Bill Text: NY A08660 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires schools to accept credits for educational programs at OCFS facilities as transfer credits.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 17-2)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to education [A08660 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-A08660-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8660 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY October 21, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. JEAN-PIERRE, BARRON, BLAKE, COOK, CRESPO, DE LA ROSA, D'URSO, ENGLEBRIGHT, GOTTFRIED, HEVESI, HYNDMAN, JOYNER, LUPARDO, McDONOUGH, MOSLEY, RAIA, SEAWRIGHT, SIMON, WRIGHT -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring schools to accept credits for educational programs at office of children and family services facilities as transfer credits The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 112 of the education law is amended by adding a new 2 subdivision 1-a to read as follows: 3 1-a. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, cred- 4 its awarded by educational programs provided by facilities operated by 5 the office of children and family services shall be accepted as transfer 6 credits by any school within the state of New York. 7 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD03544-01-9