Bill Text: NY A06423 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Extends certain educational benefits to eligible veterans.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 8-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - referred to higher education [A06423 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A06423-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6423
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                      March 7, 2017
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  B. MILLER, GRAF, HAWLEY, TITONE, SIMANOWITZ,
          LALOR, FINCH, BLANKENBUSH -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.  of  A.  CROUCH,
          GARBARINO,  LOPEZ,  McLAUGHLIN,  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
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  of  New  York  by  an  individual  who is otherwise qualified under this
     2  section.
     3    §  3.  This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding
     4  the date on which it shall have become a law.