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A10285 Summary:

BILL NO	A10285
SAME AS	SAME AS S08107
SPONSOR	Hyndman
COSPNSR
MLTSPNSR
Requires SUNY and CUNY schools to refund students for housing credits and boarding charges used or charged for the period of time when such schools are closed or shut down due to the coronavirus pandemic.

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A10285 Actions:

BILL NO	A10285
04/08/2020	referred to higher education

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A10285 Committee Votes:

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A10285 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          10285
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                      April 8, 2020
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by M. of A. HYNDMAN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Higher Education
 
        AN ACT in relation to requiring SUNY and CUNY schools to refund students
          for housing credits and boarding charges used or charged for the peri-
          od of time when such schools are closed or shut down due to the  coro-
          navirus pandemic

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of  law,  all  colleges
     2  and  universities  of  the  state  university  of  New York and the city
     3  university of New York that close or shut down as a result of the  coro-
     4  navirus  pandemic shall refund to each student attending such college or
     5  university, on a pro-rata basis, that portion  of  housing  credits  and
     6  boarding charges used or charged for the period beginning March 11, 2020
     7  and  ending  on  the  date  such  college or university was scheduled to
     8  compete all classes and examinations for the spring semester of the 2020
     9  academic year.
    10    §  2. Such pro rata amount required to be refunded pursuant to section
    11  one of this act shall be determined individually  by  each  college  and
    12  university  of  the state university of New York and the city university
    13  of New York.
    14    §  3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD16005-01-0

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