STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         4577--A
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    February 17, 2017
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        Introduced  by Sens. GALLIVAN, JACOBS, KENNEDY, ORTT, RANZENHOFER, YOUNG
          -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to
          the Committee  on  Higher  Education  --  committee  discharged,  bill
          amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
          tee
        AN  ACT  authorizing  colleges  and  universities  to  offer  additional
          programs and degrees
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any  general  or  special
     2  law to the contrary, a college, as defined by section 2 of the education
     3  law  may  offer  or  institute  an  additional program or degree if that
     4  college (1) has maintained a physical presence and operated continuously
     5  in the state for the immediately preceding 10 years and (2)  is  accred-
     6  ited without sanction by Middle States Commission on Higher Education or
     7  the  New  York  state board of regents.   Any such college that does not
     8  satisfy all of the provisions of this  section  shall  comply  with  the
     9  procedures and criteria established by the board of regents.
    10    § 2. This act shall take effect January 1, 2018.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD10020-02-7