Bill Text: NY A06400 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to telecommunication and correspondence courses.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - referred to higher education [A06400 Detail]
Download: New_York-2013-A06400-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6400 2013-2014 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y March 26, 2013 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ENGLEBRIGHT -- read once and referred to the Committee on Higher Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to telecommunications and correspondence courses THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. Section 355 of the education law is amended by adding a new 2 subdivision 20 to read as follows: 3 20. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, RULE OR REGULATION TO 4 THE CONTRARY, IN ORDER TO QUALIFY FOR STATE AID APPORTIONMENTS PURSUANT 5 TO THIS ARTICLE, AN INSTITUTION SHALL NOT BE CONSIDERED TO MEET THE 6 DEFINITION OF INSTITUTIONS PROVIDING HIGHER EDUCATION AS PROVIDED IN 7 THIS ARTICLE IF SUCH INSTITUTION OFFERS OR ENROLLS MORE THAN FIFTY 8 PERCENT OF SUCH INSTITUTION'S TOTAL NUMBER OF ALL COURSES BY TELECOMMU- 9 NICATIONS OR CORRESPONDENCE, EXCEPT THAT THE COMMISSIONER, AT THE 10 REQUEST OF SUCH INSTITUTION, MAY WAIVE THE APPLICABILITY OF THIS SUBDI- 11 VISION TO SUCH INSTITUTION FOR GOOD CAUSE, AS DETERMINED BY THE COMMIS- 12 SIONER. 13 S 2. Section 6221 of the education law is amended by adding a new 14 subdivision F to read as follows: 15 F. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, RULE OR REGULATION TO 16 THE CONTRARY, IN ORDER TO QUALIFY FOR STATE AID APPORTIONMENTS PURSUANT 17 TO THIS ARTICLE, AN INSTITUTION SHALL NOT BE CONSIDERED TO MEET THE 18 DEFINITION OF INSTITUTIONS PROVIDING HIGHER EDUCATION AS PROVIDED IN 19 THIS ARTICLE IF SUCH INSTITUTION OFFERS OR ENROLLS MORE THAN FIFTY 20 PERCENT OF SUCH INSTITUTION'S TOTAL NUMBER OF ALL COURSES BY TELECOMMU- 21 NICATIONS OR CORRESPONDENCE, EXCEPT THAT THE COMMISSIONER, AT THE 22 REQUEST OF SUCH INSTITUTION, MAY WAIVE THE APPLICABILITY OF THIS SUBDI- 23 VISION TO SUCH INSTITUTION FOR GOOD CAUSE, AS DETERMINED BY THE COMMIS- 24 SIONER. 25 S 3. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD09498-01-3