Bill Text: NY A05774 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An act to amend the education law, in relation to certain tuition waivers for firefighters and fire officer students of the city university of New York; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - referred to higher education [A05774 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-A05774-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         5774
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 20, 2009
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       Introduced by M. of A. ABBATE -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Higher Education
       AN  ACT to amend the education law, in relation to certain tuition waiv-
         ers for firefighters and fire officer students of the city  university
         of  New  York;  and  providing  for the repeal of such provisions upon
         expiration thereof
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.    Subdivision  7  of section 6206 of the education law is
    2  amended by adding a new paragraph (d) to read as follows:
    3    (D) NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF ANY OTHER  GENERAL,  SPECIAL  OR
    4  LOCAL  LAW,  RULE  OR REGULATION, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES SHALL PROMULGATE
    5  REGULATIONS TO PERMIT FIREFIGHTERS AND FIRE OFFICERS EMPLOYED BY THE NEW
    6  YORK CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT, WHO  ARE  ENROLLED  IN  PROGRAMS  LEADING  TO
    7  BACCALAUREATE  OR HIGHER DEGREES AT A SENIOR COLLEGE OF THE CITY UNIVER-
    8  SITY TO ATTEND ONE COURSE WITHOUT TUITION, PROVIDED THAT SUCH COURSE  IS
    9  RELATED  TO  THEIR EMPLOYMENT AS FIREFIGHTERS AND FIRE OFFICERS AND THAT
   10  SUCH TUITION-WAIVED ATTENDANCE DOES NOT  DENY  COURSE  ATTENDANCE  AT  A
   11  SENIOR  COLLEGE OF THE CITY UNIVERSITY BY AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IS OTHERWISE
   12  QUALIFIED UNDER THIS SECTION.
   13    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall  expire  and  be
   14  deemed repealed July 1, 2011.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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