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Assembly Bill A1587A

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Permits persons 65 years of age to enroll in a limited number of state university courses for credit without tuition

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2015-A1587 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3807
Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §355, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A3951
2011-2012: A4360
2013-2014: A2323
2017-2018: A1672, S1110
2019-2020: A6380, S692
2021-2022: A943, S3686
2023-2024: A27, S2049
2025-2026: A58, S2387

2015-A1587 - Summary

Permits persons 65 years of age to enroll in a limited number of state university courses for credit without tuition.

2015-A1587 - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  1587

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 12, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. MAGNARELLI, ORTIZ, SCHIMMINGER -- Multi-Sponsored
  by -- M. of A.  ABBATE, AUBRY, CLARK, COLTON, COOK, CYMBROWITZ, DINOW-
  ITZ,  GANTT,  HOOPER,  MAGEE,  WRIGHT -- read once and referred to the
  Committee on Higher Education

AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to authorizing the  state
  university  trustees  to  make  courses  available for certain persons
  sixty years of age or over

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

   Section  1. Subparagraph 1 of paragraph h of subdivision 2 of section
355 of the education law, as separately amended by chapters 552 and  616
of the laws of 1985, is amended to read as follows:
  (1)  Notwithstanding  the  provisions of any other general, special or
local law, rule or regulation, such regulations may permit persons sixty
years of age or over to  [audit]  TAKE  courses  given  therein  without
tuition,  EITHER  FOR  CREDIT, OR WITHOUT examination, grading or credit
therefor upon a space available basis, as determined by the president of
each such institution, provided that such [audit]  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. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, PERSONS SIXTY YEARS  OF  AGE
OR  OVER  WHO  ARE  RESIDENTS OF THE STATE SHALL BE ELIGIBLE TO TAKE NOT
MORE THAN NINE CREDIT HOURS OF COURSES FOR CREDIT PER  SEMESTER  WITHOUT
TUITION.
  S  2. This act shall take effect on the first of April next succeeding
the date on which it shall have become a law.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD01750-01-5

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2015-A1587A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3807
Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §355, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A3951
2011-2012: A4360
2013-2014: A2323
2017-2018: A1672, S1110
2019-2020: A6380, S692
2021-2022: A943, S3686
2023-2024: A27, S2049
2025-2026: A58, S2387

2015-A1587A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Permits persons 65 years of age to enroll in a limited number of state university courses for credit without tuition.

2015-A1587A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                 1587--A

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 12, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. MAGNARELLI, ORTIZ, SCHIMMINGER -- Multi-Sponsored
  by  -- M. of A. ABBATE, AUBRY, CLARK, COLTON, COOK, CYMBROWITZ, DINOW-
  ITZ, GANTT, HOOPER, MAGEE, WRIGHT -- read once  and  referred  to  the
  Committee  on  Higher Education -- committee discharged, bill amended,
  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation  to  authorizing  persons
  over age sixty-five to enroll in a limited number of SUNY credit hours
  without tuition

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

  Section 1. Subparagraph 1 of paragraph h of subdivision 2  of  section
355  of the education law, as separately amended by chapters 552 and 616
of the laws of 1985, is amended to read as follows:
  (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other  general,  special  or
local law, rule or regulation, such regulations may permit persons sixty
years  of  age  or  over to audit courses given therein without tuition,
examination, grading or credit therefor upon a space available basis, as
determined by the president of each such institution, provided that such
audit attendance does not deny course  attendance  at  a  state-operated
institution  by an individual who is otherwise qualified under the regu-
lations promulgated pursuant to  this  section.  FOR  PURPOSES  OF  THIS
SECTION,  PERSONS  SIXTY-FIVE  YEARS OF AGE OR OVER WHO ARE RESIDENTS OF
THE STATE SHALL BE ELIGIBLE TO TAKE NOT MORE THAN NINE CREDIT  HOURS  OF
COURSES FOR CREDIT PER SEMESTER WITHOUT TUITION.
  S  2. This act shall take effect on the first of April next succeeding
the date on which it shall have become a law.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD01750-05-5

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