Bill Text: NY A08660 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 8660 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Requires schools to accept credits for educational programs at OCFS facilities as transfer credits.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 17-2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to education [A08660 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A08660-Introduced.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          8660

                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    October 21, 2019
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  JEAN-PIERRE,  BARRON,  BLAKE,  COOK, CRESPO,
          DE LA ROSA, D'URSO, ENGLEBRIGHT, GOTTFRIED, HEVESI,  HYNDMAN,  JOYNER,
          LUPARDO,  McDONOUGH,  MOSLEY,  RAIA,  SEAWRIGHT, SIMON, WRIGHT -- read
          once and referred to the Committee on Education

        AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring  schools  to
          accept  credits  for  educational  programs  at office of children and
          family services facilities as transfer credits

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Section 112 of the education law is amended by adding a new
     2  subdivision 1-a to read as follows:
     3    1-a. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, cred-
     4  its  awarded  by educational programs provided by facilities operated by
     5  the office of children and family services shall be accepted as transfer
     6  credits by any school within the state of New York.
     7    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.






         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD03544-01-9