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Assembly Bill A7485

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to authorizing community colleges offering an associates degree program in nursing to offer a four-year bachelors degree program in nursing

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2025-A7485 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §6303, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A7915
2015-2016: A2680
2017-2018: A1005
2019-2020: A2849
2021-2022: A1725
2023-2024: A4647

2025-A7485 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes community colleges offering an associates degree program in nursing to offer a four-year bachelor degree program in nursing.

2025-A7485 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7485
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 28, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Higher Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to authorizing  community
   colleges  offering  an associates degree program in nursing to offer a
   four-year bachelors degree program in nursing

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  6303 of the education law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 7 to read as follows:
   7. NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF ANY  OTHER  GENERAL,  SPECIAL  OR
 LOCAL LAW, RULE OR REGULATION, COMMUNITY COLLEGES OFFERING AN ASSOCIATES
 DEGREE PROGRAM IN NURSING MAY OFFER A FOUR-YEAR BACHELORS DEGREE PROGRAM
 IN NURSING.
   §  2.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
 have become a law.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10724-01-5

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