Bill Text: NY A05250 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 5250 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Increases the minimum tuition assistance program award and increases the tuition assistance program income threshold.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to higher education [A05250 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A05250-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          5250
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    February 8, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced by M. of A. BARRETT, HYNDMAN -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Higher Education
        AN  ACT to amend the education law, in relation to  increasing the mini-
          mum tuition  assistance  program  award  and  increasing  the  tuition
          assistance program income threshold
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Clause (D) of subparagraph (ii) of paragraph a of  subdivi-
     2  sion  3  of section 667 of the education law, as amended by section 1 of
     3  part B of chapter 60 of the laws of 2000, is amended to read as follows:
     4  (D) Eighteen thousand dollars or    Nine hundred eighty dollars
     5      more, but not more than         plus twelve per centum of
     6      [eighty] ninety-five            excess over eighteen
     7      thousand dollars                thousand dollars
     8    § 2. Subparagraph (vi) of paragraph a of subdivision 3 of section  667
     9  of the education law, as amended by section 1 of part B of chapter 60 of
    10  the laws of 2000, is amended to read as follows:
    11    (vi)  For  the  two thousand two--two thousand three academic year and
    12  thereafter, the award shall be the net amount of the base amount  deter-
    13  mined pursuant to subparagraph (i) of this paragraph reduced pursuant to
    14  subparagraph  (ii) or (iii) of this paragraph but the award shall not be
    15  reduced below [five hundred] seven hundred fifty dollars.
    16    § 3. This act shall take effect June 1, 2019.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD08215-01-9