Bill Text: NY A02204 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: An act to amend the education law, in relation to providing tuition awards to children of firefighters, police officers, volunteer firefighters, and emergency medical technicians with permanent and total disabilities
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - referred to higher education [A02204 Detail]
Download: New_York-2009-A02204-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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2009-2010 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
January 15, 2009
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Introduced by M. of A. MORELLE, GORDON -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
KOON, PERRY -- read once and referred to the Committee on Higher
Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to providing tuition
awards to children of firefighters, police officers, volunteer fire-
fighters, and emergency medical technicians with permanent and total
disabilities
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 669-e
2 to read as follows:
3 S 669-E. TUITION AWARDS FOR CHILDREN OF FIREFIGHTERS, POLICE OFFICERS,
4 VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS, AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS WITH PERMANENT
5 AND TOTAL DISABILITIES. 1. ELIGIBILITY. A CHILD WHOSE PARENT IS A FIRE-
6 FIGHTER, POLICE OFFICER, VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER, OR EMERGENCY MEDICAL
7 TECHNICIAN WHO IS ELIGIBLE FOR PERMANENT AND TOTAL DISABILITY BENEFITS,
8 SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR A TUITION AWARD TO BE MADE AVAILABLE BY THE PRESI-
9 DENT OF THE HIGHER EDUCATION SERVICES CORPORATION. SUCH TUITION AWARD
10 MAY BE APPLIED TO ANY COLLEGE, COMMUNITY COLLEGE, STATE UNIVERSITY OF
11 NEW YORK, OR THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK.
12 2. AMOUNT. THE TUITION AWARD SHALL BE EQUAL TO THE COST OF UNDERGRADU-
13 ATE TUITION, OFFSET BY ANY OTHER FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE OR AWARD RECEIVED.
14 IF A TUITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (TAP) AWARD IS ALSO RECEIVED, THE
15 COMBINED ACADEMIC YEAR AWARD SHALL NOT EXCEED TUITION.
16 3. DURATION. (A) NO RECIPIENT OF A TUITION AWARD UNDER THIS SECTION
17 SHALL RECEIVE A TUITION AWARD FOR MORE THAN EIGHT SEMESTERS OF FULL TIME
18 UNDERGRADUATE STUDY, OR THE EQUIVALENT OF FOUR ACADEMIC YEARS, OR, IF AN
19 UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM NORMALLY REQUIRES FIVE ACADEMIC YEARS OF FULL TIME
20 STUDY, FOR MORE THAN TEN SEMESTERS OF FULL TIME STUDY, OR THE EQUIVALENT
21 OF FIVE ACADEMIC YEARS. "FULL TIME STUDY" SHALL MEAN ENROLLMENT FOR MORE
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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1 THAN TWELVE SEMESTER HOURS PER SEMESTER, OR THE EQUIVALENT, IN AN
2 APPROVED UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM.
3 (B) NO RECIPIENT OF A TUITION AWARD UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL RECEIVE A
4 TUITION AWARD FOR MORE THAN SIXTEEN SEMESTERS OF PART TIME UNDERGRADUATE
5 STUDY, OR THE EQUIVALENT OF EIGHT ACADEMIC YEARS OF PART TIME STUDY, OR,
6 IF AN UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM NORMALLY REQUIRES FIVE ACADEMIC YEARS OF
7 FULL TIME STUDY, FOR MORE THAN TWENTY SEMESTERS OF PART TIME STUDY, OR
8 THE EQUIVALENT OF TEN ACADEMIC YEARS. "PART TIME STUDY" SHALL MEAN
9 ENROLLMENT FOR AT LEAST THREE BUT LESS THAN TWELVE SEMESTER HOURS PER
10 SEMESTER, OR THE EQUIVALENT, IN AN APPROVED UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM.
11 4. APPLICABILITY OF AWARDS. TUITION AWARDS PROVIDED UNDER THIS SECTION
12 SHALL ONLY BE AVAILABLE WITHIN THE STATE OF NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SYSTEM
13 OR THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK.
14 S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding
15 the date on which it shall have become a law.
