| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| Apr 11, 2022 |
referred to higher education |
Senate Bill S8755
2021-2022 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C) 57th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Higher Education Committee
Actions
2021-S8755 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A9565
- Current Committee:
- Senate Higher Education
- Law Section:
- Education Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add §224-b, Ed L
2021-S8755 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S8755
SPONSOR: BORRELLO
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the education law, in relation to requiring the
reimbursement of students who were disenrolled from the state university
of New York or the city university of New York for the fall two thousand
twenty-one term due to their COIVD-19 vaccination status
PURPOSE::
To compensate SUNY students who were unjustly penalized for their fail-
ure to comply with vaccination requirements within the sanctioned 35-day
grace period.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS::
Section 1 of the education law is amended to include section 244-b which
Would allow reimbursement for SUNY students attending an institution of
higher learning who were disenrolled due to their COVID vaccination
status for any cost of enrollment and, for any term they were disen-
2021-S8755 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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8755
I N S E N A T E
April 11, 2022
___________
Introduced by Sen. BORRELLO -- 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 requiring the
reimbursement of students who were disenrolled from the state univer-
sity of New York or the city university of New York for the fall two
thousand twenty-one term due to their COIVD-19 vaccination status
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 224-b
to read as follows:
§ 224-B. REIMBURSEMENT FOR DISENROLLMENT DUE TO COVID-19 VACCINATION
STATUS. ANY PERSON WHO WAS DISENROLLED FROM THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW
YORK OR THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK FOR THE FALL TWO THOUSAND TWEN-
TY-ONE TERM DUE TO THEIR COVID-19 VACCINATION STATUS SHALL BE REIMBURSED
BY SUCH INSTITUTION FOR ANY COSTS OF ENROLLMENT PAID BY SUCH PERSON FOR
SUCH TERM.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD14830-04-2
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