STATE OF NEW YORK
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5707
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
April 26, 2017
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Introduced by Sens. MONTGOMERY, COMRIE, KRUEGER, PERSAUD -- read twice
and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee
on Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring schools to
accept credits for educational programs at office of children and
family services facilities as transfer credits
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 112 of the education law is amended by adding a new
2 subdivision 1-a to read as follows:
3 1-a. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, cred-
4 its awarded by educational programs provided by facilities operated by
5 the office of children and family services shall be accepted as transfer
6 credits by any school within the state of New York.
7 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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