Bill Text: NY A06380 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Permits persons 65 years of age to enroll in a limited number of state university and city university courses for credit without tuition.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to higher education [A06380 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A06380-Introduced.html


                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6380
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                      March 7, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced by M. of A. MAGNARELLI, ORTIZ, SCHIMMINGER -- Multi-Sponsored
          by  --  M.  of  A.  ABBATE, AUBRY, COLTON, COOK, CYMBROWITZ, DINOWITZ,
          GANTT -- read once and referred to the Committee on Higher Education
        AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation  to  authorizing  persons
          over  age  sixty-five  to  enroll  in a limited number of SUNY or CUNY
          credit hours without tuition
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Subparagraph 1 of paragraph h of subdivision 2 of section
     2  355 of the education law, as separately amended by chapters 552 and  616
     3  of the laws of 1985, is amended to read as follows:
     4    (1)  Notwithstanding  the  provisions of any other general, special or
     5  local law, rule or regulation, such regulations may permit persons sixty
     6  years of age or over to audit courses  given  therein  without  tuition,
     7  examination, grading or credit therefor upon a space available basis, as
     8  determined by the president of each such institution, provided that such
     9  audit  attendance  does  not  deny course attendance at a state-operated
    10  institution by an individual who is otherwise qualified under the  regu-
    11  lations  promulgated  pursuant  to  this  section.  For purposes of this
    12  section, persons sixty-five years of age or over who  are  residents  of
    13  the  state  shall be eligible to take not more than nine credit hours of
    14  courses for credit per semester without tuition.
    15    § 2. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 7 of section 6206 of  the  education
    16  law,  as added by chapter 344 of the laws of 1995, is amended to read as
    17  follows:
    18    (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other  general,  special  or
    19  local  law, rule or regulation, the board of trustees may permit persons
    20  sixty years of age or  over  to  audit  courses  given  therein  without
    21  tuition,  examination, grading or credit therefor upon a space available
    22  basis, as determined by the president of each such institution, provided
    23  that such audit attendance does not deny course attendance at  the  city
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00092-01-9

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     1  university of New York by an individual who is otherwise qualified under
     2  this section.  For purposes of this section, persons sixty-five years of
     3  age or over who are residents of the state shall be eligible to take not
     4  more  than  nine credit hours of courses for credit per semester without
     5  tuition.
     6    § 3. This act shall take effect on the first of April next  succeeding
     7  the date on which it shall have become a law.
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