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Assembly Bill A5447

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Permits greater availability of adult education programs for the elderly

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2017-A5447 (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
2015-2016: A3438
2019-2020: A3956

2017-A5447 (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.

2017-A5447 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5447
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 9, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. WEPRIN -- 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.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09531-01-7

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