Bill Text: NY S06434 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Relates to powers and duties of trustees; provides for in state tuition rates for active and retired military members enrolled in any state-operated institution of the state university, whether or not a resident of the state.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION [S06434 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S06434-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          6434

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                     April 28, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen. RITCHIE -- 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 powers and  duties  of
          trustees; in state tuition for active and retired military members

          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 2 of section 355 of  the  educa-
     2  tion law is amended by adding a new subparagraph 11 to read as follows:
     3    (11)  Notwithstanding  the provisions of any other general, special or
     4  local law, rule or regulation, such regulations  shall  further  provide
     5  that the payment of tuition and fees by any student in any state-operat-
     6  ed  institution  of  the  state  university  who is an active or retired
     7  member of the armed forces of the United States, whether or not a  resi-
     8  dent  of  the  state,  shall be paid at a rate or charge no greater than
     9  that imposed for students thereat who are residents of this state.
    10    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.






         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD08820-01-1
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