BILL NUMBER:A9517
TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the education law, in relation to the
eligibility for tuition awards by students on probation or parole for
weapons convictions
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: To bar any student convicted of any
firearms possession, transport or sale that is on probation or parole
from receiving any general or academic performance award until
successfully completing their term of probation or parole.
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Section 1. Paragraph d of subdivision
6 of section 661 of the education law, as added by chapter 83 of the
laws of 1995 is amended. No student who is incarcerated in any
federal, state or other penal institution shall be eligible for any
general or academic performance award made pursuant to this article.
No student who has been convicted of any weapons possession, transport
or sale charge and is currently on probation or parole for such
conviction shall be eligible to apply for or receive any general or
academic performance reward made pursuant to this article until such
student is successfully discharged from probation or parole whereupon
such student shall be eligible to apply for such awards for the next
succeeding academic semester.
JUSTIFICATION: This bill would mandate that a student who has been
convicted of any weapons possession, transport or sale charge and is
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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9517
I N A S S E M B L Y
January 11, 2010
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Introduced by M. of A. BENJAMIN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the eligibility for
tuition awards by students on probation or parole for weapons
convictions
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Paragraph d of subdivision 6 of section 661 of the educa-
tion law, as added by chapter 83 of the laws of 1995, is amended to read
as follows:
d. No student who is incarcerated in any federal, state or other penal
institution shall be eligible for any general or academic performance
award made pursuant to this article. NO STUDENT WHO HAS BEEN CONVICTED
OF ANY WEAPONS POSSESSION, TRANSPORT OR SALE CHARGE AND IS CURRENTLY ON
PROBATION OR PAROLE FOR SUCH CONVICTION SHALL BE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY FOR
OR RECEIVE ANY GENERAL OR ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE AWARD MADE PURSUANT TO
THIS ARTICLE UNTIL SUCH STUDENT IS SUCCESSFULLY DISCHARGED FROM
PROBATION OR PAROLE WHEREUPON SUCH STUDENT SHALL BE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY
FOR SUCH AWARDS FOR THE NEXT SUCCEEDING ACADEMIC SEMESTER.
S 2. This act shall take effect immediately and apply to tuition
awards for the 2010-2011 academic year and all subsequent academic
years.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD15375-01-0
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