Assembly Bill A4063

2017-2018 Legislative Session

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

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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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2017-A4063 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S885
Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§6206 & 355, Ed L
Versions Introduced in 2015-2016 Legislative Session:
A9503, S6908

2017-A4063 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2017-A4063 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4063
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 1, 2017
                                ___________
 
 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.
   §  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
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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