STATE OF NEW YORK
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1637
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 10, 2017
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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 certain tuition waiv-
ers for firefighters and fire officer students of the city university
of New York; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon
expiration thereof
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 7 of section 6206 of the education law is
2 amended by adding a new paragraph (d) to read as follows:
3 (d) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other general, special or
4 local law, rule or regulation, the board of trustees shall promulgate
5 regulations to permit firefighters and fire officers employed by the New
6 York city fire department, who are enrolled in programs leading to
7 baccalaureate or higher degrees at a senior college of the city univer-
8 sity to attend two courses without tuition, provided that such courses
9 are related to their employment as firefighters and fire officers and
10 that such tuition-waived attendance does not deny course attendance at a
11 senior college of the city university by an individual who is otherwise
12 qualified under this section.
13 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
14 deemed repealed July 1, 2020.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD06802-01-7
