The New York State Senate

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                                  10104

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               May 4, 2012
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Introduced by M. of A. JEFFRIES -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee 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; to amend chapter 548 of the laws
  of 2004, amending the education law relating to certain tuition  waiv-
  ers for police officer students of the city university of New York, in
  relation  to  extending  the provisions of such chapter; and providing
  for the repeal of certain provisions upon expiration thereof

  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 POLICE
OFFICERS, AS SUCH TERM IS DEFINED IN SECTION TWO HUNDRED NINE-Q  OF  THE
GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, WHO ARE ENROLLED IN PROGRAMS LEADING TO BACCALAU-
REATE  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-OPERATED 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] POLICE OFFICERS, AS SUCH TERM IS
DEFINED  IN SECTION TWO HUNDRED NINE-Q OF THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, 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

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

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[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 university by an individual who is otherwise quali-
fied under this section.
  S 3. Section 2 of chapter 548 of the laws of 2004, amending the educa-
tion law relating to certain tuition waivers for police officer students
of  the  city  university  of New York, as amended by chapter 190 of the
laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall  expire  and  be
deemed repealed July 1, [2012] 2014.
  S 4. This act shall take effect immediately; provided that:
  1. section one of this act shall expire and be deemed repealed July 1,
2014; and
  2. the amendments to paragraph (c) of subdivision 7 of section 6206 of
the  education  law made by section two of this act shall not affect the
expiration and repeal of such paragraph and shall expire and  be  deemed
repealed therewith.