New York S 4257: Relates to access to educational activities by public assistance recipients who are subject to work participation requirements

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S04257 Summary:

BILL NOS04257A

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SAME ASSAME AS A04502-B

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SPONSORPARKER

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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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.

Go to top S04257 Actions:

BILL NOS04257A

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02/03/2025REFERRED TO SOCIAL SERVICES

05/20/20251ST REPORT CAL.1169

05/21/2025AMENDED (T) 4257A

05/21/20252ND REPORT CAL.

05/22/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

06/12/2025SUBSTITUTED BY A4502B

&nbspA04502 AMEND=B Cunningham

&nbsp02/04/2025referred to social services

&nbsp05/08/2025amend (t) and recommit to social services

&nbsp05/08/2025print number 4502a

&nbsp05/16/2025amend and recommit to social services

&nbsp05/16/2025print number 4502b

&nbsp05/20/2025reported referred to rules

&nbsp05/27/2025reported 

&nbsp05/27/2025rules report cal.265

&nbsp05/27/2025ordered to third reading rules cal.265

&nbsp06/10/2025passed assembly

&nbsp06/10/2025delivered to senate

&nbsp06/10/2025REFERRED TO RULES

&nbsp06/12/2025SUBSTITUTED FOR S4257A

&nbsp06/12/20253RD READING CAL.1169

&nbsp06/12/2025PASSED SENATE

&nbsp06/12/2025RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

&nbsp12/08/2025delivered to governor

&nbsp12/19/2025vetoed memo.127

&nbsp12/19/2025tabled

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 4257--A
 Cal. No. 1169

 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 Social Services --
 reported favorably from said committee, ordered to first report,
 amended on first report, ordered to a second report and ordered
 reprinted, retaining its place in the order of second report

 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

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD07980-05-5

 S. 4257--A 2

 1 business school, or a two-year or four-year college; provided, however,
 2 that such post-secondary education must be necessary to the attainment
 3 of the partici