S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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4597--B
2013-2014 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
April 12, 2013
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Introduced by Sen. LAVALLE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education --
reported favorably from said committee and committed to the Committee
on Finance -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
amended and recommitted to said committee -- recommitted to the
Committee on Higher Education in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8
-- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended
and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to establishing a new
category of tuition for non-resident students of the state university
enrolled in distance learning courses
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The opening paragraph of subparagraph 4 of paragraph h of
subdivision 2 of section 355 of the education law, as amended by chapter
260 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
The trustees shall not impose a differential tuition charge based upon
need or income. Except as hereinafter provided, all students enrolled in
programs leading to like degrees at state-operated institutions of the
state university shall be charged a uniform rate of tuition except for
differential tuition rates based on state residency. Provided, however,
that the trustees may authorize the presidents of the colleges of tech-
nology and the colleges of agriculture and technology to set differing
rates of tuition for each of the colleges for students enrolled in
degree-granting programs leading to an associate degree and non-degree
granting programs so long as such tuition rate does not exceed the
tuition rate charged to students who are enrolled in like degree
programs or degree-granting undergraduate programs leading to a bacca-
laureate degree at other state-operated institutions of the state
university of New York. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS
SUBPARAGRAPH, THE TRUSTEES MAY AUTHORIZE THE SETTING OF A SEPARATE CATE-
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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GORY OF TUITION RATE, THAT SHALL BE GREATER THAN THE TUITION RATE FOR
RESIDENT STUDENTS AND LESS THAN THE TUITION RATE FOR NON-RESIDENT
STUDENTS, ONLY FOR STUDENTS ENROLLED IN DISTANCE LEARNING COURSES WHO
ARE NOT RESIDENTS OF THE STATE. Except as otherwise authorized in this
subparagraph, the trustees shall not adopt changes affecting tuition
charges prior to the enactment of the annual budget, provided however
that:
S 2. Subparagraph 4 of paragraph h of subdivision 2 of section 355 of
the education law, as amended by chapter 309 of the laws of 1996, is
amended to read as follows:
(4) The trustees shall not impose a differential tuition charge based
upon need or income. All students enrolled in programs leading to like
degrees at state-operated institutions of the state university shall be
charged a uniform rate of tuition except for differential tuition rates
based on state residency. Provided, however, that the trustees may
authorize the presidents of the colleges of technology and the colleges
of agriculture and technology to set differing rates of tuition for each
of the colleges for students enrolled in degree-granting programs lead-
ing to an associate degree and non-degree granting programs so long as
such tuition rate does not exceed the tuition rate charged to students
who are enrolled in like degree programs or degree-granting undergradu-
ate programs leading to a baccalaureate degree at other state-operated
institutions of the state university of New York. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY
OTHER PROVISION OF THIS SUBPARAGRAPH, THE TRUSTEES MAY AUTHORIZE THE
SETTING OF A SEPARATE CATEGORY OF TUITION RATE, THAT SHALL BE GREATER
THAN THE TUITION RATE FOR RESIDENT STUDENTS AND LESS THAN THE TUITION
RATE FOR NON-RESIDENT STUDENTS, ONLY FOR STUDENTS ENROLLED IN DISTANCE
LEARNING COURSES WHO ARE NOT RESIDENTS OF THE STATE. The trustees shall
not adopt changes affecting tuition charges prior to the enactment of
the annual budget.
S 3. This act shall take effect April 1, 2015, provided that the
amendments to subparagraph 4 of paragraph h of subdivision 2 of section
355 of the education law made by section one of this act shall be
subject to the expiration and reversion of such subparagraph pursuant to
section 16 of chapter 260 of the laws of 2011, as amended, when upon
such date the provisions of section two of this act shall take effect.