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                                   10673
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              August 12, 2022
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 Introduced  by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Solages) --
   read once and referred to the Committee on  Corporations,  Authorities
   and Commissions
 
 AN  ACT  to  direct the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to provide
   discounted monthly passes to college and career education students for
   the purpose of commuting to and from classes

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  a.  Notwithstanding  any  provision  to the contrary, the
 Metropolitan Transportation Authority ("the Authority") shall extend the
 provisions  of  its  Monthly  Tickets  for  Schools  program   providing
 discounted  monthly  transportation passes to include students utilizing
 the Long Island Railroad and the Metro-North Commuter  Railroad  Company
 to  commute  to  attend  post-secondary  education  classes at qualified
 colleges, universities and career education schools.  The  extension  of
 the  program shall be known as the College and Career Education Partner-
 ship Program.
   b. In order to qualify for the the College and Career Education  Part-
 nership Program, a college, university or career education school must:
   (i)  be  accredited  by  the  New  York State Board of Regents and the
 Commissioner of Education  or  accredited  by  a  nationally  recognized
 accrediting agency or association accepted as such by the regents of the
 state of New York;
   (ii)  make  application  to  the  Authority to be added to the list of
 colleges, universities and career education  schools  approved  for  the
 program; and
   (iii)  upon notification of Authority approval, provide access through
 its official website for full-time college and career education students
 attending the college, university or career education school to register
 through their website for the reduced fee passes.
   c. A qualifying college may be a community college.
   d. Any full-time student attending a qualifying college, university or
 career education school may purchase the reduced fare pass. A student in
 their final term prior to graduating from a qualifying college,  univer-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 sity  or  career  education school shall qualify to purchase the reduced
 fare pass, even if such student is not carrying a full-time course load.
   e.  Passes issued through the College and Career Education Partnership
 Program shall offer a minimum monthly discount of 25% off the full-price
 cost of a monthly pass for students.
   f. The College and  Career  Education  Partnership  Program  shall  be
 implemented  by the Authority prior to the commencement of the 2022-2023
 school year and shall apply to  that  school  year  and  all  subsequent
 school years.  The Authority shall not pay any costs or expenses related
 to  the  reduced  fare program from its operating or capital budgets and
 may only implement the reduced fare program with funds  appropriated  to
 it by the State of New York for such purpose.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.