Bill Text: NY A03498 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the education law, in relation to tuition assistance awards to part-time students at for-profit colleges having degree-granting authority.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 19-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - referred to higher education [A03498 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A03498-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         3498
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 25, 2011
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       Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  GABRYSZAK, P. RIVERA, BING, MAISEL, LUPARDO,
         KELLNER, SCHROEDER -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.  of  A.  CAMARA,  COOK,
         DESTITO, HEASTIE, V. LOPEZ, MAGEE, PHEFFER, REILLY, ROBINSON, SWEENEY,
         TOWNS,  WEISENBERG -- read once and referred to the Committee on Hous-
         ing
       AN ACT to amend the education law, in  relation  to  tuition  assistance
         awards to part-time students at for-profit colleges
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 667-c of  the  education  law,  as
    2  added  by  section  1  of  part  N of chapter 58 of the laws of 2006, is
    3  amended to read as follows:
    4    1. Notwithstanding any law, rule or regulation to  the  contrary,  the
    5  president  of the higher education services corporation is authorized to
    6  make tuition assistance program awards to part-time students enrolled at
    7  the state university, a community college, the city  university  of  New
    8  York,  [and]  a  non-profit  college  or  university incorporated by the
    9  regents or by  the  legislature,  AND  A  FOR-PROFIT  COLLEGE  THAT  HAS
   10  DEGREE-GRANTING AUTHORITY, who meet all requirements for tuition assist-
   11  ance program awards except for the students' part-time attendance.
   12    S  2. This act shall take effect on the first of April next succeeding
   13  the date on which it shall have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD04114-01-1