New York S 1200: Allows the granting of academic credit at city or state operated institutions to veterans

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S01200 Summary:

BILL NOS01200 

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SAME ASSAME AS A09382

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SPONSORADDABBO

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COSPNSRASHBY, BORRELLO, BROUK, CLEARE, GALLIVAN, HARCKHAM, HELMING, HOYLMAN-SIGAL, LIU, MARTINEZ, MAY,
 MURRAY, MYRIE, O'MARA, ORTT, PALUMBO, PERSAUD, RHOADS, ROLISON, SANDERS, STEC, TEDISCO, WEBB, WEBER

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§355 & 6206, Ed L

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

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BILL NOS01200 

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01/08/2025REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

05/29/2025COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

05/29/2025ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1469

06/04/2025PASSED SENATE

06/04/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

06/04/2025referred to higher education

01/07/2026died in assembly

01/07/2026returned to senate

01/07/2026REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1200

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. ADDABBO, BORRELLO, BROUK, GALLIVAN, HARCKHAM, HELM-
 ING, HOYLMAN-SIGAL, LIU, MAY, MYRIE, O'MARA, ORTT, PALUMBO, PERSAUD,
 ROLISON, SANDERS, STEC, TEDISCO, WEBB, WEBER -- 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 such veteran's degree for completion of
 13 courses that were part of such veteran's military training or service if
 14 the completed courses meet the standards of the American council on
 15 education or its equivalent for the awarding of academic credits. No
 16 fee, tuition or other charge shall be assessed against a veteran who
 17 qualifies 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 24 to read as follows:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01898-01-5

 S. 1200 2

 1 24. (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 such veteran's degree for completion of
 11 courses that were part of such veteran's military training or service if
 12 the completed courses meet the standards of the American council on
 13 education or its equivalent for the awarding of academic credits. No
 14 fee, tuition or other charge shall be assessed against a veteran who
 15