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A04335 Summary:

BILL NO	A04335
SAME AS	No same as
SPONSOR	Seminerio
COSPNSR
MLTSPNSR
Amd S218, Ed L
Establishes a candidacy period for institutions seeking the authority to grant degree of at least three years during which period board of regents and state education department will evaluate applications for such authority.

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A04335 Actions:

BILL NO	A04335
02/03/2009	referred to higher education
06/23/2009	enacting clause stricken

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A04335 Floor Votes:

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A04335 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4335
 
                               2009-2010 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    February 3, 2009
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  SEMINERIO  --  read once and referred to the
          Committee on Higher Education
 
        AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to establishing a  candi-
          dacy period for institutions seeking the authority to grant degrees
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-

        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 218 of the education law, as added
     2  by chapter 1160 of the laws of 1971, is amended to read as follows:
     3    2. No institution shall be given power to confer associate degrees  in
     4  this  state  unless  it  shall possess financial resources which, in the
     5  judgment of the regents, are adequate to insure satisfactory conduct  of
     6  its degree programs and achievement of its stated educational goals.  No
     7  licensed private school or institution shall be authorized to confer any
     8  degrees  until  it  has  been  evaluated  by the department and board of
     9  regents following a candidacy period of at least three years.
    10    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD08118-01-9

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