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.