Bill Text: NY S03485 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes the trustees of the state university to permit persons sixty years of age or over to take courses on a space available basis given therein for credit or without examination, without tuition; such eligible persons may take up to nine hours of courses for credit without tuition.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 17-10)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION [S03485 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S03485-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         3485
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   February 23, 2011
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       Introduced by Sens. FARLEY, ADDABBO, BRESLIN, DILAN, ESPAILLAT, FUSCHIL-
         LO,   GOLDEN,  GRIFFO,  GRISANTI,  HANNON,  JOHNSON,  KRUGER,  LARKIN,
         LAVALLE, LIBOUS, MARTINS, MAZIARZ, MONTGOMERY, O'MARA, PARKER, RANZEN-
         HOFER, SALAND, SAMPSON, SERRANO, SEWARD,  STAVISKY,  VALESKY  --  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 authorizing the  state
         university  trustees  to  make  courses  available for certain persons
         sixty years of age or over
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1     Section  1. Subparagraph 1 of paragraph h of subdivision 2 of section
    2  355 of the education law, as separately amended by chapters 552 and  616
    3  of the laws of 1985, is amended to read as follows:
    4    (1)  Notwithstanding  the  provisions of any other general, special or
    5  local law, rule or regulation, such regulations may permit persons sixty
    6  years of age or over to  [audit]  TAKE  courses  given  therein  without
    7  tuition,  EITHER  FOR  CREDIT, OR WITHOUT examination, grading or credit
    8  therefor upon a space available basis, as determined by the president of
    9  each such institution, provided that such [audit]  attendance  does  not
   10  deny  course attendance at a state-operated institution by an individual
   11  who is otherwise qualified under the regulations promulgated pursuant to
   12  this section. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, PERSONS SIXTY YEARS  OF  AGE
   13  OR  OVER  WHO  ARE  RESIDENTS OF THE STATE SHALL BE ELIGIBLE TO TAKE NOT
   14  MORE THAN NINE CREDIT HOURS OF COURSES FOR CREDIT PER  SEMESTER  WITHOUT
   15  TUITION.
   16    S  2. This act shall take effect on the first of April next succeeding
   17  the date on which it shall have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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