NY State Senate Bill S2680A

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
May 25, 2022	referred to higher education delivered to assembly passed senate
May 11, 2022	advanced to third reading
May 10, 2022	2nd report cal.
May 09, 2022	1st report cal.1130
Jan 05, 2022	referred to veterans, homeland security and military affairs returned to senate died in assembly
Feb 09, 2021	referred to higher education delivered to assembly passed senate
Feb 03, 2021	advanced to third reading
Feb 02, 2021	2nd report cal.
Feb 01, 2021	1st report cal.219
Jan 26, 2021	committee discharged and committed to veterans, homeland security and military affairs print number 2680a
Jan 26, 2021	amend and recommit to higher education
Jan 22, 2021	referred to higher education

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S2680 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A8255
Current Committee:: Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:: Education Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §§355 & 6206, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2011-2012: S3950
2013-2014: S3403
2015-2016: S4233
2017-2018: S3674
2019-2020: S2741
2023-2024: S1669, A2802

S2680 - Summary

Allows the granting of academic credit at state or city operated institutions to veterans.

S2680 - Sponsor Memo

 
BILL NUMBER: S2680

SPONSOR: ADDABBO
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the education law, in relation to granting academic
credit at state operated institutions of the state university of New
York and the city university of New York to veterans

 
PURPOSE:

Allows the granting of academic credit at state operated institutions to
veterans.

 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

Section 1: Section 355 of the education law is amended by adding a new
subdivision 20 to the education law to state that State operated insti-
tutions must recognize courses and award educational credits for courses
that were part of a veteran's military training or service if the cours-
es meet the standards of the American Council on Education or equivalent

standards for awarding academic credits.

Section 2: Specifies effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Military service members receive an education each day, whether it is on
the battlefield, through training, or through on the job experience.
Based on their military experiences and training, service members may
have college credit recommendations to apply toward a degree requirement
or program of study.

Earning college credit can be accomplished in a number of ways. The
military transcript of a service member is recognized by the American
Council on Education (ACE), the national accrediting agency, who
convenes teams of teaching faculty who travel to military installations
to evaluate military training courses and occupation-based skills, know-
ledge, and abilities. These evaluations are conducted to determine the
learning acquired through these experiences. Team members review train-
ing materials for programs of instruction, including lesson plans,
instructor materials, and examination materials. The evaluators also
interview service members, their supervisors, and subject-matter
specialists.

Review teams then determine if the demonstrated learning outcomes are
equivalent, in part or in whole, to the learning outcomes derived from
college level coursework. Equivalencies are then expressed as credit
recommendations that are quantified in terms of semester hours and qual-
ified in terms of course titles or academic areas. ACE is the only high-
er education organization that represents presidents and chancellors of
all types of U.S. accredited, degree-granting institutions: community
colleges and four-year institutions, private and public universities,
and nonprofit and for profit colleges. This cross-sector membership
enables ACE to serve as higher education's unifying voice.

For more than 60 years, ACE has reviewed and made credit recommendations
for thousands of college level courses offered by the military services.
In 1974, ACE started the evaluation of military occupational specialties
as well. Institutions of higher learning operating in New York state
often accept the military transcript as a source of transfer credit.
They law should be clarified to state that they shall always accept
those courses which are certified by ACE as credit-worthy.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2019: S. 2741A - Passed Senate.
2020: S. 2741A - Passed Senate.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
Shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding the date on which
it shall become a law.

