Bill Text: NY A04660 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Extends certain educational benefits to eligible veterans.
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 12-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-07-14 - held for consideration in higher education [A04660 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-A04660-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4660 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 5, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. B. MILLER, BLANKENBUSH, FINCH, HAWLEY, LALOR -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. CROUCH, GARBARINO, RA -- read once and referred to the Committee on Higher Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to extending certain benefits to those with military service and an honorable discharge The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subparagraph 1 of paragraph h of subdivision 2 of section 2 355 of the education law, as separately amended by chapters 552 and 616 3 of the laws of 1985, is amended to read as follows: 4 (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other general, special or 5 local law, rule or regulation, such regulations may permit persons sixty 6 years of age or over or those with military service and an honorable 7 discharge to audit courses given therein without tuition, examination, 8 grading or credit therefor upon a space available basis, as determined 9 by the president of each such institution, provided that such audit 10 attendance does not deny course attendance at a state-operated institu- 11 tion by an individual who is otherwise qualified under the regulations 12 promulgated pursuant to this section. 13 § 2. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 7 of section 6206 of the education 14 law, as added by chapter 344 of the laws of 1995, is amended to read as 15 follows: 16 (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other general, special or 17 local law, rule or regulation, the board of trustees may permit persons 18 sixty years of age or over or those with military service and an honor- 19 able discharge to audit courses given therein without tuition, examina- 20 tion, grading or credit therefor upon a space available basis, as deter- 21 mined by the president of each such institution, provided that such 22 audit attendance does not deny course attendance at the city university 23 of New York by an individual who is otherwise qualified under this 24 section. 25 § 3. This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding 26 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. LBD06572-01-9
