Bill Text: NY A04335 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: An act to amend the education law, in relation to establishing a candidacy period for institutions seeking the authority to grant degrees
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-06-23 - enacting clause stricken [A04335 Detail]
Download: New_York-2009-A04335-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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4335
2009-2010 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
February 3, 2009
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Introduced by M. of A. SEMINERIO -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Higher Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to establishing a candi-
dacy period for institutions seeking the authority to grant degrees
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 218 of the education law, as added
2 by chapter 1160 of the laws of 1971, is amended to read as follows:
3 2. No institution shall be given power to confer associate degrees in
4 this state unless it shall possess financial resources which, in the
5 judgment of the regents, are adequate to insure satisfactory conduct of
6 its degree programs and achievement of its stated educational goals. NO
7 LICENSED PRIVATE SCHOOL OR INSTITUTION SHALL BE AUTHORIZED TO CONFER ANY
8 DEGREES UNTIL IT HAS BEEN EVALUATED BY THE DEPARTMENT AND BOARD OF
9 REGENTS FOLLOWING A CANDIDACY PERIOD OF AT LEAST THREE YEARS.
10 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD08118-01-9
