Assembly Bill A3438

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Permits greater availability of adult education programs for the elderly

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2015-A3438 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §4604, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A4568
2011-2012: A4941, A8944
2013-2014: A791
2017-2018: A5447
2019-2020: A3956

2015-A3438 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes senior citizen extension schools to provide courses and activities of special interest to the health, welfare, and recreational needs of persons over sixty years of age.

2015-A3438 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  3438

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 22, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. WEPRIN -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. GOLDFED-
  ER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education

AN  ACT to amend the education law, in relation to availability of adult
  education programs for the elderly

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

  Section  1.  Subdivision  1  of  section  4604 of the education law is
amended by adding a new paragraph d to read as follows:
  D. SENIOR CITIZEN EXTENSION SCHOOLS PROVIDING INSTRUCTION IN  SUBJECTS
SPECIFIED  IN PARAGRAPHS A, B AND C OF THIS SUBDIVISION AS WELL AS OTHER
COURSES AND ACTIVITIES OF  SPECIAL  INTEREST  RELATING  TO  THE  HEALTH,
WELFARE,  AND  RECREATIONAL  NEEDS  OF  PERSONS OVER SIXTY YEARS OF AGE.
SUCH SENIOR CITIZEN EXTENSION SCHOOLS MAY BE ESTABLISHED AND  MAINTAINED
EITHER  AT  EXISTING  DAY AND EVENING SCHOOLS FOR ADULTS, AT CENTERS FOR
SENIOR CITIZENS, AT HOUSING PROJECTS OR DEVELOPMENTS WHEREVER A SUBSTAN-
TIAL NUMBER OF DWELLING UNITS ARE OCCUPIED BY PERSONS OVER  SIXTY  YEARS
OF AGE OR AT SUCH OTHER SUITABLE PLACE OR PLACES AS MAY BE DESIGNATED BY
THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF SUCH SCHOOL DISTRICT.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD07338-01-5

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