 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1364
 
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                    January 11, 2023
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by Sens. KENNEDY, ADDABBO -- read twice and ordered printed,
          and when printed to be committed to the Committee on  Veterans,  Home-
          land Security and Military Affairs
 
        AN  ACT  to  amend the education law, in relation to academic credit for
          veterans
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "veterans'
     2  education through SUNY credits act".
     3    § 2. The education law is amended by adding a new section 6355 to read
     4  as follows:
     5    § 6355. Expanding veterans' educational opportunities act.  1. For the
     6  purposes of this section, "veteran" shall mean a person, male or female,
     7  who has served in the active military or naval  service  of  the  United
     8  States during a war in which the United States engaged, and who has been
     9  released  from such service otherwise than by dishonorable discharge, or
    10  who has been furloughed to the reserve.
    11    2. The state university of New York's board of trustees shall adopt  a
    12  policy  requiring  each state university of New York and city university
    13  of New York, including colleges and community colleges, to award academ-
    14  ic credit to a student, who is also a veteran, enrolled in the universi-
    15  ty, for courses that were part of the  student's  military  training  or
    16  service and that meet the standards of the American Council on Education
    17  or  equivalent  standards for awarding the academic credit, if the award
    18  of academic credit is based upon the university's  admission  standards.
    19  Each university shall adopt the necessary rules, regulations, and proce-
    20  dures to implement the provisions of this section.
    21    3. No fee, tuition or other charge shall be assessed against a veteran
    22  who qualifies for such credit pursuant to this section.
    23    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00867-01-3
Relates to academic credit for veterans

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