Assembly Bill A1947

2013-2014 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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2013-A1947 (ACTIVE) - Details

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
2011-2012: A5256
2015-2016: A5707

2013-A1947 (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.

2013-A1947 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  1947

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 9, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. HOOPER -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. RIVERA,
  WEPRIN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Social Services

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  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, licensed trade school, registered business school,  or  a  two-
year college; provided, however, that such post-secondary education must
be  necessary  to the attainment of the participant's individual employ-
ment goal as set forth in the employability  plan  and  such  goal  must
relate  directly  to obtaining useful employment in a recognized occupa-
tion.
  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

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

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