What's happening
This bill requires colleges and social services to notify applicants that qualifying work-study or internships fulfill public assistance work requirements.
Why it matters
Increases awareness for low-income students. By requiring colleges and social services to notify applicants, the bill helps students who rely on public assistance understand they can meet work requirements through academic-related work placements, potentially reducing the risk of losing benefits due to misunderstanding or lack of information.
Simplifies compliance for vulnerable populations. The change allows recipients of public assistance to use work-study, internships, and related experiences to fulfill mandatory work obligations, making it easier for them to remain eligible for benefits while pursuing higher education or training.
Supports educational attainment and upward mobility. By clarifying that academic work placements count toward public assistance requirements, the bill removes a barrier that might otherwise force students to choose between their education and maintaining essential benefits, thus supporting their long-term economic stability.
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STATE OF NEW YORK
1827
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 14, 2025
Introduced by M. of A. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the Committee on Social Services
AN ACT to amend the education law and the social services law, in relation to notifying individuals that certain work-study, internship, externship or other work placements offered by institutions of higher education meet the work requirements of title nine-B of article five of the social services law
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Part 4 of article 14 of the education law is amended by adding a new section 685 to read as follows:
§ 685. Work-study, internship, externship or other work placements. Any CUNY, SUNY or other degree granting institution providing work-study, internship, externship or other work placements that are part of the curriculum shall notify applicants on the application forms that such work-study, internship, externship or other work placements that are part of the curriculum meet the work requirements of title nine-B of article five of the social services law for public assistance.
§ 2. The social services law is amended by adding a new section 337-a to read as follows:
§ 337-a. Notification to applicants. The department shall notify applicants on application forms that certain CUNY, SUNY or other degree granting institution providing work-study, internship, externship or other work placements that are part of the curriculum, meet the work requirements of this title.
§ 3. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD04687-01-5
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