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Assembly Bill A9503

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to certain tuition waivers for police officer students of the city university of New York and SUNY

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2015-A9503 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6908
Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยงยง6206 & 355, Ed L
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:
A4063, S885

2015-A9503 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides tuition waivers for two courses for police officer students of CUNY and SUNY which are related to their employment.

2015-A9503 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  9503

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 10, 2016
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. LENTOL -- read once and referred 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 city university of New York and
  the state university of New York; and  providing  for  the  repeal  of
  certain provisions upon the expiration thereof

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

  Section 1. 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] TWO COURSES without tuition,
provided that such [course is] COURSES ARE 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 indi-
vidual who is otherwise qualified under this section.
  S  2.  Section  355  of  the  education law is amended by adding a new
subdivision 20 to read as follows:
  20. NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF ANY OTHER  GENERAL,  SPECIAL  OR
LOCAL  LAW,  RULE  OR  REGULATION,  THE  STATE UNIVERSITY 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  STATE-OPERATED
INSTITUTION  IN  A  STATE  UNIVERSITY,  TO  ATTEND  TWO  COURSES WITHOUT
TUITION, PROVIDED THAT SUCH COURSES ARE RELATED TO THEIR  EMPLOYMENT  AS
POLICE  OFFICERS  AND  THAT SUCH TUITION-WAIVED ATTENDANCE DOES NOT DENY
COURSE ATTENDANCE AT A STATE-OPERATED INSTITUTION BY AN  INDIVIDUAL  WHO
IS OTHERWISE QUALIFIED.
  S  3.  This  act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
deemed repealed on the same date and in the same manner as  chapter  548
of the laws of 2004, as amended, is repealed.

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