Bill Text: NY S04741 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to private school agents' certificates.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2016-11-28 - SIGNED CHAP.475 [S04741 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S04741-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4741
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                    April 15, 2015
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  GOLDEN -- 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 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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