New York A 10363: Relates to access to educational activities by public assistance recipients who are subject to work participation requirements

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A10363 Summary:

BILL NOA10363 

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Amd §§336-a & 336, Soc Serv L

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Relates to access to educational activities by public assistance recipients who are subject to work participation requirements; allows homework expected or required by an educational institution to count towards satisfaction of the work activity requirements for public assistance benefits for participants engaged in certain educational or training activities.

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03/02/2026referred to social services

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 10363

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 2, 2026
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 Introduced by M. of A. CUNNINGHAM -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Social Services

 AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to access to educa-
 tional activities by public assistance recipients who are subject to
 work participation requirements

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

 1 Section 1. Section 336-a of the social services law, as amended by
 2 section 148 of part B of chapter 436 of the laws of 1997, subdivision 1
 3 as amended by section 1 of part X of chapter 56 of the laws of 2023, is
 4 amended to read as follows:
 5 § 336-a. Educational activities. 1. Social services districts shall
 6 make available vocational educational training and educational activ-
 7 ities. Such activities may include but need not be limited to, high
 8 school education or education designed to prepare a participant for a
 9 high school equivalency certificate, basic and remedial education,
 10 education in English proficiency, education or a course of instruction
 11 in financial literacy and personal finance that includes instruction on
 12 household cash management techniques, career advice to obtain a well
 13 paying and secure job, using checking and savings accounts, obtaining
 14 and utilizing short and long term credit, securing a loan or other long
 15 term financing arrangement for high cost items, participation in a high-
 16 er education course of instruction or trade school, and no more than a
 17 total of four years of post-secondary education (or the part-time equiv-
 18 alent). Educational activities pursuant to this section may be offered
 19 with any of the following providers which meet the performance or
 20 assessment standards established in regulations by the commissioner for
 21 such providers: a community college, licensed trade school, registered
 22 business school, or a two-year or four-year college; provided, however,
 23 that such post-secondary education must be necessary to the attainment
 24 of the participant's individual employment goal as set forth in the
 25 employability plan and such goal must relate directly to obtaining
 26 useful employment. When making an assignment to any educational activity
 27 pursuant to this subdivision, such assignment shall be permitted only to

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD07980-06-6

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 1 the extent that such assignment is consistent with the individual's
 2 assessment and employment plan goals in accordance with sections three
 3 hundred thirty-five and three hundred thirty-five-a of this title and
 4 shall require that the individual maintains satisfactory academic
 5 progress and hourly participation is documented consistent with federal
 6 and state requirements. For purposes of this provision "satisfactory
 7 academic progress" shall mean having a cumulative C average, or its
 8 equivalent, as determined by the academic institution. The requirement
 9 to maintain satisfactory academic progress may be waived if done so by
 10 the academic institution and the social services district based on undue
 11 hardship caused by an event such as a personal injury or illness of the
 12 student, the death of a relative of the student or other extenuating
 13 circumstances. Participation in an educational and/or vocational