Senate Bill S3172

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Provides a program fee option for graduate students to allow continued access to certain facilities within the state university

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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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2015-S3172 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §355, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S1550
2011-2012: S1789
2013-2014: S295

2015-S3172 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides a program fee option to allow graduate students who have taken at least 30 credits towards the completion of a degree to maintain access to certain facilities within the state university in order to continue a research project or to pursue other academic requirements.

2015-S3172 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S3172 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  3172

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 3, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by Sen. STAVISKY -- 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  providing  a  program
  fee option for graduate students

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

  Section 1. Paragraph h of subdivision 2 of section 355 of  the  educa-
tion law is amended by adding a new subparagraph 10 to read as follows:
  (10) THE TRUSTEES SHALL ALSO ESTABLISH AN ACCESS FEE OPTION THAT WOULD
ALLOW A STUDENT WHO IS A CANDIDATE FOR A GRADUATE OR PROFESSIONAL DEGREE
AND  HAS  COMPLETED  AT  LEAST  THIRTY  CREDITS,  AND  IS  ON LEAVE FROM
FULL-TIME STUDY, TO MAINTAIN ACCESS TO  CERTAIN  FACILITIES  WITHIN  THE
STATE  UNIVERSITY SUCH AS LIBRARIES, COMPUTERS AND/OR STUDENT CENTERS IN
ORDER TO CONTINUE  A  RESEARCH  PROJECT  OR  TO  PURSUE  OTHER  ACADEMIC
REQUIREMENTS ESTABLISHED BY THE STATE UNIVERSITY, WITHOUT BEING ENROLLED
IN  REGULAR  CREDIT  COURSES.  SUCH FEE SHALL NOT EXCEED THE COST OF ONE
CREDIT OF THE STUDENT'S PROGRAM OF GRADUATE OR DOCTORATE COURSE WORK  AS
ESTABLISHED BY THE TRUSTEES OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD04955-01-5

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