Bill Text: NY S01561 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to state reimbursement to counties for amounts paid on behalf of non-resident students in attendance at the fashion institute of technology.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2014-01-08 - REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION [S01561 Detail]

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         1561
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 9, 2013
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       Introduced  by  Sen. LAVALLE -- 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 payments to  community
         colleges by the state, and to repeal subdivision 10 of section 6305 of
         the  education  law  relating  to  state reimbursement to counties for
         amounts paid on behalf of non-resident students in attendance  at  the
         fashion institute of technology
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 6302  of  the  education  law,  as
    2  amended  by  chapter  552  of  the  laws  of 1984, is amended to read as
    3  follows:
    4    3. In the city of New York, the [board] DEPARTMENT of education,  with
    5  the  approval of the state university trustees, may act as a local spon-
    6  sor in the establishment and operation, as a  community  college,  of  a
    7  post secondary technical vocational training institution which is partly
    8  supported  by  such [board] DEPARTMENT of education and partly supported
    9  by an educational foundation for an industry chartered by the  board  of
   10  regents.  In  addition  to  the community college programs and curricula
   11  authorized by this article, the institution  may  offer  such  baccalau-
   12  reate,  masters degree programs and curricula in support of its mission,
   13  in accordance with standards and regulations  prescribed  by  the  state
   14  university  trustees, as may be authorized pursuant to the provisions of
   15  the master plan. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the  insti-
   16  tution  shall  be  financed  and administered in the manner provided for
   17  community colleges; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT SUBJECT TO THE  AVAILABILITY
   18  OF  STATE  APPROPRIATION,  CHARGE  BACKS  FOR  BACCALAUREATE AND MASTERS
   19  DEGREE NON-RESIDENTS OF  THE  LOCAL  COLLEGE  SPONSOR,  AS  REQUIRED  BY
   20  SECTION  SIXTY-THREE  HUNDRED FIVE OF THIS ARTICLE TO BE PAID BY THE NEW
   21  YORK STATE COUNTY OF SUCH NON-RESIDENT STUDENT, SHALL  BE  PAID  BY  THE
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD02672-01-3
       S. 1561                             2
    1  STATE  OF  NEW YORK. ON OR BEFORE MARCH THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND FOUR-
    2  TEEN, THE STATE SHALL MAKE FIFTY PERCENT OF SUCH PAYMENT TO SUCH  COMMU-
    3  NITY  COLLEGE,  AND  ON  OR AFTER JUNE FIRST, TWO THOUSAND FOURTEEN, THE
    4  STATE  SHALL  MAKE  THE  REMAINING FIFTY PERCENT OF SUCH PAYMENT TO SUCH
    5  COMMUNITY COLLEGE, AND ON JUNE FIRST, TWO  THOUSAND  FIFTEEN  AND  EVERY
    6  YEAR THEREAFTER, THE STATE SHALL PAY ONE HUNDRED PERCENT OF SUCH PAYMENT
    7  TO  SUCH  COMMUNITY COLLEGE. IN THE EVENT OF THE FAILURE OF THE STATE TO
    8  MAKE SUCH PAYMENTS, THE COUNTIES ISSUING THE CERTIFICATES  OF  RESIDENCE
    9  SHALL MAKE SUCH PAYMENTS.
   10    S 2. Subdivision 5 of section 6305 of the education law, as amended by
   11  chapter 681 of the laws of 1971, is amended to read as follows:
   12    5.  Amounts  payable  to  such  colleges  by a county pursuant to this
   13  section shall be a general county charge[; provided, however, that  with
   14  respect  to the amounts allocable to each community college a county may
   15  charge back such amounts in whole or in part to the cities and towns  in
   16  the  county in proportion to the number of students who, on the basis of
   17  certificates of residence issued by such  county,  were  attending  each
   18  such  college  as non-residents of the local sponsors thereof during the
   19  terms for which the county has been charged, and who were  residents  of
   20  each such city or town at the beginning of such terms].
   21    S 3. Subdivision 10 of section 6305 of the education law is REPEALED.
   22    S 4. This act shall take effect immediately.