Bill Text: NY S03674 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Allows the granting of academic credit at state or city operated institutions to veterans.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-05-08 - referred to higher education [S03674 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S03674-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         3674--B
            Cal. No. 300
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    January 25, 2017
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        Introduced  by  Sens. ADDABBO, AVELLA, BRESLIN, COMRIE, HOYLMAN, PARKER,
          SANDERS -- read twice and ordered printed,  and  when  printed  to  be
          committed to the Committee on Veterans, Homeland Security and Military
          Affairs  --  reported  favorably from said committee, ordered to first
          and second report, ordered to a third  reading,  amended  and  ordered
          reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading -- recom-
          mitted  to  the  Committee on Veterans, Homeland Security and Military
          Affairs in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- reported favorably
          from said committee, ordered to first report, amended on first report,
          ordered to a second report and ordered reprinted, retaining its  place
          in the order of second report
        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  education law, in relation to granting academic
          credit at state operated institutions of the state university  of  New
          York  and  the  senior  colleges of the city university of New York to
          veterans
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 669-i
     2  to read as follows:
     3    § 669-i. Course credit for veterans. 1. For purposes of this  section,
     4  the term "veteran" means a resident of this state, who has served in the
     5  active  military or naval service of the United States, and who has been
     6  released from such service by means of an honorable  discharge,  or  who
     7  has  been  furloughed to the reserve, or has resumed service back in the
     8  New York State Army National Guard, New York Air National Guard, or  New
     9  York Naval Militia.
    10    2. Every veteran who is enrolled on a full-time basis as an undergrad-
    11  uate  student  in  good  standing,  at  an  institution within the state
    12  university system or the city university system, shall upon  application
    13  be granted academic credits without limitation towards his or her degree
    14  for  completion  of  courses  that  were part of such veteran's military
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  training or service if the completed courses meet the standards  of  the
     2  American  council  on  education  or  its equivalent for the awarding of
     3  academic credits. No fee, tuition or  other  charge  shall  be  assessed
     4  against  a  veteran  who  qualifies  for  such  credit  pursuant to this
     5  section.
     6    3. The boards of trustees of the state university and the city univer-
     7  sity of New York shall adopt such procedures as are necessary  to  fully
     8  implement the provisions of this section.
     9    §  2.  This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding
    10  the date on which it shall have become a law.