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Authorizes certain institutions to receive state aid for earned associate degrees even after being authorized to confer earned bachelor's degrees
In Senate Committee · Higher Education · Sponsor John McEneny
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BILL NUMBER:S6599
Title of bill
An act to amend the education law, in relation to eligibility for state aid for certain independent institutions of higher learning
Purpose or general idea of bill
This bill provides that a former two-year institution may elect to continue to receive associate level degree awards if it foregoes receiving any awards for degrees conferred at the bachelor's level.
Summary of specific provisions
Amends the Education Law, Section 6401 to provide that an institution which was formerly a two year institution and was granted authority to confer bachelor degrees (if that authority was granted after the first day of April 2009, but before the first day of May 2009) may continue to receive awards for earned associate degrees. However if the institution elects to receive awards for associate degrees it will not be eligible for earned bachelor's degrees.
Justification
Under current law, only two-year institutions may receive associate awards for degrees conferred at that level. Once such an institution has been authorized to confer the bachelor's degree, it may no longer receive associate awards, no matter how small the number of bachelor's degrees it confers. Maria College in Albany is currently faced with this situation, having been recently granted authority to confer four-year degrees yet only offering a bachelor's degree in one program area. This bill would allow the former two-year institution to elect to continue to receive associate awards, provided it does not accept any awards under Section 6401 for the bachelor's degrees it confers. This would be consistent with the statutory history and legislative rationale for Section 6401, which has prohibited institutions which are authorized to award bachelor degrees from also receiving associate degree awards, to avoid more than one award for any given student being received up to the baccalaureate level.
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New Bill
Fiscal implications
None.
Effective date
Immediately.
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