Bill Text: NY S01669 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Allows the granting of academic credit at state or city operated institutions to veterans.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Engrossed) 2024-04-15 - referred to higher education [S01669 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S01669-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1669

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 13, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by Sens. ADDABBO, BORRELLO, BROUK, GALLIVAN, HARCKHAM, HOYL-
          MAN-SIGAL, LIU, MYRIE, ORTT, PALUMBO, PERSAUD, SANDERS, THOMAS -- 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 granting academic
          credit at state operated institutions of the state university  of  New
          York and the city university of New York to veterans

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

     1    Section 1. Section 355 of the education law is amended by adding a new
     2  subdivision 22 to read as follows:
     3    22. (a) For purposes of this subdivision, the term "veteran"  means  a
     4  resident  of  this state, who has served in the active military or naval
     5  service of the United States,  and  who  has  been  released  from  such
     6  service  under  honorable  conditions, or who has been furloughed to the
     7  reserve, or has resumed service back in the New York State Army National
     8  Guard, New York Air National Guard, or New York Naval Militia.
     9    (b) Every veteran who is enrolled on a full-time basis  as  an  under-
    10  graduate  student  in  good standing, at an institution within the state
    11  university system, shall upon application be  granted  academic  credits
    12  without  limitation  towards his or her degree for completion of courses
    13  that were part of such veteran's military training  or  service  if  the
    14  completed  courses  meet the standards of the American council on educa-
    15  tion or its equivalent for the awarding of  academic  credits.  No  fee,
    16  tuition  or  other charge shall be assessed against a veteran who quali-
    17  fies for such credit pursuant to this subdivision.
    18    (c) The board of trustees shall adopt such procedures as are necessary
    19  to fully implement the provisions of this subdivision.
    20    § 2. Section 6206 of the education law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
    21  subdivision 22 to read as follows:

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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        S. 1669                             2

     1    22.  (a)  For purposes of this subdivision, the term "veteran" means a
     2  resident of this state, who has served in the active military  or  naval
     3  service  of  the  United  States,  and  who  has been released from such
     4  service under honorable conditions, or who has been  furloughed  to  the
     5  reserve, or has resumed service back in the New York State Army National
     6  Guard, New York Air National Guard, or New York Naval Militia.
     7    (b)  Every  veteran  who is enrolled on a full-time basis as an under-
     8  graduate student in good standing, at an  institution  within  the  city
     9  university  system,  shall  upon application be granted academic credits
    10  without limitation towards his or her degree for completion  of  courses
    11  that  were  part  of  such veteran's military training or service if the
    12  completed courses meet the standards of the American council  on  educa-
    13  tion  or  its  equivalent  for the awarding of academic credits. No fee,
    14  tuition or other charge shall be assessed against a veteran  who  quali-
    15  fies for such credit pursuant to this subdivision.
    16    (c) The board of trustees shall adopt such procedures as are necessary
    17  to fully implement the provisions of this subdivision.
    18    §  3.  This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding
    19  the date on which it shall have become a law.