Senate Bill S4741B

Signed By Governor
2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to private school agent's certificates

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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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co-Sponsors

2015-S4741 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6801
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§5001 & 5004, Ed L

2015-S4741 - Summary

Relates to private school agents' certificates.

2015-S4741 - Sponsor Memo

2015-S4741 - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  4741

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             April 15, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  GOLDEN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education

AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to private school agent's
  certificates

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

  Section  1. Paragraph a of subdivision 1 of section 5004 of the educa-
tion law, as added by chapter 887 of the laws of  1990,  is  amended  to
read as follows:
  a.  No party may, for a consideration or remuneration procure, solicit
or enroll any student for instruction in or given by any  school  within
or  without  the  state  of New York, unless (i) the party is a salaried
employee of the school [and],  (ii)  the  party  shall  have  secured  a
private school agent's certificate from the department pursuant to regu-
lations  of  the  commissioner,  AND (III) THE PARTY SERVES AS AN ONLINE
EDUCATION MARKETPLACE  FACILITATING  INFORMATION  BETWEEN  STUDENTS  AND
SCHOOLS.  UNDER  THIS  SECTION  "ONLINE  EDUCATION  MARKETPLACE" MEANS A
NEUTRAL FORUM IN WHICH, OR BY MEANS OF WHICH, A STUDENT  MAY  ENROLL  IN
CLASSES  FROM  A  SCHOOL, OR ARRANGES FOR THE EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION OR
MESSAGES BETWEEN THE STUDENT AND SCHOOL AND THE ONLINE EDUCATION MARKET-
PLACE.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD10154-01-5

co-Sponsors

2015-S4741A - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6801
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§5001 & 5004, Ed L

2015-S4741A - Summary

Relates to private school agents' certificates.

2015-S4741A - Sponsor Memo

2015-S4741A - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                 4741--A

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             April 15, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by Sens. GOLDEN, SQUADRON -- read twice and ordered printed,
  and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher  Education
  -- recommitted to the Committee on Higher Education in accordance with
  Senate  Rule  6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
  reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to private school agent's
  certificates

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

  Section  1. Paragraphs a and b of subdivision 1 of section 5001 of the
education law, as amended by chapter  381  of  the  laws  of  2012,  are
amended and a new paragraph c is added to read as follows:
  a. "licensed private career school" or "licensed private school" shall
mean any entity offering to instruct or teach any subject by any plan or
method  including  written,  visual  or  audio-visual methods, and shall
include any institution licensed or registered as a registered  business
school  or computer training facility on the effective date of the chap-
ter of the laws of two thousand twelve which amended  this  subdivision.
Following  such  effective  date,  there shall be no distinction between
institutions previously defined  as  "registered  business  schools"  or
"computer  training  facilities" and other licensed private schools, and
any reference in law to a registered business school or computer  train-
ing  facility  shall  be deemed a reference to a licensed private career
school. Institutions holding a valid  business  school  registration  on
such  effective date, including computer-training facilities, shall have
such registrations replaced  by  the  commissioner,  at  no  cost,  with
licenses  valid until the expiration date listed on such previous regis-
tration; [and]
  b. "certified English as a second language school" or  "certified  ESL
school" shall mean a language school conducted for-profit which provides
instruction  in English as a second language and which accepts no public

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD10154-03-6

co-Sponsors

2015-S4741B (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6801
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§5001 & 5004, Ed L

2015-S4741B (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to private school agents' certificates.

2015-S4741B (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S4741B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                 4741--B

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             April 15, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by Sens. GOLDEN, SQUADRON -- read twice and ordered printed,
  and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher  Education
  -- recommitted to the Committee on Higher Education in accordance with
  Senate  Rule  6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
  reprinted as amended and recommitted to said  committee  --  committee
  discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
  to said committee

AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to private school agent's
  certificates

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

  Section 1. Paragraphs a and b of subdivision 1 of section 5001 of  the
education  law,  as  amended  by  chapter  381  of the laws of 2012, are
amended and a new paragraph c is added to read as follows:
  a. "licensed private career school" or "licensed private school" shall
mean any entity offering to instruct or teach any subject by any plan or
method including written, visual  or  audio-visual  methods,  and  shall
include  any institution licensed or registered as a registered business
school or computer training facility on  the  effective  date  of  [the]
chapter  THREE  HUNDRED  EIGHTY-ONE  of  the laws of two thousand twelve
[which amended this subdivision]. Following such effective  date,  there
shall  be  no  distinction  between  institutions  previously defined as
"registered business schools"  or  "computer  training  facilities"  and
other licensed private schools, and any reference in law to a registered
business  school  or computer training facility shall be deemed a refer-
ence to a licensed private career school. Institutions holding  a  valid
business  school  registration  on such effective date, including compu-
ter-training facilities, shall have such registrations replaced  by  the
commissioner,  at no cost, with licenses valid until the expiration date
listed on such previous registration; [and]

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD10154-09-6

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