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Assembly Bill A4293

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Requires schools to accept credits for educational programs at OCFS facilities as transfer credits

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2011-A4293 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S330
Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง112, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A8104, S5268
2013-2014: S1372
2015-2016: S1791
2017-2018: S5707
2019-2020: S734
2021-2022: S4067
2023-2024: S3413
2025-2026: S3794

2011-A4293 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires schools to accept credits for educational programs at OCFS facilities as transfer credits.

2011-A4293 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  4293

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 2, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. SCARBOROUGH, CASTRO, JAFFEE -- Multi-Sponsored by
  --  M. of A.  WEISENBERG -- read once and referred to the Committee on
  Education

AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation  to  credits  for  educa-
  tional  achievement  in office of children and family services facili-
  ties

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

  Section 1. Section 112 of the education law is amended by adding a new
subdivision 1-a to read as follows:
  1-A. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, CRED-
ITS  AWARDED  BY EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS PROVIDED BY FACILITIES OPERATED BY
THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES SHALL BE ACCEPTED AS TRANSFER
CREDITS BY ANY SCHOOL WITHIN NEW YORK STATE.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.






 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD03516-01-1

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