Senate Bill S975

2015-2016 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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2015-S975 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A2870
Current Committee:
Senate Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Rpld §661 sub 6 ¶d, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S1288
2011-2012: S369, A3837
2013-2014: S1367, A3401
2017-2018: S3735, A3995
2019-2020: S790, A3975
2021-2022: S4464, A2322

2015-S975 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2015-S975 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S975 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                   975

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             January 7, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  MONTGOMERY  -- 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tion law is REPEALED.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.
                                                           LBD02232-01-5

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