Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jun 02, 2016 |
held for consideration in higher education |
Mar 10, 2016 |
referred to higher education |
Assembly Bill A9503
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
LENTOL
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2015-A9503 (ACTIVE) - Details
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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