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Senate Bill S7110

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to certain requirements of the recruitment incentive and retention program for members of the New York state organized militia

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2017-S7110 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9023
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §669-b, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S209
2021-2022: S3633
2023-2024: S990
2025-2026: S2579

2017-S7110 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to lowering the minimum required course load and permitting application prior to matriculation for the recruitment incentive and retention program for members of the New York state organized militia.

2017-S7110 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S7110 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7110
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 3, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  ORTT  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the recruitment incen-
   tive and retention program for members of the New York state organized
   militia, reducing the  minimum  required  course  load  for  part-time
   students  and  permitting application for the tuition benefit prior to
   matriculation
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph e of subdivision 3 of section 669-b of the educa-
 tion  law,  as  added  by chapter 268 of the laws of 1996, is amended to
 read as follows:
   e. The term "part-time study" shall mean  enrollment  in  an  approved
 post-secondary  degree  program  for  at least [six] THREE but less than
 twelve semester hours, or the  equivalent  per  semester,  or  at  least
 [four] TWO but less than eight semester hours per quarter in an institu-
 tion.
   §  2.  Section  669-b  of the education law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 3-a to read as follows:
   3-A. NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF ANY OTHER GENERAL, SPECIAL,  OR
 LOCAL  LAW,  RULE,  OR  REGULATION,  ANY ACTIVE MEMBER MAY APPLY FOR THE
 TUITION BENEFIT PROVIDED BY THIS SECTION PRIOR TO  MATRICULATING  AT  AN
 INSTITUTION.
   §  3.  This  act  shall take effect immediately and shall be deemed to
 have been in full force and effect on and after April 1, 2017  provided,
 however,  that the amendments to section 669-b of the education law made
 by sections one and two of this act shall not affect the repeal of  such
 section and shall be deemed repealed therewith.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13871-01-7

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