Senate Bill S4022

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Requires 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

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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-S4022 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A2372
Current Committee:
Senate Higher Education
Law Section:
Education
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S8107, A10285
2023-2024: S5556, A2233

2021-S4022 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires 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.

2021-S4022 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S4022 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4022
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 1, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  COMRIE,  GALLIVAN,  GOUNARDES, HOYLMAN, KAMINSKY,
   MYRIE -- 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.
                                                            LBD06782-01-1

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