Authorizes the trustees of the state university and community colleges to offer courses to persons 60 years of age or over without tuition and either with or without credit; provides for taking of courses on a space available basis.

Sponsor: Markey (MS) / Multi-sponsor(s): Calhoun, Cook, Heastie, Katz, McEneny, Weisenberg / Co-sponsor(s): Ortiz, Colton, Wright, Schroeder, Jacobs, Braunstein, Gunther, Miller M, Stevenson, Weprin, Gibson, Robinson, Barron, Spano, Hooper
Law Section: Education Law / Law: Amd SS355 & 6303, Ed L

A6580-2011 Actions

Jan 4, 2012: referred to higher education
Mar 22, 2011: referred to higher education

A6580-2011 Text

 S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 
                                          6580
 2011-2012 Regular Sessions
 I N  ASSEMBLY
 March 22, 2011
 
 Introduced by M. of A. MARKEY, ORTIZ, PHEFFER, COLTON, WRIGHT, SCHROEDER
 --  Multi-Sponsored  by  -- M. of A. COOK, HEASTIE, JACOBS, MAYERSOHN,
 McENENY, WEISENBERG -- read once and  referred  to  the  Committee  on
 Higher Education
 AN  ACT to amend the education law, in relation to authorizing the state
 university trustees and officials of community colleges to make cours
 es available for certain persons sixty years of age or over
 THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

 

Section  1.  Subparagraph 1 of paragraph h of subdivision 2 of section
 355 of the education law, as separately amended by chapters 552 and  616
 of the laws of 1985, is amended to read as follows:

 (1)  Notwithstanding  the  provisions of any other general, special or
 local law, rule or regulation, such regulations may permit persons sixty
 years of age or over to  [audit]  TAKE  courses  given  therein  without
 tuition,  EITHER  FOR  CREDIT, OR WITHOUT examination, grading or credit
 therefor upon a space available basis, as determined by the president of
 each such institution, provided that such [audit]  attendance  does  not
 deny  course attendance at a state-operated institution by an individual
 who is otherwise qualified under the regulations promulgated pursuant to
 this section. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, PERSONS SIXTY YEARS  OF  AGE
 OR  OVER  WHO  ARE  RESIDENTS OF THE STATE SHALL BE ELIGIBLE TO TAKE NOT
 MORE THAN NINE CREDIT HOURS OF COURSES FOR CREDIT PER  SEMESTER  WITHOUT
 TUITION.
 

S  2.   Subdivision 5 of section 6303 of the education law, as amended
 by chapter 552 of the laws of 1984, is amended to read as follows:

 5.  Notwithstanding the provisions of any other  general,  special  or
 local  law,  rule  or  regulation, community colleges may permit persons
 sixty years of age or over  to  [audit  courses  given  therein  without
 tuition,  examination,  grading  or  credit  therefor] ENROLL IN COURSES
 GIVEN THEREIN  FOR EXAMINATION, GRADING AND CREDIT BUT WITHOUT  TUITION,
 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 upon  a  space  available  basis,  subject  to the provisions of section
 sixty-three hundred four of this [chapter] ARTICLE, as determined by the
 president of each such institution, provided that such  [audit]  attend
 ance  does not deny course attendance at a community college by an indi
 vidual  who  is  otherwise  qualified  under  the  regulations  and  the
 provisions  of  section  sixty-three  hundred  four  of  this  [chapter]
 ARTICLE.   The provisions of  this  [paragraph]  SUBDIVISION  shall  not
 affect  any  state  aid  to  community colleges granted pursuant to THIS
 article [one hundred twenty-six of this chapter].
 

S 3. This act shall  take  effect  on  the  first  of  September  next
 succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law.

A6580-2011: Makes tuition-free college courses available for persons at least sixty years of age

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