Bill Text: NY S00793 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Allows CUNY community college students to transfer all earned credits to a New York state university.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION [S00793 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S00793-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           793

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                     January 6, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education

        AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to  transferring  credits
          from a CUNY community college to a New York state university

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Section 6303 of the education law is amended  by  adding  a
     2  new subdivision 3-a to read as follows:
     3    3-a.  City university of New York community college curricula shall be
     4  designed to enable students the ability to  transfer  credits  for  such
     5  curricula  to  a  state  university.  Such transferable credits shall be
     6  accepted by a state university or accepted as an equivalent credit to  a
     7  course provided by such university.
     8    §  2.  The  education  law is amended by adding a new section 208-b to
     9  read as follows:
    10    § 208-b. City university of New York  community  college  credentials;
    11  transfers.  The state university shall collaborate with the city univer-
    12  sity of New York trustees to ensure students  the  ability  to  transfer
    13  curricula  credits  from a city university of New York community college
    14  to a state university.  Such transferable credits shall be accepted by a
    15  state university or  accepted  as  an  equivalent  credit  to  a  course
    16  provided by such university.
    17    §  3.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
    18  have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
    19  repeal of any rule or regulation necessary  for  the  implementation  of
    20  this  act  on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed
    21  on or before such effective date.


         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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