Assembly Bill A2428

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to clarifying the definitions of vocational educational training and educational activities

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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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2019-A2428 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Social Services
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §336-a, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A1827
2011-2012: A2471
2013-2014: A3473
2015-2016: A3884
2017-2018: A3040
2021-2022: A1848
2023-2024: A9602

2019-A2428 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to clarifying the definitions of vocational educational training and educational activities.

2019-A2428 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2428
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 22, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. HEVESI, PERRY, BARRON -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.
   of  A.  GOTTFRIED -- read once and referred to the Committee on Social
   Services
 
 AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to  clarifying  the
   definitions  of vocational educational training and educational activ-
   ities

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Subdivision 1 of section 336-a of the social services law,
 as amended by chapter 275 of the laws of 2017, is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   1.  Social  services  districts shall make available vocational educa-
 tional training and educational activities.  Such activities [may] SHALL
 include but need not be limited to, high school education  or  education
 designed  to prepare a participant for a high school equivalency certif-
 icate, basic and remedial education, education in  English  proficiency,
 education  or a course of instruction in financial literacy and personal
 finance that includes instruction on  household  cash  management  tech-
 niques,  career  advice  to  obtain  a well paying and secure job, using
 checking and savings accounts, obtaining and utilizing  short  and  long
 term  credit,  securing  a loan or other long term financing arrangement
 for high cost items, participation  in  a  higher  education  course  of
 instruction  or  trade school, and no more than a total of four years of
 post-secondary education  (or  the  part-time  equivalent).  Educational
 activities  pursuant  to  this  section  may  be offered with any of the
 following providers which meet the performance or  assessment  standards
 established  in  regulations  by  the commissioner for such providers: a
 community college, licensed trade school, registered business school, or
 a two-year or four-year college; provided, however, that such  post-sec-
 ondary  education  must  be  necessary  to the attainment of the partic-
 ipant's individual employment goal as set  forth  in  the  employability

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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