Bill Text: NY S01288 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes academic performance awards for incarcerated persons making such persons eligible to receive awards from the tuition assistance program.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION [S01288 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-S01288-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         1288
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   January 28, 2009
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       Introduced  by  Sens.  MONTGOMERY,  DUANE, HUNTLEY, SAMPSON, STAVISKY --
         read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to  be  committed  to
         the Committee on Higher Education
       AN  ACT  to  repeal  paragraph  d of subdivision 6 of section 661 of the
         education law relating to  eligibility  of  incarcerated  persons  for
         academic performance awards
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Paragraph d of subdivision 6 of section 661 of  the  educa-
    2  tion law is REPEALED.
    3    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD01485-01-9