Assembly Bill A8396

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to wages and benefits of staff at licensed private career schools

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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-A8396 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §5002, Ed L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A3307

2019-A8396 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the commissioner of education to promulgate rules and regulations to require licensed private career schools that utilize state public funding with regard to student tuition or other student expenses, to provide their staff with wages and benefits substantially equivalent with the wages and benefits for staff in public higher education institutions in the state.

2019-A8396 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8396
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               June 15, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. EPSTEIN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Higher Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to wages and benefits  of
   staff at licensed private career schools
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Section 5002 of the education law is amended  by  adding  a
 new subdivision 9 to read as follows:
   9.  THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS TO REQUIRE
 A SCHOOL LICENSED UNDER SECTION FIVE THOUSAND ONE OF  THIS  ARTICLE  AND
 UTILIZING  STATE  PUBLIC FUNDING WITH REGARD TO STUDENT TUITION OR OTHER
 STUDENT EXPENSES, TO PROVIDE ITS STAFF WITH WAGES AND BENEFITS  SUBSTAN-
 TIALLY EQUIVALENT WITH THE WAGES AND BENEFITS FOR STAFF IN PUBLIC HIGHER
 EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS IN THE STATE.
   §  2.  This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding
 the date on which it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the
 addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule  or  regulation  necessary
 for  the implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized
 and directed to be made and completed on or before such effective date.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11958-01-9

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