Bill Text: NY A09370 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires regulations to permit tuition waivers for one course for firefighter students in baccalaureate/higher degree CUNY programs.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-02-24 - referred to higher education [A09370 Detail]
Download: New_York-2011-A09370-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 9370 I N A S S E M B L Y February 24, 2012 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ABBATE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Higher Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to certain tuition waiv- ers for firefighters and fire officer students of the city university of New York; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 7 of section 6206 of the education law is 2 amended by adding a new paragraph (d) to read as follows: 3 (D) NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF ANY OTHER GENERAL, SPECIAL OR 4 LOCAL LAW, RULE OR REGULATION, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES SHALL PROMULGATE 5 REGULATIONS TO PERMIT FIREFIGHTERS AND FIRE OFFICERS EMPLOYED BY THE NEW 6 YORK CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT, WHO ARE ENROLLED IN PROGRAMS LEADING TO 7 BACCALAUREATE OR HIGHER DEGREES AT A SENIOR COLLEGE OF THE CITY UNIVER- 8 SITY TO ATTEND ONE COURSE WITHOUT TUITION, PROVIDED THAT SUCH COURSE IS 9 RELATED TO THEIR EMPLOYMENT AS FIREFIGHTERS AND FIRE OFFICERS AND THAT 10 SUCH TUITION-WAIVED ATTENDANCE DOES NOT DENY COURSE ATTENDANCE AT A 11 SENIOR COLLEGE OF THE CITY UNIVERSITY BY AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IS OTHERWISE 12 QUALIFIED UNDER THIS SECTION. 13 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be 14 deemed repealed July 1, 2014. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD14315-01-2