Senate Bill S5556

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires SUNY and CUNY schools to refund students for housing credits and boarding charges used or charged for the period of time when such schools are closed or shut down due to the coronavirus pandemic

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Higher Education Committee

  • 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-S5556 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A2233
Current Committee:
Senate Higher Education
Law Section:
Education
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S8107, A10285
2021-2022: S4022, A2372

2023-S5556 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires SUNY and CUNY schools to refund students for housing credits and boarding charges used or charged for the period of time when such schools are closed or shut down due to the coronavirus pandemic.

2023-S5556 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S5556 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5556
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               March 8, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education
 
 AN ACT in relation to requiring SUNY and CUNY schools to refund students
   for housing credits and boarding charges used or charged for the peri-
   od of time when such schools are closed or shut down due to the  coro-
   navirus pandemic
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of  law,  all  colleges
 and  universities  of  the  state  university  of  New York and the city
 university of New York that close or shut down as a result of the  coro-
 navirus  pandemic shall refund to each student attending such college or
 university, on a pro-rata basis, that portion  of  housing  credits  and
 boarding charges used or charged for the period beginning March 11, 2020
 and  ending  on  the  date  such  college or university was scheduled to
 compete all classes and examinations for the spring semester of the 2020
 academic year.
   §  2. Such pro rata amount required to be refunded pursuant to section
 one of this act shall be determined individually  by  each  college  and
 university  of  the state university of New York and the city university
 of New York.
   §  3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03758-01-3

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