Bill Text: NY A04047 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Authorizes the board of trustees of the city university of New York to permit persons sixty years of age or over to take courses given without tuition, either for credit, or without examination, grading or credit therefor upon a space available basis, as determined by the president of each institution of the city university, provided that such attendance does not deny course attendance at the city university of New York by an individual who is otherwise qualified; eligible persons shall be limited to nine credit hours of courses for credit per semester without tuition.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - referred to higher education [A04047 Detail]
Download: New_York-2011-A04047-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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4047
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
February 1, 2011
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Introduced by M. of A. ENGLEBRIGHT -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Higher Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to authorizing the city
university trustees to make courses available for certain persons
sixty years of age or over
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 7 of section 6206 of the
2 education law, as added by chapter 344 of the laws of 1995, is amended
3 to read as follows:
4 (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other general, special or
5 local law, rule or regulation, the board of trustees may permit persons
6 sixty years of age or over to [audit] TAKE courses given therein without
7 tuition, EITHER FOR CREDIT OR WITHOUT examination, grading or credit
8 therefor upon a space available basis, as determined by the president of
9 each such institution, provided that such [audit] attendance does not
10 deny course attendance at the city university of New York by an individ-
11 ual who is otherwise qualified under this section. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS
12 PARAGRAPH, PERSONS SIXTY YEARS OF AGE OR OVER WHO ARE RESIDENTS OF THE
13 STATE SHALL BE ELIGIBLE TO TAKE NOT MORE THAN NINE CREDIT HOURS OF
14 COURSES FOR CREDIT PER SEMESTER WITHOUT TUITION.
15 S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of April next succeeding
16 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.
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