Bill Text: NY S04022 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires SUNY and CUNY schools to refund students for housing credits and boarding charges used or charged for the period of time when such schools are closed or shut down due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION [S04022 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S04022-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4022

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    February 1, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sens.  COMRIE,  GALLIVAN,  GOUNARDES, HOYLMAN, KAMINSKY,
          MYRIE -- read twice and  ordered  printed,  and  when  printed  to  be
          committed to the Committee on Higher Education

        AN ACT in relation to requiring SUNY and CUNY schools to refund students
          for housing credits and boarding charges used or charged for the peri-
          od  of time when such schools are closed or shut down due to the coro-
          navirus pandemic

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

     1    Section  1.  Notwithstanding  any other provision of law, all colleges
     2  and universities of the state  university  of  New  York  and  the  city
     3  university  of New York that close or shut down as a result of the coro-
     4  navirus pandemic shall refund to each student attending such college  or
     5  university,  on  a  pro-rata  basis, that portion of housing credits and
     6  boarding charges used or charged for the period beginning March 11, 2020
     7  and ending on the date such  college  or  university  was  scheduled  to
     8  compete all classes and examinations for the spring semester of the 2020
     9  academic year.
    10    §  2. Such pro rata amount required to be refunded pursuant to section
    11  one  of  this  act  shall be determined individually by each college and
    12  university of the state university of New York and the  city  university
    13  of New York.
    14    §  3. This act shall take effect immediately.



         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD06782-01-1