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                                  1672--A
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 12, 2017
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 Introduced by M. of A. MAGNARELLI, ORTIZ, SCHIMMINGER -- Multi-Sponsored
   by  --  M.  of  A.  ABBATE, AUBRY, COLTON, COOK, CYMBROWITZ, DINOWITZ,
   GANTT, HOOPER, MAGEE -- read once and referred  to  the  Committee  on
   Higher  Education  -- recommitted to the Committee on Higher Education
   in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2  --  committee  discharged,
   bill  amended,  ordered  reprinted  as amended and recommitted to said
   committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation  to  authorizing  persons
   over  age  sixty-five  to  enroll  in a limited number of SUNY or CUNY
   credit hours without tuition
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subparagraph 1 of paragraph h of subdivision 2 of section
 355 of the education law, as separately amended by chapters 552 and  616
 of the laws of 1985, is amended to read as follows:
   (1)  Notwithstanding  the  provisions of any other general, special or
 local law, rule or regulation, such regulations may permit persons sixty
 years of age or over to audit courses  given  therein  without  tuition,
 examination, grading or credit therefor upon a space available basis, as
 determined by the president of each such institution, provided that such
 audit  attendance  does  not  deny course attendance at a state-operated
 institution by an individual who is otherwise qualified under the  regu-
 lations  promulgated  pursuant  to  this  section.  FOR PURPOSES OF THIS
 SECTION, PERSONS SIXTY-FIVE YEARS OF AGE OR OVER WHO  ARE  RESIDENTS  OF
 THE  STATE  SHALL BE ELIGIBLE TO TAKE NOT MORE THAN NINE CREDIT HOURS OF
 COURSES FOR CREDIT PER SEMESTER WITHOUT TUITION.
   § 2. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 7 of section 6206 of  the  education
 law,  as added by chapter 344 of the laws of 1995, is amended to read as
 follows:
   (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other  general,  special  or
 local  law, rule or regulation, the board of trustees may permit persons

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

                                                            LBD00576-03-8

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 sixty years of age or  over  to  audit  courses  given  therein  without
 tuition,  examination, grading or credit therefor upon a space available
 basis, as determined by the president of each such institution, provided
 that  such  audit attendance does not deny course attendance at the city
 university of New York by an individual who is otherwise qualified under
 this section.  FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, PERSONS SIXTY-FIVE YEARS OF
 AGE OR OVER WHO ARE RESIDENTS OF THE STATE SHALL BE ELIGIBLE TO TAKE NOT
 MORE THAN NINE CREDIT HOURS OF COURSES FOR CREDIT PER  SEMESTER  WITHOUT
 TUITION.
   §  3. This act shall take effect on the first of April next succeeding
 the date on which it shall have become a law.