Bill Text: NY A10864 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Modifies requirements for eligibility for the state science, technology, engineering and mathematics program to include students who enroll in a public or private institute of higher education.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-1)
Status: (Passed) 2018-11-05 - signed chap.329 [A10864 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-A10864-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 10864 IN ASSEMBLY May 24, 2018 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. HYNDMAN -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Higher Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to eligibility for the science, technology, engineering and mathematics program 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 section 1 of part BB of chapter 56 of the laws of 2018, is 3 amended to read as 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 institution of higher educa- 7 tion for the purpose of subdivision two of this section, or a New York 8 state private degree granting institution of higher education for the 9 purpose of subdivision two-a of this section, shall be eligible for an 10 award under this section, provided the applicant: (a) graduates from a 11 high school located in New York state during or after the two thousand 12 thirteen--fourteen school year; and (b) graduates within the top ten 13 percent of his or her high school class; and (c) enrolls in full-time 14 study each term beginning in the fall term after his or her high school 15 graduation in an approved undergraduate program in science, technology, 16 engineering or mathematics, as defined by the corporation, at a New York 17 state [public] institution of higher education; and (d) signs a contract 18 with the corporation agreeing that his or her award will be converted to 19 a student loan in the event the student fails to comply with the terms 20 of this program as set forth in subdivision four of this section; and 21 (e) complies with the applicable provisions of this article and all 22 requirements promulgated by the corporation for the administration of 23 the program. 24 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD15915-01-8