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                                   2408
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 22, 2019
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 Introduced by M. of A. PICHARDO -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Higher Education
 
 AN  ACT to amend the education law, in relation to certain tuition waiv-
   ers for police officer students of the state university  of  New  York
   and  the  city university of New York; and providing for the repeal of
   certain provisions upon expiration thereof
 
   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 1-a to read as follows:
   (1-A) NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF ANY OTHER  PROVISION  OF  LAW,
 RULE  OR  REGULATION,  SUCH REGULATIONS SHALL PERMIT POLICE OFFICERS, AS
 SUCH TERM IS DEFINED IN SECTION TWO HUNDRED NINE-Q OF THE GENERAL MUNIC-
 IPAL LAW, WHO ARE ENROLLED IN PROGRAMS LEADING TO BACCALAUREATE OR HIGH-
 ER DEGREES AT STATE-OPERATED INSTITUTIONS OF  THE  STATE  UNIVERSITY  TO
 ATTEND  UP  TO  TWO  COURSES  PER  SEMESTER  OR QUARTER WITHOUT TUITION,
 PROVIDED THAT  SUCH  TUITION-WAIVED  ATTENDANCE  DOES  NOT  DENY  COURSE
 ATTENDANCE  AT  A  STATE-OPERATED  INSTITUTION  BY  AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IS
 OTHERWISE QUALIFIED UNDER THE REGULATIONS PROMULGATED PURSUANT  TO  THIS
 SECTION.
   §  2.  Paragraph (c) of subdivision 7 of section 6206 of the education
 law, as added by chapter 548 of the laws of 2004, is amended to read  as
 follows:
   (c)  Notwithstanding  the  provisions of any other general, special or
 local law, rule or regulation, the board of  trustees  shall  promulgate
 regulations  to  permit  [members of the New York city police department
 employed in the rank of police officer] POLICE OFFICERS, AS SUCH TERM IS
 DEFINED IN SECTION TWO HUNDRED NINE-Q OF THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW,  who
 are enrolled in programs leading to baccalaureate or higher degrees at a
 senior  college  of the city university to attend [one course] UP TO TWO
 COURSES PER SEMESTER OR QUARTER  without  tuition,  provided  that  such
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 [course is related to their employment as police officers and that such]
 tuition-waived  attendance  does  not deny course attendance at a senior
 college of the city university by an individual who is otherwise  quali-
 fied under this section.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately; provided that:
   1. section one of this act shall expire and be deemed repealed July 1,
 2021; and
   2. the amendments to paragraph (c) of subdivision 7 of section 6206 of
 the  education  law made by section two of this act shall not affect the
 expiration and repeal of such paragraph and shall expire and  be  deemed
 repealed therewith.