Bill Text: NY S01637 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 1637 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Requires regulations to permit tuition waivers for two courses for firefighter students in baccalaureate/higher degree CUNY programs.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-01-03 - REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION [S01637 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S01637-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1637
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    January 10, 2017
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  Sen.  GOLDEN -- 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 certain tuition  waiv-
          ers  for firefighters and fire officer students of the city university
          of New York; and providing for the  repeal  of  such  provisions  upon
          expiration thereof
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1.  Subdivision 7 of section 6206  of  the  education  law  is
     2  amended by adding a new paragraph (d) to read as follows:
     3    (d)  Notwithstanding  the  provisions of any other general, special or
     4  local law, rule or regulation, the board of  trustees  shall  promulgate
     5  regulations to permit firefighters and fire officers employed by the New
     6  York  city  fire  department,  who  are  enrolled in programs leading to
     7  baccalaureate or higher degrees at a senior college of the city  univer-
     8  sity  to  attend two courses without tuition, provided that such courses
     9  are related to their employment as firefighters and  fire  officers  and
    10  that such tuition-waived attendance does not deny course attendance at a
    11  senior  college of the city university by an individual who is otherwise
    12  qualified under this section.
    13    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall  expire  and  be
    14  deemed repealed July 1, 2020.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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