Bill Text: NY A09628 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Clarifies that enhanced tuition awards are for attendance at private degree granting institutions of higher education.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 18-8)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-26 - referred to ways and means [A09628 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A09628-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          9628
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 26, 2018
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        Introduced by M. of A. PICHARDO -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Ways and Means
        AN  ACT  to amend the education law, in relation to the enhanced tuition
          awards
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Paragraphs a and d of subdivision 1 of section 667-d of the
     2  education  law,  as  added by section 1 of part III of chapter 59 of the
     3  laws of 2017, are amended to read as follows:
     4    a. Establishment. Enhanced tuition awards are available  for  students
     5  who are enrolled in approved programs in private [not-for-profit] degree
     6  granting  institutions of higher education except those institutions set
     7  forth in paragraph b of subdivision four of section six  hundred  sixty-
     8  one of this part and who demonstrate the ability to complete such cours-
     9  es,  in  accordance  with  standards  established  by  the commissioner;
    10  provided, that, no award shall exceed one hundred percent of the  amount
    11  of tuition charged.
    12    d.  Credit  requirements.  An award shall be made to an applicant who:
    13  (i) if enrolled in (A) a private degree granting institution  of  higher
    14  education  prior  to application, has completed at least thirty combined
    15  credits per year following the student's start date, or its  equivalent,
    16  applicable  to  his  or her program or programs of study or (B) a public
    17  degree granting institution of higher education  prior  to  application,
    18  has  completed  at  least thirty combined credits per year following the
    19  student's start date, or  its  equivalent,  applicable  to  his  or  her
    20  program  or programs of study and which were accepted upon transfer to a
    21  private degree granting institution of higher education; (ii) enrolls in
    22  at least twelve credits per  semester  and  completes  at  least  thirty
    23  combined  credits  per  year  following the student's start date, or its
    24  equivalent, applicable to his or her program or programs of study except
    25  in limited circumstances as prescribed by the corporation in regulation.
    26  Notwithstanding, in the student's last semester, the student may take at
    27  least one course needed to meet his or her graduation  requirements  and
    28  enroll  in  and complete at least twelve credit hours or its equivalent.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11336-01-7
        A. 9628                             2
     1  For students who are disabled as defined by the Americans With Disabili-
     2  ties Act of 1990, 42 USC 12101, the corporation  shall  prescribe  rules
     3  and  regulations  that  allow applicants who are disabled to be eligible
     4  for an award pursuant to this section based on modified criteria.
     5    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.