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Senate Bill S3686

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Permits persons 65 years of age to enroll in a limited number of state university and city university courses for credit without tuition

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2021-S3686 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A943
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§355 & 6206, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A3951
2011-2012: A4360
2013-2014: A2323
2015-2016: S3807, A1587
2017-2018: S1110, A1672
2019-2020: S692, A6380
2023-2024: S2049, A27
2025-2026: S2387, A58

2021-S3686 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Permits persons 65 years of age to enroll in a limited number of state university and city university courses for credit without tuition.

2021-S3686 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S3686 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3686
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 30, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  FELDER -- 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  authorizing  persons
   over  age  sixty-five  to  enroll  in a limited number of SUNY or CUNY
   credit hours without tuition

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subparagraph 1 of paragraph h of subdivision 2 of section
 355 of the education law, as separately amended by chapters 552 and  616
 of the laws of 1985, is amended to read as follows:
   (1)  Notwithstanding  the  provisions of any other general, special or
 local law, rule or regulation, such regulations may permit persons sixty
 years of age or over to audit courses  given  therein  without  tuition,
 examination, grading or credit therefor upon a space available basis, as
 determined by the president of each such institution, provided that such
 audit  attendance  does  not  deny course attendance at a state-operated
 institution by an individual who is otherwise qualified under the  regu-
 lations  promulgated  pursuant  to  this  section.  FOR PURPOSES OF THIS
 SECTION, PERSONS SIXTY-FIVE YEARS OF AGE OR OVER WHO  ARE  RESIDENTS  OF
 THE  STATE  SHALL BE ELIGIBLE TO TAKE NOT MORE THAN NINE CREDIT HOURS OF
 COURSES FOR CREDIT PER SEMESTER WITHOUT TUITION.
   § 2. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 7 of section 6206 of  the  education
 law,  as added by chapter 344 of the laws of 1995, is amended to read as
 follows:
   (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other  general,  special  or
 local  law, rule or regulation, the board of trustees may permit persons
 sixty years of age or  over  to  audit  courses  given  therein  without
 tuition,  examination, grading or credit therefor upon a space available
 basis, as determined by the president of each such institution, provided
 that such audit attendance does not deny course attendance at  the  city
 university of New York by an individual who is otherwise qualified under
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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