S2680 - Bill Text download pdf

 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2680
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 22, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  ADDABBO, BROOKS, GAUGHRAN, HARCKHAM, KAPLAN, LIU,
   SANDERS -- 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 granting academic
   credit at state operated institutions of the state university  of  New
   York and the city university of New York to veterans
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 355 of the education law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 20 to read as follows:
   20. (A) FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, THE TERM "VETERAN"  MEANS  A
 RESIDENT  OF  THIS STATE, WHO HAS SERVED IN THE ACTIVE MILITARY OR NAVAL
 SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES,  AND  WHO  HAS  BEEN  RELEASED  FROM  SUCH
 SERVICE  UNDER  HONORABLE  CONDITIONS, OR WHO HAS BEEN FURLOUGHED TO THE
 RESERVE, OR HAS RESUMED SERVICE BACK IN THE NEW YORK STATE ARMY NATIONAL
 GUARD, NEW YORK AIR NATIONAL GUARD, OR NEW YORK NAVAL MILITIA.
   (B) EVERY VETERAN WHO IS ENROLLED ON A FULL-TIME BASIS  AS  AN  UNDER-
 GRADUATE  STUDENT  IN  GOOD STANDING, AT AN INSTITUTION WITHIN THE STATE
 UNIVERSITY SYSTEM, SHALL UPON APPLICATION BE  GRANTED  ACADEMIC  CREDITS
 WITHOUT  LIMITATION  TOWARDS HIS OR HER DEGREE FOR COMPLETION OF COURSES
 THAT WERE PART OF SUCH VETERAN'S MILITARY TRAINING  OR  SERVICE  IF  THE
 COMPLETED  COURSES  MEET  THE STANDARDS OF THE INSTITUTION AWARDING SUCH
 CREDITS. NO FEE, TUITION OR OTHER CHARGE SHALL  BE  ASSESSED  AGAINST  A
 VETERAN WHO QUALIFIES FOR SUCH CREDIT PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION.
   (C) THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES SHALL ADOPT SUCH PROCEDURES AS ARE NECESSARY
 TO FULLY IMPLEMENT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
   §  2.  Section  6206  of  the education law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 20 to read as follows:
   20. (A) FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, THE TERM "VETERAN"  MEANS  A
 RESIDENT  OF  THIS STATE, WHO HAS SERVED IN THE ACTIVE MILITARY OR NAVAL
 SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES,  AND  WHO  HAS  BEEN  RELEASED  FROM  SUCH
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD05081-01-1

 S. 2680                             2
 
 SERVICE  UNDER  HONORABLE  CONDITIONS, OR WHO HAS BEEN FURLOUGHED TO THE
 RESERVE, OR HAS RESUMED SERVICE BACK IN THE NEW YORK STATE ARMY NATIONAL
 GUARD, NEW YORK AIR NATIONAL GUARD, OR NEW YORK NAVAL MILITIA.
   (B)  EVERY  VETERAN  WHO IS ENROLLED ON A FULL-TIME BASIS AS AN UNDER-
 GRADUATE STUDENT IN GOOD STANDING, AT AN  INSTITUTION  WITHIN  THE  CITY
 UNIVERSITY  SYSTEM,  SHALL  UPON APPLICATION BE GRANTED ACADEMIC CREDITS
 WITHOUT LIMITATION TOWARDS HIS OR HER DEGREE FOR COMPLETION  OF  COURSES
 THAT  WERE  PART  OF  SUCH VETERAN'S MILITARY TRAINING OR SERVICE IF THE
 COMPLETED COURSES MEET THE STANDARDS OF THE  INSTITUTION  AWARDING  SUCH
 CREDITS.  NO  FEE,  TUITION  OR OTHER CHARGE SHALL BE ASSESSED AGAINST A
 VETERAN WHO QUALIFIES FOR SUCH CREDIT PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION.
   (C) THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES SHALL ADOPT SUCH PROCEDURES AS ARE NECESSARY
 TO FULLY IMPLEMENT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the first of July  next  succeeding
 the date on which it shall have become a law.

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S2680A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A8255
Current Committee:: Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:: Education Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §§355 & 6206, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2011-2012: S3950
2013-2014: S3403
2015-2016: S4233
2017-2018: S3674
2019-2020: S2741
2023-2024: S1669, A2802

S2680A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Allows the granting of academic credit at state or city operated institutions to veterans.

S2680A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

 
BILL NUMBER: S2680A

SPONSOR: ADDABBO
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the education law, in relation to granting academic
credit at state operated institutions of the state university of New
York and the city university of New York to veterans

 
PURPOSE:

Allows the granting of academic credit at state operated institutions to
veterans.

 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

Section 1:Section 355 of the education law is amended by adding a new
subdivision 20 to the education law to state that State operated insti-
tutions must recognize courses and award educational credits for courses
that were part of a veteran's military training or service if the cours-
es meet the standards of the American Council on Education or equivalent
standards for awarding academic credits.

