Assembly Bill A5256

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Allows college coursework to be credited as a work activity which may be used toward fulfilling the employment requirements for public assistance benefits

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  • 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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2011-A5256 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1062
Current Committee:
Assembly Social Services
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง336-a, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A10496, A368, S2162
2013-2014: A1947, S621
2015-2016: A5707, S2861
2017-2018: S2698
2019-2020: S4870
2021-2022: S5286
2023-2024: S6696

2011-A5256 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Allows college coursework to be credited as a work activity which may be used toward fulfilling the employment requirements for public assistance benefits under certain conditions.

2011-A5256 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  5256

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 14, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  HOOPER,  WEPRIN,  P. RIVERA -- read once and
  referred to the Committee on Higher Education

AN ACT to amend the social services law, in  relation  to  access  to  a
  college  education  by public assistance recipients who are subject to
  work participation requirements

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

  Section  1.  Section  336-a  of the social services law, as amended by
section 148 of part B of chapter 436 of the laws of 1997, is amended  to
read as follows:
  S  336-a.  Educational  activities. 1. Social services districts shall
make available vocational educational training  and  educational  activ-
ities.  Such  activities  may  include  but need not be limited to, high
school education or education designed to prepare a  participant  for  a
high  school  equivalency  certificate,  basic  and  remedial education,
education in English proficiency and no more than a total of [two]  FOUR
years  of post-secondary education (or the part-time equivalent if full-
time study would constitute an undue hardship) in any of  the  following
providers which meet the performance or assessment standards established
in  regulations  by  the  commissioner for such providers:   a community
college OR A TWO-YEAR COLLEGE, licensed trade school,  registered  busi-
ness  school, or a [two-year] FOUR-YEAR college; provided, however, that
such post-secondary education must be necessary to the attainment of the
participant's individual employment goal as set forth in the employabil-
ity plan and such goal must relate directly to obtaining useful  employ-
ment in a recognized occupation.
  2.  When  a district contracts with a proprietary vocational school to
provide vocational educational training to participants, not  more  than
[twenty-five]  FIFTY  percent  of  the  approved duration of the program
shall be devoted to preparation for a high school equivalency diploma or
instruction in English for students with limited proficiency in English.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD01717-01-1
              

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