Bill Text: NY A07900 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to extending scholarship eligibility for certain scholarships to students attending private and proprietary institutions of higher education.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to higher education [A07900 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A07900-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          7900

                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                      May 28, 2019
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by M. of A. ROZIC -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Higher Education

        AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to extending  eligibility
          for certain scholarships to students attending private and proprietary
          institutions of higher education

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 669-e of  the  education  law,  as
     2  amended  by  chapter  329  of  the  laws  of 2018, is amended to read as
     3  follows:
     4    1. Undergraduate students who are matriculated in an  approved  under-
     5  graduate program leading to a career in science, technology, engineering
     6  or mathematics at a New York state public, private or proprietary insti-
     7  tution  of  higher  education for the purpose of subdivision two of this
     8  section, or a New York state  private  degree  granting  institution  of
     9  higher  education  for the purpose of subdivision two-a of this section,
    10  shall be eligible for an award under this section, provided  the  appli-
    11  cant:  (a) graduates from a high school located in New York state during
    12  or after the two thousand thirteen--fourteen school year; and (b) gradu-
    13  ates within the top ten percent of his or her high school class; and (c)
    14  enrolls in full-time study each term beginning in the  fall  term  after
    15  his  or  her high school graduation in an approved undergraduate program
    16  in science, technology, engineering or mathematics, as  defined  by  the
    17  corporation,  at  a  New York state institution of higher education; and
    18  (d) signs a contract with the corporation agreeing that his or her award
    19  will be converted to a student loan in the event the  student  fails  to
    20  comply  with  the terms of this program as set forth in subdivision four
    21  of this section; and (e) complies with the applicable provisions of this
    22  article and all requirements promulgated  by  the  corporation  for  the
    23  administration of the program.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD10053-01-9
        A. 7900                             2

     1    §  2. Subdivision 1 of section 669-f of the education law, as added by
     2  section 1 of subpart A of part EE of chapter 56 of the laws of 2015,  is
     3  amended to read as follows:
     4    1.  Eligibility. Students who are matriculated in an approved master's
     5  degree in education program at a  New  York  state  public,  private  or
     6  proprietary  institution  of  higher  education leading to a career as a
     7  teacher in public elementary or secondary education  shall  be  eligible
     8  for  an  award under this section, provided the applicant: (a) earned an
     9  undergraduate degree from a college located in New York state; (b) was a
    10  New York state resident while earning  such  undergraduate  degree;  (c)
    11  achieved  academic excellence as an undergraduate student, as defined by
    12  the corporation in regulation; (d) enrolls  in  full-time  study  in  an
    13  approved  master's  degree  in  education  program  at  a New York state
    14  public, private or proprietary institution of higher  education  leading
    15  to  a  career  as a teacher in public elementary or secondary education;
    16  (e) signs a contract with the corporation agreeing to teach in a  class-
    17  room  setting  on  a  full-time basis for five years in a school located
    18  within New York state providing public elementary or secondary education
    19  recognized by the board of regents or the university of the state of New
    20  York, including charter schools authorized pursuant to article fifty-six
    21  of this chapter; and (f) complies with the applicable provisions of this
    22  article and all requirements promulgated  by  the  corporation  for  the
    23  administration of the program.
    24    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.