Senate Bill S1288

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Authorizes academic performance awards for incarcerated persons; repealer

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Higher Education Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2009-S1288 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Rpld §661 sub 6 ¶d, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S369
2013-2014: S1367
2015-2016: S975
2017-2018: S3735
2019-2020: S790
2021-2022: S4464

2009-S1288 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes academic performance awards for incarcerated persons making such persons eligible to receive awards from the tuition assistance program.

2009-S1288 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S1288 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  1288

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 28, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sens.  MONTGOMERY,  DUANE, HUNTLEY, SAMPSON, STAVISKY --
  read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to  be  committed  to
  the Committee on Higher Education

AN  ACT  to  repeal  paragraph  d of subdivision 6 of section 661 of the
  education law relating to  eligibility  of  incarcerated  persons  for
  academic performance awards

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Paragraph d of subdivision 6 of section 661 of  the  educa-
tion law is REPEALED.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.







 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD01485-01-9

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