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Assembly Bill A5188

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to educational or training work activity requirements

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2017-A5188 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §336, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A9808
2015-2016: A4206
2019-2020: A6104

2017-A5188 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to educational or training work activity requirements; allows a local social services district to count an hour of homework time per course credit hour towards work participation requirements for public assistance recipients participating in educational or training activities.

2017-A5188 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5188
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 6, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. TITUS -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Social Services
 
 AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to  educational  or
   training work activity requirements
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Section 336 of the social services law is amended by adding
 a new subdivision 9 to read as follows:
   9. FOR ANY PARTICIPANT ENGAGED IN AN EDUCATIONAL OR TRAINING  ACTIVITY
 PURSUANT  TO  PARAGRAPHS (H), (I), (J), (K) OR (N) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF
 THIS SECTION, HOMEWORK EXPECTED OR REQUIRED BY THE EDUCATIONAL  INSTITU-
 TION,  INCLUDING  UP  TO  ONE  HOUR OF UNSUPERVISED HOMEWORK PER HOUR OF
 CLASS TIME, PLUS ADDITIONAL HOURS OF HOMEWORK SUPERVISED BY  THE  EDUCA-
 TIONAL  INSTITUTION,  SHALL  COUNT  TOWARDS  SATISFACTION OF THE PARTIC-
 IPANT'S WORK ACTIVITY REQUIREMENTS UNDER THIS TITLE, TO THE EXTENT  THAT
 SUCH  PARTICIPATION  SHALL  NOT  IMPAIR  THE NEED OF THE SOCIAL SERVICES
 DISTRICT TO MEET FEDERAL AND STATE WORK ACTIVITY PARTICIPATION  REQUIRE-
 MENTS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02805-01-7

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