Bill Text: NY A04776 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 4776 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: An act to amend the education law, in relation to including senior citizen students auditing community college classes in the full time equivalent state aid formula

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - referred to higher education [A04776 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-A04776-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4776
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 6, 2009
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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 including senior citi-
         zen students auditing community  college  classes  in  the  full  time
         equivalent state aid formula
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Subdivision 5 of section 6303  of  the  education  law,  as
    2  amended  by  chapter  552  of  the  laws  of 1984, is amended to read as
    3  follows:
    4    5. Notwithstanding the provisions of any  other  general,  special  or
    5  local  law,  rule  or  regulation, community colleges may permit persons
    6  sixty years of age or  over  to  audit  courses  given  therein  without
    7  tuition,  examination, grading or credit therefor upon a space available
    8  basis, subject to the provisions of section sixty-three hundred four  of
    9  this  [chapter]  ARTICLE,  as  determined  by the president of each such
   10  institution, provided that such audit attendance does  not  deny  course
   11  attendance  at  a  community  college  by an individual who is otherwise
   12  qualified under the regulations and the  provisions  of  section  sixty-
   13  three  hundred  four  of this [chapter] ARTICLE.  The provisions of this
   14  [paragraph] SUBDIVISION shall not affect  any  state  aid  to  community
   15  colleges  granted  pursuant  to  THIS article [one hundred twenty-six of
   16  this chapter].  FOR THE PURPOSES OF DETERMINING STATE AID TO SUCH INSTI-
   17  TUTIONS, SUCH PERSONS SIXTY YEARS OF AGE OR OVER WHO AUDIT CLASSES SHALL
   18  BE INCLUDED IN THE FULL TIME EQUIVALENT STATE AID FORMULA.
   19    S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of July  next  succeeding
   20  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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