Bill Text: NY A06801 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 6801 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Bill Title: Relates to private school agents' certificates.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-06-15 - substituted by s4741b [A06801 Detail]

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         6801
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                     April 2, 2015
                                      ___________
       Introduced by M. of A. LENTOL -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Education
       AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to private school agent's
         certificates
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Paragraph a of subdivision 1 of section 5004 of the  educa-
    2  tion  law,  as  added  by chapter 887 of the laws of 1990, is amended to
    3  read as follows:
    4    a. No party may, for a consideration or remuneration procure,  solicit
    5  or  enroll  any student for instruction in or given by any school within
    6  or without the state of New York, unless (i) the  party  is  a  salaried
    7  employee  of  the  school  [and],  (ii)  the  party shall have secured a
    8  private school agent's certificate from the department pursuant to regu-
    9  lations of the commissioner, AND (III) THE PARTY  SERVES  AS  AN  ONLINE
   10  EDUCATION  MARKETPLACE  FACILITATING  INFORMATION  BETWEEN  STUDENTS AND
   11  SCHOOLS. UNDER THIS  SECTION  "ONLINE  EDUCATION  MARKETPLACE"  MEANS  A
   12  NEUTRAL  FORUM  IN  WHICH, OR BY MEANS OF WHICH, A STUDENT MAY ENROLL IN
   13  CLASSES FROM A SCHOOL, OR ARRANGES FOR THE EXCHANGE  OF  INFORMATION  OR
   14  MESSAGES BETWEEN THE STUDENT AND SCHOOL AND THE ONLINE EDUCATION MARKET-
   15  PLACE.
   16    S 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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