Bill Text: NY A06104 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to educational or training work activity requirements; allows a local social services district to count an hour of homework time per course credit hour towards work participation requirements for public assistance recipients participating in educational or training activities.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-06 - enacting clause stricken [A06104 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A06104-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6104
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    February 28, 2019
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        Introduced  by M. of A. TITUS -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Social Services
        AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to  educational  or
          training work activity requirements
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Section 336 of the social services law is amended by adding
     2  a new subdivision 9 to read as follows:
     3    9. For any participant engaged in an educational or training  activity
     4  pursuant  to  paragraphs (h), (i), (j), (k) or (n) of subdivision one of
     5  this section, homework expected or required by the educational  institu-
     6  tion,  including  up  to  one  hour of unsupervised homework per hour of
     7  class time, plus additional hours of homework supervised by  the  educa-
     8  tional  institution,  shall  count  towards  satisfaction of the partic-
     9  ipant's work activity requirements under this title, to the extent  that
    10  such  participation  shall  not  impair  the need of the social services
    11  district to meet federal and state work activity participation  require-
    12  ments.
    13    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD07713-01-9