Assembly Bill A9512

Signed By Governor
2009-2010 Legislative Session

Renames the Seek Program as the Percy Ellis Sutton SEEK Program

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2009-A9512 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7859
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง667-a, Ed L

2009-A9512 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Renames the Seek Program as the Percy Ellis Sutton SEEK Program.

2009-A9512 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-A9512 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  9512

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             January 7, 2010
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. WRIGHT -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Higher Education

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  education law, in relation to renaming the Seek
  Program as the Percy Ellis Sutton SEEK Program

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Notwithstanding  any inconsistent provision of law to the
contrary, the Search for Education,  Elevation  and  Knowledge  Program,
instituted  by  Percy Ellis Sutton in the City University of New York in
1966, is hereby renamed the Percy Ellis  Sutton  Search  for  Education,
Elevation and Knowledge Program.
  S  2.  Subparagraph  (i)  of paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section
667-a of the education law, as amended by chapter  83  of  the  laws  of
1995, is amended to read as follows:
  (i) The student shall not be enrolled in the higher education opportu-
nity  program,  educational  opportunity program, the PERCY ELLIS SUTTON
search for education, elevation and knowledge  program  or  the  college
discovery program.
  S  3.  This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding
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.
                                                           LBD14715-02-9


              

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