What's happening
This bill allows senior citizens auditing community college classes to be counted in the full-time equivalent state aid formula for funding.
Why it matters
Increases potential state funding for community colleges. by counting senior citizens who audit classes in the same formula used for full-time enrolled students, directly impacting how much aid each college receives.
Encourages colleges to offer more opportunities for senior citizens. to audit courses, since their presence now contributes to the college's funding, potentially expanding access for older adults to lifelong learning.
May influence class availability and resource allocation. , as colleges could be incentivized to enroll more auditing seniors, possibly affecting the balance between credit-seeking students and auditors in high-demand courses.
Highlights the value of senior engagement in higher education. , signaling a state-level priority on supporting lifelong learning and community involvement for older adults.
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Who cares
Community colleges
The bill would count students age 60 or older who audit classes in the full-time-equivalent formula used to determine state aid.
Students age 60 and older
Their tuition-free, noncredit auditing would count toward their community college’s state aid calculation while remaining subject to space availability.
Community college presidents
They would retain authority to determine whether to permit senior auditing, with those auditors included in the state aid formula.
Students seeking regular course enrollment
The bill would preserve the rule that senior audit attendance cannot deny course attendance to otherwise qualified students.
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Count Seniors as Students
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History
- Referred to higher education
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STATE OF NEW YORK
4643
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 4, 2019
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.
LBD08444-01-9
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