Senate Bill S8943

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to an engineering technology degree

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Higher Education Committee


  • 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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2021-S8943 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §7206, Ed L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
S1049

2021-S8943 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that an applicant with a bachelor's degree or higher in engineering technology and an applicant with a bachelor's degree or higher in engineering shall have the same number of education and experience credit requirements, shall have the same eligibility for an identification card as "an engineer in training", as well as examination and examination eligibility requirements.

2021-S8943 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S8943 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8943
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 29, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  COONEY -- 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  an  accredited  engi-
   neering technology degree
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Paragraph 2 of subdivision 1 of section 7206 of the  educa-
 tion  law,  as amended by chapter 465 of the laws of 2021, is amended to
 read as follows:
   (2) Education: have received an education, including a  bachelor's  or
 higher degree based on a program in engineering, AN ACCREDITED ENGINEER-
 ING TECHNOLOGY DEGREE, or the substantial equivalent, in accordance with
 the commissioner's regulations;
   §  2.  Section  7206  of  the education law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 5 to read as follows:
   5. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, AN APPLICANT  WITH  A  BACHELOR'S
 DEGREE OR HIGHER IN ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY AND AN APPLICANT WITH A BACH-
 ELOR'S  DEGREE  OR  HIGHER  IN ENGINEERING SHALL HAVE THE SAME NUMBER OF
 EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE CREDIT REQUIREMENTS, SHALL HAVE THE SAME ELIGI-
 BILITY FOR AN IDENTIFICATION CARD AS AN "ENGINEER IN TRAINING", AS  WELL
 AS  EXAMINATION  AND EXAMINATION ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS, IN ACCORDANCE
 WITH THE COMMISSIONER'S REGULATIONS.
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law and shall apply to applications for licensure
 as a professional engineer received on or  after  such  effective  date.
 Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule
 or regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its effec-
 tive  date  are  authorized  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.
                                                            LBD15589-01-2



              

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