Section 2: Specifies effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Military service members receive an education each day, whether it is on
the battlefield, through training, or through on the job experience.
Based on their military experiences and training, service members may
have college credit recommendations to apply toward a degree requirement
or program of study.

Earning college credit can be accomplished in a number of ways. The
military transcript of a service member is recognized by the American
Council on Education (ACE), the national accrediting agency, who
convenes teams of teaching faculty who travel to military installations
to evaluate military training courses and occupation-based skills, know-
ledge, and abilities. These evaluations are conducted to determine the
learning acquired through these experiences. Team members review train-
ing materials for programs of instruction, including lesson plans,
instructor materials, and examination materials. The evaluators also
interview service members, their supervisors, and subject-matter
specialists.

Review teams then determine if the demonstrated learning outcomes are
equivalent, in part or in whole, to the learning outcomes derived from
college level coursework. Equivalencies are then expressed as credit
recommendations that are quantified in terms of semester hours and qual-
ified in terms of course titles or academic areas. ACE is the only high-
er education organization that represents presidents and chancellors of
all types of U.S. accredited, degree-granting institutions: community
colleges and four-year institutions, private and public universities,
and nonprofit and for profit colleges. This cross-sector membership
enables ACE to serve as higher education's unifying voice.

For more than 60 years, ACE has reviewed and made credit recommendations
for thousands of college level courses offered by the military services.
In 1974, ACE started the evaluation of military occupational specialties
often as well. Institutions of higher learning operating in New York
state often accept the military transcript as a source of transfer cred-
it. They law should be clarified to state that they shall always accept
those courses which are certified by ACE as credit-worthy.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2019: S. 2741A - Passed Senate.

2020: S. 2741A - Passed Senate.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
Shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding the date on which
it shall become a law.

S2680A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  2680--A
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 22, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  ADDABBO, BROOKS, GAUGHRAN, HARCKHAM, KAPLAN, LIU,
   SANDERS -- read twice and ordered printed,  and  when  printed  to  be
   committed   to   the   Committee  on  Higher  Education  --  committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the education law,  in  relation  to  granting  academic
   credit  at  state operated institutions of the state university of New
   York and the city university of New York to veterans
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 355 of the education law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 21 to read as follows:
   21.  A.  FOR  PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, THE TERM "VETERAN" MEANS A
 PERSON WHO SERVED IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY, NAVY, AIR  FORCE,  MARINES,
 COAST GUARD, AND/OR RESERVES THEREOF, AND/OR IN THE ARMY NATIONAL GUARD,
 AIR NATIONAL GUARD, NEW YORK GUARD AND/OR NEW YORK NAVAL MILITIA AND WHO
 (1) HAS RECEIVED AN HONORABLE OR GENERAL DISCHARGE FROM SUCH SERVICE, OR
 (2)  HAS  A  QUALIFYING  CONDITION,  AS DEFINED IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED
 FIFTY OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, AND HAS RECEIVED A DISCHARGE OTHER THAN  BAD
 CONDUCT  OR  DISHONORABLE FROM SUCH SERVICE, OR (3) IS A DISCHARGED LGBT
 VETERAN, AS DEFINED IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW,
 AND HAS RECEIVED A DISCHARGE OTHER THAN BAD CONDUCT OR DISHONORABLE FROM
 SUCH SERVICE.
   B. EVERY VETERAN WHO IS ENROLLED ON A FULL-TIME BASIS AS AN UNDERGRAD-
 UATE STUDENT IN GOOD  STANDING,  AT  AN  INSTITUTION  WITHIN  THE  STATE
 UNIVERSITY  SYSTEM,  SHALL  UPON APPLICATION BE GRANTED ACADEMIC CREDITS
 WITHOUT LIMITATION TOWARDS HIS OR HER DEGREE FOR COMPLETION  OF  COURSES
 THAT  WERE  PART  OF  SUCH VETERAN'S MILITARY TRAINING OR SERVICE IF THE
 COMPLETED COURSES MEET THE STANDARDS OF THE  INSTITUTION  AWARDING  SUCH
 CREDITS.  NO  FEE,  TUITION  OR OTHER CHARGE SHALL BE ASSESSED AGAINST A
 VETERAN WHO QUALIFIES FOR SUCH CREDIT PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD05081-03-1

