Bill Text: NY A00058 | 2025-2026 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 58

Introduced

Bill Title: Permits persons 65 years of age or over to enroll in a limited number of state university and city university courses for credit without tuition.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-08 - referred to higher education [A00058 Detail]

Download: New_York-2025-A00058-Introduced.html


                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           58

                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                       (Prefiled)

                                     January 8, 2025
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  M. of A. MAGNARELLI, R. CARROLL -- Multi-Sponsored by --
          M. of A.  COLTON, COOK, DINOWITZ -- read  once  and  referred  to  the
          Committee on Higher Education

        AN  ACT  to  amend the education law, in relation to authorizing persons
          over age sixty-five to enroll in a limited  number  of  SUNY  or  CUNY
          credit hours without tuition

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Subparagraph 1 of paragraph h of subdivision 2  of  section
     2  355  of the education law, as separately amended by chapters 552 and 616
     3  of the laws of 1985, is amended to read as follows:
     4    (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other  general,  special  or
     5  local law, rule or regulation, such regulations may permit persons sixty
     6  years  of  age  or  over to audit courses given therein without tuition,
     7  examination, grading or credit therefor upon a space available basis, as
     8  determined by the president of each such institution, provided that such
     9  audit attendance does not deny course  attendance  at  a  state-operated
    10  institution  by an individual who is otherwise qualified under the regu-
    11  lations promulgated pursuant to  this  section.  For  purposes  of  this
    12  section,  persons  sixty-five  years of age or over who are residents of
    13  the state shall be eligible to take not more than nine credit  hours  of
    14  courses for credit per semester without tuition.
    15    §  2.  Paragraph (b) of subdivision 7 of section 6206 of the education
    16  law, as added by chapter 344 of the laws of 1995, is amended to read  as
    17  follows:
    18    (b)  Notwithstanding  the  provisions of any other general, special or
    19  local law, rule or regulation, the board of trustees may permit  persons
    20  sixty  years  of  age  or  over  to  audit courses given therein without
    21  tuition, examination, grading or credit therefor upon a space  available
    22  basis, as determined by the president of each such institution, provided

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00436-01-5

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     1  that  such  audit attendance does not deny course attendance at the city
     2  university of New York by an individual who is otherwise qualified under
     3  this section.  For purposes of this section, persons sixty-five years of
     4  age or over who are residents of the state shall be eligible to take not
     5  more  than  nine credit hours of courses for credit per semester without
     6  tuition.
     7    § 3. This act shall take effect on the first of April next  succeeding
     8  the date on which it shall have become a law.