Requires the higher education services corporation to make a determination of financial eligibility of a student for financial aid, awards and loans within 60 days from the day of the receipt of the financial aid application; where the higher education services corporation fails to make a timely determination the applicant shall be deemed eligible for such aid for the semester for which the application was made; allows for a 30-day extension if notice is given to the educational institution within the initial 60-day period.
Sen. Toby Stavisky
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Enacts the "New York religious freedom act".
Creates a firearm violence research institute and a firearm violence research fund; makes an appropriation therefor.
Relates to the appointment and reporting duties of the superintendent of the state police and to the appointment of employees of the state police.
Allows members of the New York city transit authority twenty-five year and age fifty-five retirement plan to purchase credit for prior service.
Requires that rehabilitation programs for female inmates in state correctional facilities be equivalent to those provided to male inmates of correctional facilities elsewhere in the state; provides that such rehabilitation programs shall include, but not be limited to, vocational, academic and industrial programs.
Clarifies that enhanced tuition awards are for attendance at private degree granting institutions of higher education.
Provides that the abbreviation of "D.P.T." and title "doctor of physical therapy" may only be used by a person licensed or otherwise authorized by article 136 of the education law to practice physical therapy.