIFIED  IN  THE  FEDERAL  WAIVER
OBTAINED THEREFOR; provided, however, that such post-secondary education
must  be  necessary  to  the  attainment of the participant's individual
employment goal as set forth in the employability  plan  and  such  goal
must  relate  directly  to  obtaining  useful employment in a recognized
occupation.
  S 2. Subdivision 6 of section 336-a of  the  social  services  law  is
renumbered  subdivision  7  and  a new subdivision 6 is added to read as
follows:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD08717-01-9

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