STATE OF NEW YORK
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1200
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 8, 2025
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Introduced by Sens. ADDABBO, BORRELLO, BROUK, GALLIVAN, HARCKHAM, HELM-
ING, HOYLMAN-SIGAL, LIU, MAY, MYRIE, O'MARA, ORTT, PALUMBO, PERSAUD,
ROLISON, SANDERS, STEC, TEDISCO, WEBB, WEBER -- 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 city university of New York to veterans
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 355 of the education law is amended by adding a new
2 subdivision 22 to read as follows:
3 22. (a) For purposes of this subdivision, the term "veteran" means a
4 resident of this state, who has served in the active military or naval
5 service of the United States, and who has been released from such
6 service under honorable conditions, or who has been furloughed to the
7 reserve, or has resumed service back in the New York State Army National
8 Guard, New York Air National Guard, or New York Naval Militia.
9 (b) Every veteran who is enrolled on a full-time basis as an under-
10 graduate student in good standing, at an institution within the state
11 university system, shall upon application be granted academic credits
12 without limitation towards such veteran's degree for completion of
13 courses that were part of such veteran's military training or service if
14 the completed courses meet the standards of the American council on
15 education or its equivalent for the awarding of academic credits. No
16 fee, tuition or other charge shall be assessed against a veteran who
17 qualifies for such credit pursuant to this subdivision.
18 (c) The board of trustees shall adopt such procedures as are necessary
19 to fully implement the provisions of this subdivision.
20 § 2. Section 6206 of the education law is amended by adding a new
21 subdivision 24 to read as follows:
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 24. (a) For purposes of this subdivision, the term "veteran" means a
2 resident of this state, who has served in the active military or naval
3 service of the United States, and who has been released from such
4 service under honorable conditions, or who has been furloughed to the
5 reserve, or has resumed service back in the New York State Army National
6 Guard, New York Air National Guard, or New York Naval Militia.
7 (b) Every veteran who is enrolled on a full-time basis as an under-
8 graduate student in good standing, at an institution within the city
9 university system, shall upon application be granted academic credits
10 without limitation towards such veteran's degree for completion of
11 courses that were part of such veteran's military training or service if
12 the completed courses meet the standards of the American council on
13 education or its equivalent for the awarding of academic credits. No
14 fee, tuition or other charge shall be assessed against a veteran who
15 qualifies for such credit pursuant to this subdivision.
16 (c) The board of trustees shall adopt such procedures as are necessary
17 to fully implement the provisions of this subdivision.
18 § 3. This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding
19 the date on which it shall have become a law.
