Senate Bill S1813

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Establishes the volunteer firefighters and emergency medical service volunteer tuition assistance grant program

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Higher Education Committee


  • 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-S1813 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6902
Current Committee:
Senate Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §609-a, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S2697
2011-2012: S4724
2013-2014: S534
2015-2016: S650
2019-2020: S577, A4423

2017-S1813 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the volunteer firefighters and emergency medical service volunteer tuition assistance grant program; provides that counties shall have the option to establish such program by the enactment of a local law; provides for state reimbursement to counties for fifty percent of tuition assistance costs.

2017-S1813 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S1813 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1813
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 11, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. KENNEDY -- 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 establishing a  volun-
   teer  firefighters  and  emergency  medical  service volunteer tuition
   assistance grant program

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 609-a
 to read as follows:
   § 609-A. VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL  SERVICE  VOLUN-
 TEER  TUITION ASSISTANCE GRANT PROGRAM. 1. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION,
 THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   A. "VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER" SHALL MEAN AN ACTIVE VOLUNTEER MEMBER OF  A
 FIRE  COMPANY  OF  A  COUNTY,  A FIRE COMPANY OF A CITY, TOWN OR VILLAGE
 LOCATED WITHIN SUCH COUNTY, OR A FIRE DISTRICT FIRE  DEPARTMENT  LOCATED
 WITHIN  SUCH  COUNTY,  WHETHER  OR  NOT ANY SUCH COMPANY IS INCORPORATED
 UNDER ANY GENERAL OR SPECIAL LAW.
   B. "VOLUNTEER EMERGENCY  MEDICAL  SERVICE  PERSONNEL"  SHALL  MEAN  AN
 ACTIVE  VOLUNTEER MEMBER OF ANY EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE AS ESTABLISHED
 WITHIN A COUNTY, TOWN, VILLAGE OR CITY OR LOCAL TAX DISTRICT, WHETHER OR
 NOT ANY SUCH SERVICE IS INCORPORATED UNDER ANY GENERAL OR SPECIAL LAW.
   C. "AT LEAST A PART-TIME BASIS" SHALL MEAN ENROLLMENT FOR AT LEAST SIX
 HOURS PER SEMESTER OR FOUR HOURS PER QUARTER.
   D. "TUITION" SHALL MEAN THE TOTAL SEMESTER, QUARTER OR CLASSROOM  HOUR
 COST  OF  INSTRUCTION  TO THE STUDENT AT A STATE-OPERATED INSTITUTION OR
 COMMUNITY COLLEGE, AS DEFINED PURSUANT TO SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY OF
 THIS CHAPTER, EXCLUDING MANDATORY FEES, BOOK CHARGES AND ROOM AND BOARD.
   2. ANY COUNTY WITHIN THE STATE IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED, BY THE  ENACTMENT
 OF   A   LOCAL   LAW,   TO   ESTABLISH   AND   IMPLEMENT   A   VOLUNTEER
 FIREFIGHTERS/EMERGENCY  MEDICAL  SERVICE  VOLUNTEER  TUITION  ASSISTANCE
 GRANT    PROGRAM    TO   PROVIDE   TUITION   ASSISTANCE   TO   VOLUNTEER
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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