New York S 7367: Grants volunteer firefighters and emergency medical technicians academic credit at SUNY and CUNY

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S07367 Summary:

BILL NOS07367A

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SAME ASSAME AS A04679-A

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SPONSORSTAVISKY

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COSPNSRJACKSON, MAY, OBERACKER, RHOADS

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §669-i, Ed L

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Grants volunteer firefighters and emergency medical technicians academic credit at state operated institutions of the state university of New York and the senior colleges of the city university of New York to the extent of three academic credits per year, and 6 credits in the aggregate; provides that no fee, tuition or other charge shall be assessed against a volunteer firefighter or emergency medical technician who qualifies for such credit; directs the board of trustees of the state university and the city university of New York to adopt necessary procedures.

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BILL NOS07367A

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04/11/2025REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

05/12/2025AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HIGHER EDUCATION

05/12/2025PRINT NUMBER 7367A

05/20/20251ST REPORT CAL.1179

05/21/20252ND REPORT CAL.

05/22/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

06/10/2025PASSED SENATE

06/10/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

06/10/2025referred to higher education

01/07/2026died in assembly

01/07/2026returned to senate

01/07/2026REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

04/21/2026REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

05/19/20261ST REPORT CAL.1209

05/20/20262ND REPORT CAL.

05/21/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

06/03/2026PASSED SENATE

06/03/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

06/03/2026referred to higher education

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 7367--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 April 11, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. STAVISKY -- 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 committee

 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 senior colleges of the city university of New York to
 volunteer firefighters and emergency medical technicians

 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 669-i
 2 to read as follows:
 3 § 669-i. Course credit for volunteer firefighters and emergency
 4 medical technicians. 1. For purposes of this section, the term "volun-
 5 teer firefighter" shall have the same meaning as provided for in section
 6 three of the volunteer firefighters' benefit law.
 7 2. Every volunteer firefighter and emergency medical technician who is
 8 also enrolled on a full-time basis as an undergraduate student in good
 9 standing, at an institution within the state university of New York or
 10 the city university of New York, shall upon application be granted up to
 11 three academic credits per year and six credits in the aggregate towards
 12 their degree. No fee, tuition or other charge shall be assessed against
 13 a volunteer firefighter or emergency medical technician who qualifies
 14 for such credit pursuant to this section.
 15 3. The board of trustees of the state university of New York and the
 16 city university of New York shall adopt a policy to implement the
 17 provisions of this section.
 18 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding
 19 the date on which it shall have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD07780-02-5

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