 S. 2680--A                          2
 
   C. THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES SHALL ADOPT SUCH PROCEDURES AS ARE  NECESSARY
 TO FULLY IMPLEMENT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
   §  2.  Section  6206  of  the education law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 21 to read as follows:
   21. A. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, THE TERM  "VETERAN"  MEANS  A
 PERSON  WHO  SERVED IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY, NAVY, AIR FORCE, MARINES,
 COAST GUARD, AND/OR RESERVES THEREOF, AND/OR IN THE ARMY NATIONAL GUARD,
 AIR NATIONAL GUARD, NEW YORK GUARD AND/OR NEW YORK NAVAL MILITIA AND WHO
 (1) HAS RECEIVED AN HONORABLE OR GENERAL DISCHARGE FROM SUCH SERVICE, OR
 (2) HAS A QUALIFYING CONDITION, AS  DEFINED  IN  SECTION  THREE  HUNDRED
 FIFTY  OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, AND HAS RECEIVED A DISCHARGE OTHER THAN BAD
 CONDUCT OR DISHONORABLE FROM SUCH SERVICE, OR (3) IS A  DISCHARGED  LGBT
 VETERAN, AS DEFINED IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW,
 AND HAS RECEIVED A DISCHARGE OTHER THAN BAD CONDUCT OR DISHONORABLE FROM
 SUCH SERVICE.
   B. EVERY VETERAN WHO IS ENROLLED ON A FULL-TIME BASIS AS AN UNDERGRAD-
 UATE STUDENT IN GOOD STANDING, AT AN INSTITUTION WITHIN THE CITY UNIVER-
 SITY  SYSTEM, SHALL UPON APPLICATION BE GRANTED ACADEMIC CREDITS WITHOUT
 LIMITATION TOWARDS HIS OR HER DEGREE FOR COMPLETION OF COURSES THAT WERE
 PART OF SUCH VETERAN'S MILITARY TRAINING OR  SERVICE  IF  THE  COMPLETED
 COURSES  MEET THE STANDARDS OF THE INSTITUTION AWARDING SUCH CREDITS. NO
 FEE, TUITION OR OTHER CHARGE SHALL BE ASSESSED  AGAINST  A  VETERAN  WHO
 QUALIFIES FOR SUCH CREDIT PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION.
   C.  THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES SHALL ADOPT SUCH PROCEDURES AS ARE NECESSARY
 TO FULLY IMPLEMENT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the first of July  next  succeeding
 the date on which it shall have become a law.

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May 25, 2022 - floor Vote

Floor Vote: May 25, 2022

May 9, 2022 - Veterans, Homeland Security and Military Affairs committee Vote

Veterans, Homeland Security and Military Affairs Committee Vote: May 9, 2022

Feb 9, 2021 - floor Vote

Floor Vote: Feb 9, 2021

Feb 1, 2021 - Veterans, Homeland Security and Military Affairs committee Vote

Veterans, Homeland Security and Military Affairs Committee Vote: Feb 1, 2021

Bill Amendments

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S2680 - Details

S2680 - Summary

S2680 - Sponsor Memo

S2680 - Bill Text download pdf

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S2680A (ACTIVE) - Details

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S2680A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

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May 25, 2022 - floor Vote

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May 9, 2022 - Veterans, Homeland Security and Military Affairs committee Vote

Veterans, Homeland Security and Military Affairs Committee Vote: May 9, 2022

Feb 9, 2021 - floor Vote

Floor Vote: Feb 9, 2021

Feb 1, 2021 - Veterans, Homeland Security and Military Affairs committee Vote

Veterans, Homeland Security and Military Affairs Committee Vote: Feb 1, 2021

Bill Amendments

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S2680 - Details

S2680 - Summary

S2680 - Sponsor Memo

S2680 - Bill Text download pdf

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S2680A (ACTIVE) - Details

S2680A (ACTIVE) - Summary

S2680A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S2680A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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