Bill Text: NY S00119 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Prohibits the deferral of awards granted under the Tuition Assistance Program (TAP); ensures that a TAP award will be paid on time so that the student may pay his or her tuition bill on time.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-05 - PRINT NUMBER 119A [S00119 Detail]
Download: New_York-2011-S00119-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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119
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
(PREFILED)
January 5, 2011
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Introduced by Sen. DIAZ -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to prohibiting the defer-
ral of awards granted under the Tuition Assistance Program (TAP)
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. Section 667 of the education law is amended by adding a new
2 subdivision 4 to read as follows:
3 4. DEFERRAL OF TUITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AWARDS PROHIBITED. UNDER NO
4 CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL AN AWARD GRANTED UNDER THE TUITION ASSISTANCE
5 PROGRAM (TAP) PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION BE DEFERRED UNTIL THE STUDENT
6 RECIPIENT GRADUATES FROM HIS OR HER COURSE OF STUDY. THE PRESIDENT SHALL
7 PAY A TUITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AWARD TO THE STUDENT RECIPIENT IN A
8 REASONABLE TIMEFRAME IN ORDER TO ENSURE THE STUDENT RECIPIENT IS ABLE TO
9 APPLY THE AWARD TOWARD HIS OR HER TUITION BILL ON TIME. NO TUITION
10 ASSISTANCE PROGRAM SHALL BE MADE CONTINGENT UPON THE STUDENT'S GRADU-
11 ATION FROM HIS OR HER UNDERGRADUATE OR GRADUATE COURSE OF STUDY.
12 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately, and shall apply to
13 academic quarters and semesters beginning on or after August 1, 2011.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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