S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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934
2013-2014 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
(PREFILED)
January 9, 2013
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Introduced by M. of A. JAFFEE, SCHIMEL -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Higher Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to payments to community
colleges by the state, and to repeal subdivision 10 of section 6305 of
the education law relating to state reimbursement to counties for
amounts paid on behalf of non-resident students in attendance at the
fashion institute of technology
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 6302 of the education law, as
amended by chapter 552 of the laws of 1984, is amended to read as
follows:
3. In the city of New York, the [board] DEPARTMENT of education, with
the approval of the state university trustees, may act as a local spon-
sor in the establishment and operation, as a community college, of a
post secondary technical vocational training institution which is partly
supported by such [board] DEPARTMENT of education and partly supported
by an educational foundation for an industry chartered by the board of
regents. In addition to the community college programs and curricula
authorized by this article, the institution may offer such baccalau-
reate, masters degree programs and curricula in support of its mission,
in accordance with standards and regulations prescribed by the state
university trustees, as may be authorized pursuant to the provisions of
the master plan. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the insti-
tution shall be financed and administered in the manner provided for
community colleges; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT SUBJECT TO THE AVAILABILITY
OF STATE APPROPRIATION, CHARGE BACKS FOR BACCALAUREATE AND MASTERS
DEGREE NON-RESIDENTS OF THE LOCAL COLLEGE SPONSOR, AS REQUIRED BY
SECTION SIXTY-THREE HUNDRED FIVE OF THIS ARTICLE TO BE PAID BY THE NEW
YORK STATE COUNTY OF SUCH NON-RESIDENT STUDENT, SHALL BE PAID BY THE
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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STATE OF NEW YORK. ON OR BEFORE MARCH THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND FOUR-
TEEN, THE STATE SHALL MAKE FIFTY PERCENT OF SUCH PAYMENT TO SUCH COMMU-
NITY COLLEGE, AND ON OR AFTER JUNE FIRST, TWO THOUSAND FOURTEEN, THE
STATE SHALL MAKE THE REMAINING FIFTY PERCENT OF SUCH PAYMENT TO SUCH
COMMUNITY COLLEGE, AND ON JUNE FIRST, TWO THOUSAND FIFTEEN AND EVERY
YEAR THEREAFTER, THE STATE SHALL PAY ONE HUNDRED PERCENT OF SUCH PAYMENT
TO SUCH COMMUNITY COLLEGE. IN THE EVENT OF THE FAILURE OF THE STATE TO
MAKE SUCH PAYMENTS, THE COUNTIES ISSUING THE CERTIFICATES OF RESIDENCE
SHALL MAKE SUCH PAYMENTS.
S 2. Subdivision 5 of section 6305 of the education law, as amended by
chapter 681 of the laws of 1971, is amended to read as follows:
5. Amounts payable to such colleges by a county pursuant to this
section shall be a general county charge[; provided, however, that with
respect to the amounts allocable to each community college a county may
charge back such amounts in whole or in part to the cities and towns in
the county in proportion to the number of students who, on the basis of
certificates of residence issued by such county, were attending each
such college as non-residents of the local sponsors thereof during the
terms for which the county has been charged, and who were residents of
each such city or town at the beginning of such terms].
S 3. Subdivision 10 of section 6305 of the education law is REPEALED.
S 4. This act shall take effect immediately.