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Assembly Bill A2870

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Authorizes academic performance awards for incarcerated persons; repealer

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2015-A2870 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S975
Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Rpld §661 sub 6 ¶d, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S1288
2011-2012: A3837, S369
2013-2014: A3401, S1367
2017-2018: A3995, S3735
2019-2020: A3975, S790
2021-2022: A2322, S4464

2015-A2870 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes academic performance awards for incarcerated persons making such persons eligible to receive awards from the tuition assistance program.

2015-A2870 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  2870

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 20, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  AUBRY,  CLARK, MOSLEY, SCARBOROUGH, ROZIC --
  Multi-Sponsored by -- M.   of  A.  ARROYO,  PERRY  --  read  once  and
  referred to the Committee on Higher Education

AN  ACT  to  repeal  paragraph  d of subdivision 6 of section 661 of the
  education law relating to  eligibility  of  incarcerated  persons  for
  academic performance awards

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

  Section 1. Paragraph d of subdivision 6 of section 661 of  the  educa-
tion law is REPEALED.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.







 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD02232-01-5

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