Bill Text: NY A01516 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires schools to accept credits for educational programs at OCFS facilities as transfer credits.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-1)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - referred to education [A01516 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A01516-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1516

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 17, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  JEAN-PIERRE,  COOK, HEVESI, HYNDMAN, JOYNER,
          LUPARDO, McDONOUGH, SEAWRIGHT, SIMON -- read once and referred to  the
          Committee on Education

        AN  ACT  to amend the education law, in relation to requiring schools to
          accept credits for educational programs  at  office  of  children  and
          family services facilities as transfer credits

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Section 112 of the education law is amended by adding a new
     2  subdivision 1-a to read as follows:
     3    1-a. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, cred-
     4  its awarded by educational programs provided by facilities  operated  by
     5  the office of children and family services shall be accepted as transfer
     6  credits by any school within the state of New York.
     7    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.






         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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