Assembly Bill A1543

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Grants volunteer firefighters and emergency medical technicians academic credit at SUNY and CUNY

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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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2023-A1543 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §669-i, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A8382
2021-2022: A889
2025-2026: A4679

2023-A1543 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Grants volunteer firefighters and emergency medical technicians academic credit at state operated institutions of the state university of New York and the senior colleges of the city university of New York to the extent of three academic credits per year, and 6 credits in the aggregate; provides that no fee, tuition or other charge shall be assessed against a volunteer firefighter or emergency medical technician who qualifies for such credit; directs the board of trustees of the state university and the city university of New York to adopt necessary procedures.

2023-A1543 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1543
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 17, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  WALLACE,  JENSEN,  SIMPSON  -- read once and
   referred to the Committee on Higher Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law,  in  relation  to  granting  academic
   credit  at  state operated institutions of the state university of New
   York and the senior colleges of the city university  of  New  York  to
   volunteer firefighters and emergency medical technicians
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section  669-i
 to read as follows:
   §  669-I.    COURSE  CREDIT  FOR  VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS AND EMERGENCY
 MEDICAL TECHNICIANS.  1. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE TERM  "VOLUN-
 TEER FIREFIGHTER" SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS PROVIDED FOR IN SECTION
 THREE OF THE VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS' BENEFIT LAW.
   2. EVERY VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN WHO IS
 ALSO  ENROLLED  ON A FULL-TIME BASIS AS AN UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT IN GOOD
 STANDING, AT AN INSTITUTION WITHIN THE STATE  UNIVERSITY  SYSTEM,  SHALL
 UPON  APPLICATION  BE  GRANTED UP TO THREE ACADEMIC CREDITS PER YEAR AND
 SIX CREDITS IN THE AGGREGATE TOWARDS HIS OR HER DEGREE. NO FEE,  TUITION
 OR  OTHER  CHARGE  SHALL  BE ASSESSED AGAINST A VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER OR
 EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN WHO QUALIFIES FOR SUCH CREDIT  PURSUANT  TO
 THIS SECTION.
   3.  THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY AND THE CITY UNIVER-
 SITY OF NEW YORK SHALL ADOPT SUCH PROCEDURES AS ARE NECESSARY  TO  FULLY
 IMPLEMENT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION.
   §  2.  This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding
 the date on which it shall have become a law.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01222-01-3

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