New York S 4286: Prohibits insurers from refusing to issue or renew, cancel, or charge or impose an increased premium for certain policies based solely on the breed of dog owned

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Authorizes the commissioner of education to contract with three public or independent institutions of higher education for the support of special summer programs established in order to increase the number of economically and educationally disadvantaged undergraduate students who are prepared for admission to graduate educational programs; establishes eligibility requirements in order to attend such special summer programs; appropriates $711,200 therefor.

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02/03/2025REFERRED TO FINANCE

01/07/2026REFERRED TO FINANCE

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 4286

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 3, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to opportunity for gradu-
 ate education, and making an appropriation therefor

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

 1 Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 6457
 2 to read as follows:
 3 § 6457. Opportunity for graduate education. 1. To advance the cause of
 4 educational opportunity in graduate education, the commissioner may
 5 contract with three public or independent institutions of higher educa-
 6 tion for the support of special summer programs established to increase
 7 the number of economically and educationally disadvantaged undergraduate
 8 students who are prepared for admission to educational programs beyond
 9 the baccalaureate degree. In order to be eligible to attend a special
 10 summer program, a student shall have completed the first year of an
 11 undergraduate educational program as a participant in one of the
 12 programs for educationally and economically disadvantaged students
 13 established pursuant to section sixty-four hundred fifty-one or sixty-
 14 four hundred fifty-two of this article. A student who attended a special
 15 summer program upon completion of the first year of an undergraduate
 16 educational program shall also be eligible to attend such program upon
 17 completion of the second year of an undergraduate educational program. A
 18 student who has completed the third or fourth year of an undergraduate
 19 educational program shall be eligible to attend a special summer
 20 program. Eligible students shall be selected in equal numbers from
 21 students participating in the opportunity programs of independent insti-
 22 tutions of higher education, the state university of New York and the
 23 city university of New York, respectively. Enrollment in such programs
 24 shall not exceed levels determined by the commissioner, with the
 25 approval of the director of the budget.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD08045-01-5

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 1 2. To qualify for state assistance pursuant to this section, an insti-
 2 tution of higher education must be a college or university incorporated
 3 by the regents or by the legislature and must maintain one or more
 4 earned degree programs culminating in a baccalaureate degree.
 5 3. Moneys made available to institutions through contracts shall be
 6 spent only for the following purposes:
 7 a. Personal and career counseling for enrolled students;
 8 b. Diagnostic and prescriptive testing for such students;
 9 c. Instruction in subject matter and laboratory work;
 10 d. Tutoring of enrolled students;
 11 e. Financial assistance for enrolled students in such amount as is
 12 determined by the commissioner;
 13 f. Administration of the program, including planning and evaluation,
 14 within the limitations established by the commissioner.
 15 4. Each program shall be operated for a period of eight weeks, between
 16 the first day of July and the first day of September of each year. An
 17 institution of higher education selecte