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Senate Bill S1822

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Includes senior citizen students auditing community college classes in the full time equivalent state aid formula

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2009-S1822 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A4776
Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง6303, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A3951
2013-2014: A4375
2015-2016: A5228
2017-2018: A4569
2019-2020: A4643

2009-S1822 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Includes senior citizen students auditing community college classes in the full time equivalent state aid formula.

2009-S1822 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S1822 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  1822

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 9, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by Sens. MORAHAN, BONACIC -- read twice and ordered printed,
  and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Aging

AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to including senior citi-
  zen students auditing community  college  classes  in  the  full  time
  equivalent state aid formula

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

  Section 1. 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 upon a space available
basis, subject to the provisions of section sixty-three hundred four  of
this  [chapter]  ARTICLE,  as  determined  by the president of each such
institution, provided that such audit attendance does  not  deny  course
attendance  at  a  community  college  by an individual who is otherwise
qualified under the regulations and the  provisions  of  section  sixty-
three  hundred  four  of this [chapter] ARTICLE.  The provisions of this
[paragraph] SUBDIVISION shall not affect  any  state  aid  to  community
colleges  granted  pursuant  to  THIS article [one hundred twenty-six of
this chapter].  FOR THE PURPOSES OF DETERMINING STATE AID TO SUCH INSTI-
TUTIONS, SUCH PERSONS SIXTY YEARS OF AGE OR OVER WHO AUDIT CLASSES SHALL
BE INCLUDED IN THE FULL TIME EQUIVALENT STATE AID FORMULA.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of July  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.
                                                           LBD08048-01-9

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