| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| Mar 23, 2020 |
referred to higher education |
Senate Bill S8107
2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) 14th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Higher Education Committee
Actions
co-Sponsors
(R, C) 60th Senate District
(D) 26th Senate District
(D, WF) 47th Senate District
(D) Senate District
2019-S8107 (ACTIVE) - Details
2019-S8107 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S8107
SPONSOR: COMRIE
TITLE OF BILL:
An act in relation to requiring SUNY and CUNY schools to refund students
for housing credits and boarding charges used or charged for the period
of time when such schools are closed or shut down due to the coronavirus
pandemic
PURPOSE:
To ensure that SUNY and CUNY students are made whole for housing credits
and boarding charges that they incurred for the Spring 2020 Semester
which effectively ended on March 11, 2020 when normal activities at the
institution were shut down.
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
This bill requires all SUNY and CUNY colleges and universities that shut
down as a result of the coronavirus pandemic to refund. Or a pro-rata
2019-S8107 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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8107
I N S E N A T E
March 23, 2020
___________
Introduced by Sen. COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education
AN ACT in relation to requiring SUNY and CUNY schools to refund students
for housing credits and boarding charges used or charged for the peri-
od of time when such schools are closed or shut down due to the coro-
navirus pandemic
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all colleges
and universities of the state university of New York and the city
university of New York that close or shut down as a result of the coro-
navirus pandemic shall refund to each student attending such college or
university, on a pro-rata basis, that portion of housing credits and
boarding charges used or charged for the period beginning March 11, 2020
and ending on the date such college or university was scheduled to
compete all classes and examinations for the spring semester of the 2020
academic year.
§ 2. Such pro rata amount required to be refunded pursuant to section
one of this act shall be determined individually by each college and
university of the state university of New York and the city university
of New York.
§ 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD16005-01-0
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