Assembly Bill A6423

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Extends certain educational benefits to eligible veterans

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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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2017-A6423 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§355 & 6206, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A8549
2011-2012: A6713
2013-2014: A1808
2015-2016: A3862
2019-2020: A4660

2017-A6423 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Extends certain educational benefits to eligible veterans.

2017-A6423 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6423
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               March 7, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  B. MILLER, GRAF, HAWLEY, TITONE, SIMANOWITZ,
   LALOR, FINCH, BLANKENBUSH -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.  of  A.  CROUCH,
   GARBARINO,  LOPEZ,  McLAUGHLIN,  RA  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Higher Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law,  in  relation  to  extending  certain
   benefits to those with military service and an honorable discharge
 
   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 OR THOSE WITH MILITARY SERVICE AND AN HONORABLE
 DISCHARGE 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 institu-
 tion by an individual who is otherwise qualified under  the  regulations
 promulgated pursuant to this section.
   §  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
 sixty  years of age or over OR THOSE WITH MILITARY SERVICE AND AN HONOR-
 ABLE DISCHARGE to audit courses given therein without tuition,  examina-
 tion, grading or credit therefor upon a space available basis, as deter-
 mined  by  the  president  of  each such institution, provided that such
 audit attendance does not deny course attendance at the city  university

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09412-01-7

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