Bill Text: NY S00143 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Extends the duration of tuition assistance awards to five years.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION [S00143 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S00143-Introduced.html


                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
                                           143
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                       (Prefiled)
                                     January 9, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced by Sens. CARLUCCI, SEPULVEDA -- read twice and ordered print-
          ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Education
        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  education  law,  in relation to the duration of
          tuition assistance awards
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Section 604 of the education law is amended by adding a new
     2  subdivision 1-a to read as follows:
     3    1-a. Tuition assistance awards provided for in subdivision one of this
     4  section shall be available to students enrolled in approved programs for
     5  five academic years in the aggregate.
     6    §  2.  This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding
     7  the date on which it shall have become a law.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD05290-01-9
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