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Senate Bill S2159
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Higher Education Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
(R, C) Senate District
(R, C, Ind, WF) Senate District
(D, WF) 21st Senate District
2009-S2159 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Higher Education
- Law Section:
- Education Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd ยง355, Ed L
- Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
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S3443
2009-S2159 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S2159 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the education law, in relation to establishing a new category of tuition for non-resident students of the state university enrolled in distance learning courses PURPOSE : This bill will allow the SUNY Board of Trustees to establish a separate category of tuition for non-resident students who are enrolled in state university distance learning courses. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : The bill amends subparagraph 4 of paragraph h of subdivision 2 of section 355 of the education law to allow the SUNY board of Trustees to establish a separate category of tuition for non-resident students enrolled in distance learning courses. The bill provides that such resident tuition must be more than the tuition rates charged for resident students and less than tuition charged for non-resident students enrolled in distance learning courses. JUSTIFICATION : With the increased demands for access to higher education, one means of providing such access has been through the use of distance learning courses. These courses have little if any geographical boundaries, 'allowing colleges to offer courses to people anywhere in the country
2009-S2159 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2159 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E February 12, 2009 ___________ Introduced by Sens. LAVALLE, LARKIN, MORAHAN, PARKER -- 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 establishing a new category of tuition for non-resident students of the state university enrolled in distance learning courses THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subparagraph 4 of paragraph h of subdivision 2 of section 355 of the education law, as amended by chapter 309 of the laws of 1996, is amended to read as follows: (4) The trustees shall not impose a differential tuition charge based upon need or income. All students enrolled in programs leading to like degrees at state-operated institutions of the state university shall be charged a uniform rate of tuition except for differential tuition rates based on state residency. Provided, however, that the trustees may authorize the presidents of the colleges of technology and the colleges of agriculture and technology to set differing rates of tuition for each of the colleges for students enrolled in degree-granting programs lead- ing to an associate degree and non-degree granting programs so long as such tuition rate does not exceed the tuition rate charged to students who are enrolled in like degree programs or degree-granting undergradu- ate programs leading to a baccalaureate degree at other state-operated institutions of the state university of New York. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS SUBPARAGRAPH, THE TRUSTEES MAY AUTHORIZE THE SETTING OF A SEPARATE CATEGORY OF TUITION RATE, THAT SHALL BE GREATER THAN THE TUITION RATE FOR RESIDENT STUDENTS AND LESS THAN THE TUITION RATE FOR NON-RESIDENT STUDENTS, ONLY FOR STUDENTS ENROLLED IN DISTANCE LEARNING COURSES WHO ARE NOT RESIDENTS OF THE STATE. The trustees shall not adopt changes affecting tuition charges prior to the enactment of the annual budget. S 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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