Bill Text: NY A09718 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Directs the board of trustees of the state university of New York and the board of trustees of the city university of New York to freeze tuition at the rate of such tuition and fees for the two thousand nineteen--two thousand twenty academic year.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-02-06 - referred to higher education [A09718 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A09718-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          9718

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    February 6, 2020
                                       ___________

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

        AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to directing the board of
          trustees of the state university of New York and the board of trustees
          of the city university of New York to freeze tuition at  the  rate  of
          such  tuition  for  the  two  thousand  nineteen--two  thousand twenty
          academic year

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

     1    Section  1.  Subparagraph 4 of paragraph h of subdivision 2 of section
     2  355 of the education law, as amended by section 1 of part JJJ of chapter
     3  59 of the laws of 2017, is amended by adding a new subparagraph (vii) to
     4  read as follows:
     5    (vii) Commencing with the two thousand twenty--two thousand twenty-one
     6  academic year and thereafter, the board of  trustees  shall  freeze  the
     7  amount  of tuition per credit hour per academic year at the rate of such
     8  tuition for the two  thousand  nineteen--two  thousand  twenty  academic
     9  year.  This  freeze  shall  apply to tuition for full-time and part-time
    10  students and to tuition for New York residents,  out-of-state  residents
    11  and on-line students.
    12    §  2. Subparagraph 4 of paragraph h of subdivision 2 of section 355 of
    13  the education law, as amended by chapter 437 of the  laws  of  2015,  is
    14  amended to read as follows:
    15    (4)  The trustees shall not impose a differential tuition charge based
    16  upon need or income. All students enrolled in programs leading  to  like
    17  degrees  at state-operated institutions of the state university shall be
    18  charged a uniform rate of tuition except for differential tuition  rates
    19  based  on  state  residency.  Provided,  however,  that the trustees may
    20  authorize the presidents of the colleges of technology and the  colleges
    21  of agriculture and technology to set differing rates of tuition for each
    22  of  the colleges for students enrolled in degree-granting programs lead-
    23  ing to an associate degree and non-degree granting programs so  long  as
    24  such  tuition  rate does not exceed the tuition rate charged to students
    25  who are enrolled in like degree programs or degree-granting  undergradu-

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  ate  programs  leading to a baccalaureate degree at other state-operated
     2  institutions of the state university of New York.   Notwithstanding  any
     3  other  provision  of  this  subparagraph, the trustees may authorize the
     4  setting  of  a  separate category of tuition rate, that shall be greater
     5  than the tuition rate for resident students and less  than  the  tuition
     6  rate  for  non-resident students, only for students enrolled in distance
     7  learning courses who are not residents of the state. [The trustees shall
     8  not adopt changes affecting tuition charges prior to  the  enactment  of
     9  the  annual  budget.] Commencing with the two thousand twenty--two thou-
    10  sand twenty-one academic year and  thereafter,  the  board  of  trustees
    11  shall  freeze the amount of tuition per credit hour per academic year at
    12  the rate of such tuition for the  two  thousand  nineteen--two  thousand
    13  twenty  academic  year. This freeze shall apply to tuition for full-time
    14  and part-time students and to tuition for New  York  residents,  out-of-
    15  state residents and on-line students.
    16    §  3.  Paragraph  a  of subdivision 7 of section 6206 of the education
    17  law, as amended by section 2 of part JJJ of chapter 59 of  the  laws  of
    18  2017, is amended by adding a new subparagraph (vi) to read as follows:
    19    (vi)  Commencing with the two thousand twenty--two thousand twenty-one
    20  academic year and thereafter, the board of  trustees  shall  freeze  the
    21  amount  of tuition per credit hour per academic year at the rate of such
    22  tuition for the two  thousand  nineteen--two  thousand  twenty  academic
    23  year.  This  freeze  shall  apply to tuition for full-time and part-time
    24  students and to tuition for New York residents,  out-of-state  residents
    25  and on-line students.
    26    §  4.  Paragraph  a  of subdivision 7 of section 6206 of the education
    27  law, as amended by chapter 327 of the laws of 2002,  the  opening  para-
    28  graph  as  amended  by  chapter  437  of the laws of 2015, is amended by
    29  adding a new subparagraph (iv) to read as follows:
    30    (iv) Commencing with the two thousand twenty--two thousand  twenty-one
    31  academic  year  and  thereafter,  the board of trustees shall freeze the
    32  amount of tuition per credit hour per academic year at the rate of  such
    33  tuition  for  the  two  thousand  nineteen--two thousand twenty academic
    34  year. This freeze shall apply to tuition  for  full-time  and  part-time
    35  students  and  to tuition for New York residents, out-of-state residents
    36  and on-line students.
    37    § 5. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to academ-
    38  ic years commencing on and after July 1, 2020; provided, however, that:
    39    a. the amendments to subparagraph 4 of paragraph h of subdivision 2 of
    40  section 355 of the education law made by section one of this  act  shall
    41  be subject to the expiration and reversion of such paragraph pursuant to
    42  section  16  of  chapter  260 of the laws of 2011, as amended, when upon
    43  such date the provisions of section two of this act shall  take  effect;
    44  and
    45    b.  the  amendments to paragraph a of subdivision 7 of section 6206 of
    46  the education law made by section three of this act shall be subject  to
    47  the expiration and reversion of such paragraph pursuant to section 16 of
    48  chapter  260  of  the  laws of 2011, as amended, when upon such date the
    49  provisions of section four of this act shall take effect.