Bill Text: NY S00367 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Grants volunteer firefighters and emergency medical technicians academic credit at state operated institutions of the state university of New York and the senior colleges of the city university of New York to the extent of six credits per year, and 60 credits in the aggregate; provides that no fee, tuition or other charge shall be assessed against a volunteer firefighter or emergency medical technician who qualifies for such credit; directs the board of trustees of the state university and the city university of New York to adopt necessary procedures.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION [S00367 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S00367-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          367
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 5, 2011
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  ROBACH -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education
       AN ACT to amend the education law,  in  relation  to  granting  academic
         credit  at  state operated institutions of the state university of New
         York and the senior colleges of the city university  of  New  York  to
         volunteer firefighters and emergency medical technicians
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section  669-e
    2  to read as follows:
    3    S  669-E.    COURSE  CREDIT  FOR  VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS AND EMERGENCY
    4  MEDICAL TECHNICIANS.  1. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE TERM  "VOLUN-
    5  TEER FIREFIGHTER" SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS PROVIDED FOR IN SECTION
    6  THREE OF THE VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS' BENEFIT LAW.
    7    2. EVERY VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN WHO IS
    8  ALSO  ENROLLED  ON A FULL-TIME BASIS AS AN UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT IN GOOD
    9  STANDING, AT AN INSTITUTION WITHIN THE STATE  UNIVERSITY  SYSTEM,  SHALL
   10  UPON  APPLICATION  BE  GRANTED  SIX  ACADEMIC CREDITS PER YEAR AND SIXTY
   11  CREDITS IN THE AGGREGATE TOWARDS HIS OR HER DEGREE. NO FEE,  TUITION  OR
   12  OTHER  CHARGE SHALL BE ASSESSED AGAINST A VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER OR EMER-
   13  GENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN WHO QUALIFIES FOR SUCH CREDIT PURSUANT TO  THIS
   14  SECTION.
   15    3.  THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY AND THE CITY UNIVER-
   16  SITY OF NEW YORK SHALL ADOPT SUCH PROCEDURES AS ARE NECESSARY  TO  FULLY
   17  IMPLEMENT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION.
   18    S  2.  This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding
   19  the date on which it shall have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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