Authorizes police officer students of the state university of New York and the city university of New York seeking a bachelor's degree to attend 2 courses a semester or quarter, tuition free.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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2408
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 22, 2019
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Introduced by M. of A. PICHARDO -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Higher Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to certain tuition waiv-
ers for police officer students of the state university of New York
and the city university of New York; and providing for the repeal of
certain 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. Paragraph h of subdivision 2 of section 355 of the educa-
2 tion law is amended by adding a new subparagraph 1-a to read as follows:
3 (1-a) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other provision of law,
4 rule or regulation, such regulations shall permit police officers, as
5 such term is defined in section two hundred nine-q of the general munic-
6 ipal law, who are enrolled in programs leading to baccalaureate or high-
7 er degrees at state-operated institutions of the state university to
8 attend up to two courses per semester or quarter without tuition,
9 provided that such tuition-waived attendance does not deny course
10 attendance at a state-operated institution by an individual who is
11 otherwise qualified under the regulations promulgated pursuant to this
12 section.
13 § 2. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 7 of section 6206 of the education
14 law, as added by chapter 548 of the laws of 2004, is amended to read as
15 follows:
16 (c) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other general, special or
17 local law, rule or regulation, the board of trustees shall promulgate
18 regulations to permit [members of the New York city police department
19 employed in the rank of police officer] police officers, as such term is
20 defined in section two hundred nine-q of the general municipal law, who
21 are enrolled in programs leading to baccalaureate or higher degrees at a
22 senior college of the city university to attend [one course] up to two
23 courses per semester or quarter without tuition, provided that such
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 [course is related to their employment as police officers and that such]
2 tuition-waived attendance does not deny course attendance at a senior
3 college of the city university by an individual who is otherwise quali-
4 fied under this section.
5 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately; provided that:
6 1. section one of this act shall expire and be deemed repealed July 1,
7 2021; and
8 2. the amendments to paragraph (c) of subdivision 7 of section 6206 of
9 the education law made by section two of this act shall not affect the
10 expiration and repeal of such paragraph and shall expire and be deemed
11 repealed therewith.
