senate Bill S8755

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Requires the reimbursement of students who were disenrolled from the state university of New York or the city university of New York due to their COVID-19 vaccination status

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Higher Education Committee

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Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Apr 11, 2022 referred to higher education

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

S8755 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the reimbursement of students who were disenrolled from the state university of New York or the city university of New York for the fall 2021 term due to their COVID-19 vaccination status.

S8755 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S8755 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   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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