Bill Text: NY A09023 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to lowering the minimum required course load and permitting application prior to matriculation for the recruitment incentive and retention program for members of the New York state organized militia.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-12 - referred to higher education [A09023 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A09023-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
                                          9023
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 12, 2018
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        Introduced by M. of A. CUSICK -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Higher Education
        AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the recruitment incen-
          tive and retention program for members of the New York state organized
          militia,  reducing  the  minimum  required  course  load for part-time
          students and permitting application for the tuition benefit  prior  to
          matriculation
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Paragraph e of subdivision 3 of section 669-b of the educa-
     2  tion law, as added by chapter 268 of the laws of  1996,  is  amended  to
     3  read as follows:
     4    e.  The  term  "part-time  study" shall mean enrollment in an approved
     5  post-secondary degree program for at least [six]  three  but  less  than
     6  twelve  semester  hours,  or  the  equivalent  per semester, or at least
     7  [four] two but less than eight semester hours per quarter in an institu-
     8  tion.
     9    § 2. Section 669-b of the education law is amended  by  adding  a  new
    10  subdivision 3-a to read as follows:
    11    3-a.  Notwithstanding the provisions of any other general, special, or
    12  local law, rule, or regulation, any active  member  may  apply  for  the
    13  tuition  benefit  provided  by this section prior to matriculating at an
    14  institution.
    15    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately and  shall  be  deemed  to
    16  have  been in full force and effect on and after April 1, 2017 provided,
    17  however, that the amendments to section 669-b of the education law  made
    18  by  sections one and two of this act shall not affect the repeal of such
    19  section and shall be deemed repealed therewith.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13871-01-7