What's happening
This bill allows senior citizens auditing community college courses to be counted in the full-time equivalent state aid formula.
Why it matters
Increases funding potential for community colleges. by allowing them to count senior citizens auditing courses toward their state aid calculations, potentially bringing in more resources for the institution.
Encourages greater participation of seniors in lifelong learning. , as their presence in classrooms will now have a tangible fiscal benefit for colleges, possibly leading schools to offer more opportunities or targeted programs for older adults.
May affect course availability and planning. , since colleges will now have an incentive to attract senior auditors, potentially influencing scheduling, marketing, or prioritization of space in high-demand classes.
Reflects a policy shift valuing educational engagement for seniors. , signaling state support for integrating older adults into academic communities and recognizing their role in the broader educational ecosystem.
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STATE OF NEW YORK
4569
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 3, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. ENGLEBRIGHT -- read once and referred to the Committee on Higher Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to including senior citizen students auditing community college classes in the full time equivalent state aid formula
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Subdivision 5 of section 6303 of the education law, as amended by chapter 552 of the laws of 1984, is amended to read as follows:
5. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other general, special or local law, rule or regulation, community colleges may permit persons sixty years of age or over to audit courses given therein without tuition, examination, grading or credit therefor upon a space available basis, subject to the provisions of section sixty-three hundred four of this [chapter] article, as determined by the president of each such institution, provided that such audit attendance does not deny course attendance at a community college by an individual who is otherwise qualified under the regulations and the provisions of section sixtythree hundred four of this [chapter] article. The provisions of this [paragraph] subdivision shall not affect any state aid to community colleges granted pursuant to this article [one hundred twenty-six of this chapter]. For the purposes of determining state aid to such institutions, such persons sixty years of age or over who audit classes shall be included in the full time equivalent state aid formula.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding 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.
LBD03629-01-7
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