Bill Text: NY S01786 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Relates to allowing for students in certain postsecondary education experience or transition programs to receive awards from the tuition assistance program.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - REFERRED TO FINANCE [S01786 Detail]
Download: New_York-2021-S01786-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1786--A 2021-2022 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 15, 2021 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to allowing for students in postsecondary education experience or transition program to receive awards from the tuition assistance program The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 602 of the education law is amended by adding a new 2 subdivision 5 to read as follows: 3 5. The commissioner shall promulgate rules and regulations allowing 4 for students enrolled in an approved postsecondary education experience 5 or transition program to receive financial assistance from the tuition 6 assistance program. 7 § 2. Section 667 of the education law is amended by adding a new 8 subdivision 4 to read as follows: 9 4. Postsecondary education experience or transition programs. a. 10 Notwithstanding subdivisions one, two and three of this section, the 11 president shall make awards to students with intellectual disabilities 12 in approved postsecondary education experience or transition programs in 13 the same manner as students enrolled in an approved program at a 14 degree-granting institution including the same income limits and awards 15 for each year. 16 b. An approved postsecondary education experience or transition 17 program shall: 18 (i) serve students with intellectual disabilities; 19 (ii) provide individual supports and services for the academic and 20 social inclusion of students with intellectual disabilities in academic 21 courses, extracurricular activities, and other aspects of the institu- 22 tion of higher education's regular postsecondary program; EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD02884-04-1S. 1786--A 2 1 (iii) provide a focus on: 2 (A) academic enrichment; 3 (B) socialization; 4 (C) independent living skills, including self-advocacy skills; and 5 (D) integrated work experiences and career skills that lead to gainful 6 employment; 7 (iv) integrate person-centered planning in the development of the 8 course of study for each student with an intellectual disability; 9 (v) create and offer a meaningful credential for students with intel- 10 lectual disabilities upon the completion of the postsecondary education 11 experience or transition program; and 12 (vi) be a federally approved comprehensive transition and postsecon- 13 dary program. 14 c. For the purposes of this subdivision, "students with intellectual 15 disabilities" shall mean a student with an impairment of general intel- 16 lectual functioning or adaptive behavior which constitutes a substantial 17 handicap to the student's ability to function normally in society and 18 which has originated at any point in the student's life. 19 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
