Assembly Bill A3253

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Allows college coursework to be credited as a work activity which may be used toward fulfilling the employment requirements for public assistance benefits

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  • 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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2023-A3253 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6696
Current Committee:
Assembly Social Services
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §336-a, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S2162
2011-2012: S1062
2013-2014: S621
2015-2016: A8586, S2861
2017-2018: A974, S2698
2019-2020: A1918, S4870
2021-2022: A3416, S5286

2023-A3253 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Allows college coursework to be credited as a work activity which may be used toward fulfilling the employment requirements for public assistance benefits under certain conditions.

2023-A3253 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3253
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 2, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  CUNNINGHAM  -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Social Services
 
 AN ACT to amend the social services law, in  relation  to  access  to  a
   college  education  by public assistance recipients who are subject to
   work participation requirements

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  336-a  of the social services law, as amended by
 section 148 of part B of chapter 436 of the laws of 1997, subdivision  1
 as  amended  by  chapter  275 of the laws of 2017, is amended to read as
 follows:
   § 336-a. Educational activities. 1. Social  services  districts  shall
 make  available  vocational  educational training and educational activ-
 ities.  Such activities may include but need not  be  limited  to,  high
 school  education  or  education designed to prepare a participant for a
 high school  equivalency  certificate,  basic  and  remedial  education,
 education  in  English proficiency, education or a course of instruction
 in financial literacy and personal finance that includes instruction  on
 household  cash  management  techniques,  career advice to obtain a well
 paying and secure job, using checking and  savings  accounts,  obtaining
 and  utilizing short and long term credit, securing a loan or other long
 term financing arrangement for high cost items, participation in a high-
 er education course of instruction or trade school, and no more  than  a
 total of four years of post-secondary education (or the part-time equiv-
 alent).  Educational  activities pursuant to this section may be offered
 with any of the  following  providers  which  meet  the  performance  or
 assessment  standards established in regulations by the commissioner for
 such providers: a community college, licensed trade  school,  registered
 business  school, or a two-year or four-year college; provided, however,
 that such post-secondary education must be necessary to  the  attainment
 of  the  participant's  individual  employment  goal as set forth in the
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07682-01-3
              

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