Bill Text: NY A06443 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Enacts the "Commitment to Military Education Act" to provide tuition assistance to members of the armed forces who were enrolled in a tuition assistance program cancelled or suspended.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 33-16)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - referred to higher education [A06443 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A06443-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         6443
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                    March 27, 2013
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       Introduced by M. of A. GUNTHER, LALOR, CUSICK, SKOUFIS, BARRETT, SKARTA-
         DOS,  TITONE,  LAVINE,  STEC, TENNEY, NOJAY, BLANKENBUSH, GRAF, JOHNS,
         BORELLI, MALLIOTAKIS -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BARCLAY, CERET-
         TO,  COLTON,  CROUCH,  CURRAN,  DIPIETRO,  DUPREY,  FINCH,  GARBARINO,
         GIGLIO, GOODELL, HAWLEY, KATZ, KEARNS, P. LOPEZ, LUPINACCI, McDONOUGH,
         McKEVITT, McLAUGHLIN, PALMESANO, RA, RABBITT, RAIA, REILICH, SALADINO,
         SIMANOWITZ,  TEDISCO,  THIELE, WALTER -- read once and referred to the
         Committee on Higher Education
       AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to enacting the  "Commit-
         ment to Military Education Act"
         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 "Commitment
    2  to Military Education Act."
    3    S 2. The education law is amended by adding a  new  section  669-e  to
    4  read as follows:
    5    S  669-E.  TUITION  ASSISTANCE  FOR MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE
    6  UNITED STATES.  1. ELIGIBLE STUDENTS. STUDENTS MUST BE ENROLLED  IN  THE
    7  STATE  OF  NEW  YORK  UNIVERSITY  SYSTEM  ON  THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS
    8  SECTION AND MUST HAVE BEEN ENROLLED  IN  A  TUITION  ASSISTANCE  PROGRAM
    9  UNDER  A BRANCH OF THE UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES WHICH WAS CANCELLED OR
   10  SUSPENDED IN THE YEAR 2013.
   11    2.  TUITION  REDUCTION.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  LAW  TO  THE  CONTRARY,
   12  STUDENTS  WHO  MEET  THE REQUIREMENTS OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION
   13  SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR REDUCED TUITION IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK UNIVERSI-
   14  TY SYSTEM.  REDUCED TUITION SHALL BE EQUIVALENT TO THE  REGULAR  TUITION
   15  AMOUNT  REDUCED  BY THE AMOUNT OF ASSISTANCE PER CREDIT HOUR THE STUDENT
   16  FORMERLY RECEIVED FROM A TUITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM UNDER  A  BRANCH  OF
   17  THE UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD09830-01-3
       A. 6443                             2
    1    3.  IMPLEMENTATION.  THE  STATE  UNIVERSITY  TRUSTEES AND THE BOARD OF
    2  GOVERNORS OF THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE  SYSTEM  SHALL  PRESCRIBE  RULES  AND
    3  REGULATIONS FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS SECTION.
    4    4.  EFFECTIVENESS.  STUDENTS  SHALL REMAIN ELIGIBLE UNDER THE REQUIRE-
    5  MENTS OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION UNTIL  THE  TUITION  ASSISTANCE
    6  PROGRAM  UNDER  A  BRANCH  OF  THE UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES, WHICH WAS
    7  CANCELLED OR SUSPENDED IN THE YEAR 2013, FOR WHICH THEY  WERE  ENROLLED,
    8  OR A SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR PROGRAM, IS REINSTATED.
    9    S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.