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Senate Bill S3770

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Authorizes SUNY and CUNY to offer up to two free courses per semester to police officers

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2009-S3770 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A7021
Current Committee:
Senate Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยงยง355 & 6202, Ed L

2009-S3770 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes SUNY and CUNY to offer up to two free courses per semester to police officers.

2009-S3770 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S3770 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  3770

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             March 31, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. PADAVAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education

AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to certain tuition  waiv-
  ers  for  police  officer students of the state university of New York
  and the city university of New York

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

  Section  1.  Paragraph h of subdivision 2 of section 355 of the educa-
tion law is amended by adding a new subparagraph 1-a to read as follows:
  (1-A) NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF ANY OTHER GENERAL, SPECIAL  OR
LOCAL  LAW, RULE OR REGULATION, SUCH REGULATIONS SHALL PERMIT MEMBERS OF
THE NEW YORK CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT EMPLOYED IN THE RANK OF POLICE OFFI-
CER, ENROLLED IN PROGRAMS LEADING TO BACCALAUREATE OR HIGHER DEGREES  AT
STATE-OPERATED  INSTITUTIONS OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY TO ATTEND UP TO TWO
COURSES PER SEMESTER OR QUARTER  WITHOUT  TUITION,  PROVIDED  THAT  SUCH
TUITION-WAIVED ATTENDANCE DOES NOT DENY COURSE ATTENDANCE AT A STATE-OP-
ERATED INSTITUTION BY AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IS OTHERWISE QUALIFIED UNDER THE
REGULATIONS PROMULGATED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION.
  S  2.  Paragraph (c) of subdivision 7 of section 6206 of the education
law, as added by chapter 548 of the laws of 2004, is amended to read  as
follows:
  (c)  Notwithstanding  the  provisions of any other general, special or
local law, rule or regulation, the board of  trustees  shall  promulgate
regulations  to  permit  members  of the New York city police department
employed in the rank of police officer, who  are  enrolled  in  programs
leading  to  baccalaureate  or higher degrees at a senior college of the
city university to attend [one course] UP TO TWO COURSES PER SEMESTER OR
QUARTER without tuition, provided that such course is related  to  their
employment  as  police  officers and that such tuition-waived attendance
does not deny course attendance at a senior college of the city  univer-
sity by an individual who is otherwise qualified under this section.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD10284-01-9

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