Bill Text: NY S04190 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Clarifies the definitions of vocational educational training and educational activities.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-04-16 - PRINT NUMBER 4190A [S04190 Detail]
Download: New_York-2009-S04190-Amended.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4190--A 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E April 16, 2009 ___________ Introduced by Sens. MONTGOMERY, DILAN, HASSELL-THOMPSON, KRUEGER, PARK- ER, SAMPSON, SCHNEIDERMAN, STAVISKY, THOMPSON -- (at request of the Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance) -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Social Services -- recommitted to the Committee on Social Services in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit- tee AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to clarifying the definitions of vocational educational training and educational activ- ities THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. Paragraph (h) of subdivision 1 of section 336 of the social 2 services law, as amended by chapter 214 of the laws of 1998, is amended 3 to read as follows: 4 (h) vocational educational training as time limited by federal law. 5 For the purposes of this title, "vocational educational training" shall 6 include but not be limited to organized educational programs offering a 7 sequence of courses which are directly related to the preparation of 8 individuals for current or emerging occupations [requiring other than a 9 baccalaureate or advanced degree] INCLUDING PROGRAMS THAT REQUIRE UP TO 10 FOUR YEARS OF POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION. Such programs shall include 11 competency-based applied learning which contributes to an individual's 12 academic knowledge, higher-order reasoning, and problem-solving skills, 13 work attitudes, general employability skills, and the occupational-spe- 14 cific skills necessary for economic independence. Such term also 15 includes applied technology education; 16 S 2. Subdivision 1 of section 336-a of the social services law, as 17 amended by section 148 of part B of chapter 436 of the laws of 1997, is 18 amended to read as follows: EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD07617-02-0 S. 4190--A 2 1 1. Social services districts shall make available vocational educa- 2 tional training and educational activities. Such activities may include 3 but need not be limited to, high school education or education designed 4 to prepare a participant for a high school equivalency certificate, 5 basic and remedial education, education in English proficiency and no 6 more than a total of [two] FOUR years of post-secondary education (or 7 the part-time equivalent if full-time study would constitute an undue 8 hardship) in any of the following providers which meet the performance 9 or assessment standards established in regulations by the commissioner 10 for such providers: a community college, licensed trade school, regis- 11 tered business school, or a two-year OR FOUR-YEAR college; provided, 12 however, that such post-secondary education must be necessary to the 13 attainment of the participant's individual employment goal as set forth 14 in the employability plan and such goal must relate directly to obtain- 15 ing useful employment in a recognized occupation. WHEN MAKING ANY 16 ASSIGNMENT TO ANY EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITY PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION, 17 SUCH ASSIGNMENT SHALL BE PERMITTED ONLY TO THE EXTENT THAT SUCH ASSIGN- 18 MENT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE INDIVIDUAL'S ASSESSMENT AND EMPLOYMENT PLAN 19 GOALS IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTIONS THREE HUNDRED THIRTY-FIVE AND THREE 20 HUNDRED THIRTY-FIVE-A OF THIS TITLE. 21 S 3. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 1 of section 131-n of the social 22 services law, as amended by chapter 373 of the laws of 2003, is amended 23 to read as follows: 24 (c) an amount up to one thousand four hundred dollars in a separate 25 bank account established by an individual while currently in receipt of 26 assistance for the purpose of paying tuition at a two-year OR FOUR-YEAR 27 accredited post-secondary educational institution, so long as the funds 28 are not used for any other purpose, 29 S 4. This act shall take effect April 1, 2010; provided, however, that 30 the amendments to paragraph (c) of subdivision 1 of section 131-n of the 31 social services law made by section three of this act shall not affect 32 the expiration of such section and shall be deemed to expire therewith.