Bill Text: NY S02578 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 2578 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Establishes a demonstration program in the city school district of the city of Syracuse and adding five other cities with a population of less than one million.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION [S02578 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-S02578-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         2578
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   February 24, 2009
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       Introduced  by  Sen. VALESKY -- 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 establishing the  "say
         yes to education demonstration program"
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section  669-e
    2  to read as follows:
    3    S  669-E. SAY YES TO EDUCATION DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM. 1.  THE "SAY YES
    4  TO EDUCATION DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM" IS HEREBY ESTABLISHED  IN  THE  CITY
    5  SCHOOL  DISTRICT  OF THE CITY OF SYRACUSE AND IN UP TO FIVE OTHER CITIES
    6  WITH POPULATIONS OF LESS THAN ONE  MILLION,  AND  FAMILY  POVERTY  RATES
    7  CALCULATED  IN  THE TWO THOUSAND FEDERAL CENSUS EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN
    8  THIRTEEN PERCENT.
    9    2. STUDENTS WHO ARE ENROLLED IN PARTICIPATING  DISTRICTS  PURSUANT  TO
   10  SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION AND ARE ENROLLED IN TWELFTH GRADE DURING
   11  THE  TWO  THOUSAND  NINE--TWO  THOUSAND  TEN SCHOOL YEAR, AND SUBSEQUENT
   12  YEARS THEREAFTER AND: (A) WHO  HAD  PREVIOUSLY  BEEN  ENROLLED  IN  SUCH
   13  DISTRICTS  DURING  THEIR  TENTH AND ELEVENTH GRADE YEARS; (B) WHO HAVE A
   14  HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA OR ITS EQUIVALENT; (C) WHO ARE MATRICULATED  AT  THE
   15  STATE  UNIVERSITY  OF NEW YORK (SUNY) OR THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK
   16  (CUNY); AND WHO APPLY FOR FEDERAL PELL GRANTS AND  THE  NEW  YORK  STATE
   17  TUITION  ASSISTANCE  PROGRAM PURSUANT TO SECTION SIX HUNDRED SIXTY-SEVEN
   18  OF THIS SUBPART, AND OTHER AVAILABLE FEDERAL  AND  STATE  AID  SHALL  BE
   19  ELIGIBLE FOR AWARDS PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION THREE OF THIS SECTION.
   20    3.  ELIGIBLE STUDENTS SHALL RECEIVE AWARDS IN AN AMOUNT UP TO THE COST
   21  OF TUITION AND FEES AT SUNY AND CUNY SCHOOLS LESS OTHER STATE OR FEDERAL
   22  AWARDS RECEIVED BY SUCH STUDENTS, OR THE  ACTUAL  COST  OF  TUITION  AND
   23  FEES, WHICHEVER IS LESS.
   24    4.  THE  PRESIDENT  OF THE HIGHER EDUCATION SERVICES CORPORATION SHALL
   25  PROMULGATE ANY NECESSARY RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD00559-01-9
       S. 2578                             2
    1  THIS SECTION ON OR BEFORE  DECEMBER  THIRTY-FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND  NINE,
    2  PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,  THAT CURRENT DURATION, INCOME ELIGIBILITY AND GRADE
    3  POINT AVERAGE STANDARDS APPLIED TO APPLICANTS FOR THE TUITION ASSISTANCE
    4  PROGRAM  SHALL  BE  APPLIED  TO APPLICANTS FOR THE "SAY YES TO EDUCATION
    5  DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM."
    6    5. THIS PROGRAM SHALL BE  FUNDED  PURSUANT  TO  APPROPRIATION  BY  THE
    7  LEGISLATURE.
    8    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.