Bill Text: NY A05520 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced


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: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-15 - enacting clause stricken [A05520 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A05520-Introduced.html
                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
       ________________________________________________________________________
                                         5520
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 28, 2013
                                      ___________
       Introduced  by M. of A. GABRYSZAK, MAISEL, LUPARDO -- Multi-Sponsored by
         -- M. of A. CAMARA, COOK, HEASTIE, V. LOPEZ, MAGEE, ROBINSON, SWEENEY,
         WEISENBERG -- read once and referred to the Committee on Higher Educa-
         tion
       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.
                                                                  LBD09150-01-3
feedback