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S00038 Summary:

BILL NO	S00038
SAME AS	No Same As
SPONSOR	GALLIVAN
COSPNSR
MLTSPNSR
Authorizes colleges to offer additional programs or degrees if they have met certain criteria.

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S00038 Actions:

BILL NO	S00038
01/04/2023	REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION
01/03/2024	REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

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S00038 Committee Votes:

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S00038 Floor Votes:

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S00038 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                           38
 
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                       (Prefiled)
 
                                     January 4, 2023
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by Sen. GALLIVAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education
 
        AN  ACT  authorizing  colleges  and  universities  to  offer  additional
          programs and degrees

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any  general  or  special
     2  law to the contrary, a college, as defined by section 2 of the education
     3  law  may  offer  or  institute  an  additional program or degree if that
     4  college (1) has maintained a physical presence and operated continuously
     5  in the state for the immediately preceding 10 years and (2)  is  accred-
     6  ited without sanction by Middle States Commission on Higher Education or
     7  the  New  York  state board of regents.   Any such college that does not
     8  satisfy all of the provisions of this  section  shall  comply  with  the
     9  procedures and criteria established by the board of regents.
    10    §  2.  This act shall take effect the first of January next succeeding
    11  the date on which it shall have become a law.
 
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00073-01-3

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