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A7184Assembly2017-2018 SessionSame asS5487

Exclude Hobby Photo Schools

Official title

“Relates to licensure of certain private career schools”

Sponsor Richard GottfriedAD-75Affects Education
Status
Signed by Governor
Impact
3/10
Low
Outcome
Signed into law

Bill progress

Signed into law

What's happening

This bill exempts schools teaching photography exclusively for non-occupational purposes from certain licensure requirements in New York.

Why it matters

  1. Reduces barriers for hobbyist and recreational photography education. by removing state licensure requirements for schools teaching photography solely for personal, non-career-related reasons, making it easier for such programs to operate.

  2. Could increase the availability and affordability of non-professional photography classes. , as schools and instructors may face fewer regulatory costs and administrative burdens, potentially resulting in more options for learners.

  3. Clarifies the distinction between occupational and non-occupational instruction. , providing legal certainty to organizations and individuals offering purely recreational or hobbyist photography courses, and helping to ensure that licensure is focused on programs with professional or vocational aims.

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Who cares

  • Non-occupational photography schools

    The bill would exempt schools that teach photography exclusively for non-occupational purposes from private career school licensure requirements.

  • Photography hobbyists

    Schools offering photography instruction solely for non-occupational purposes could serve these students without private career school licensure.

  • Career-focused photography schools

    The new exemption would not cover schools that offer photography instruction for occupational purposes.

Headline styles

Exclude Hobby Photo Schools

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Sponsors

Primary sponsor
Richard Gottfried

Assembly Member · Assembly District 75

No co-sponsors yet.

History

  1. Signed chap.298
  2. Delivered to governor
  3. Returned to assembly
  4. Passed senateVote 62–0
  5. 3rd reading cal.1892
  6. Substituted for S5487A
  7. Referred to rules
  8. Delivered to senate
  9. Passed assembly
  10. Ordered to third reading rules cal.232
  11. Rules report cal.232
  12. Reported
Show 5 earlier actions
  1. Reported referred to rules
  2. Reported referred to ways and means
  3. Print number 7184a
  4. Amend and recommit to higher education
  5. Referred to higher education

Companion bill

The same bill in the other chamber. A bill becomes law when one version passes both houses and the governor signs it, so either number can carry it.

S5487Senate

Exempt Hobby Photo Schools

Senate Floor Calendar · Sponsor Susan Serino

Impact 3 · Low0% to pass

Full text

1 pageUnderlined is new[Struck] is removedOfficial text on nysenate.gov ↗

STATE OF NEW YORK

7184--A

2017-2018 Regular Sessions

IN ASSEMBLY

April 12, 2017

Introduced by M. of A. GOTTFRIED -- read once and referred 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 clarifying licensure requirements for schools which provide instruction in photography

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

Section 1. Paragraphs n and o of subdivision 2 of section 5001 of the education law, paragraph n as amended and paragraph o as added by chapter 381 of the laws of 2012, are amended and a new paragraph p is added to read as follows:

n. schools which provide instruction exclusively to persons employed full-time or part-time in the field in which instruction is being offered, where the instruction is provided to meet continuing education standards required for professional licensure as defined by law in this state; [and]

o. schools in candidacy status pursuant to subparagraph (iv) of paragraph b of subdivision four of this section[.]; and

p. schools which provide instruction in photography exclusively for non-occupational purposes.

§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

[ ] is old law to be omitted.

LBD10851-02-7

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