Bill Text: NY S02796 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides an annual scholarship of $1,000 for students with a minimum 3.0 high school GPA who attend a New York state public postsecondary institution.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION [S02796 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S02796-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         2796
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   January 29, 2015
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- 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 state college  attend-
         ance  awards  for  students  who maintain a certain minimum cumulative
         average throughout high school
         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 670-c
    2  to read as follows:
    3    S 670-C. STATE COLLEGE ATTENDANCE AWARDS. 1. IN ADDITION TO ANY  OTHER
    4  ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE AWARD GRANTED PURSUANT TO THIS CHAPTER, AN ELIGIBLE
    5  STUDENT  SHALL  RECEIVE  ONE  THOUSAND  DOLLARS  ANNUALLY, PROVIDED SUCH
    6  STUDENT ENROLLS IN AN ASSOCIATE OR BACCALAUREATE  DEGREE  PROGRAM  AT  A
    7  PUBLIC  POSTSECONDARY  INSTITUTION LOCATED IN THIS STATE WITHIN ONE YEAR
    8  OF SUCH STUDENT'S COMPLETION OF THE  CORE  REQUIREMENTS  FOR  GRADUATION
    9  FROM A PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL LOCATED IN THIS STATE.
   10    2. ELIGIBILITY. AN ELIGIBLE STUDENT SHALL BE A STUDENT WHO:
   11    (A)  HAS  ATTENDED  AN  APPROVED PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAM LOCATED IN
   12  THIS STATE FROM GRADES NINE THROUGH TWELVE; AND
   13    (B) HAS MAINTAINED A MINIMUM 3.0 CUMULATIVE AVERAGE FOR  EACH  OF  ALL
   14  SEMESTERS  OF  SUCH  STUDENT'S  ATTENDANCE  IN SUCH APPROVED HIGH SCHOOL
   15  PROGRAM LOCATED IN THIS STATE.
   16    3. DURATION. A STATE COLLEGE ATTENDANCE AWARD SHALL ENTITLE THE RECIP-
   17  IENT TO AN ANNUAL AWARD FOR NOT MORE THAN FOUR ACADEMIC YEARS OF  UNDER-
   18  GRADUATE  STUDY,  PROVIDED  SUCH  STUDENT MAINTAINS THE MINIMUM ACADEMIC
   19  STANDARDS FOR SUCH POSTSECONDARY INSTITUTION; AND PROVIDED FURTHER  SUCH
   20  STUDENT REMAINS ENROLLED IN A PUBLIC POSTSECONDARY INSTITUTION UNTIL THE
   21  COMPLETION OF HIS OR HER TERMINAL DEGREE.
   22    4.  AMOUNT.  (A) ELIGIBLE STUDENTS ENTERING A COMMUNITY COLLEGE WITH A
   23  TWO YEAR DEGREE PROGRAM SHALL RECEIVE ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR  EACH  OF
   24  TWO YEARS, OR A MAXIMUM OF TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS; AND
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD06808-01-5
       S. 2796                             2
    1    (B) ELIGIBLE STUDENTS ENTERING A PUBLIC FOUR YEAR COLLEGE OR UNIVERSI-
    2  TY SHALL RECEIVE ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR EACH OF FOUR YEARS, OR A MAXI-
    3  MUM OF FOUR THOUSAND DOLLARS.
    4    (C)  IN  NO  EVENT  SHALL  THE  AMOUNT OF THE ANNUAL AWARDS EXCEED THE
    5  RECIPIENT'S COST OF ATTENDANCE AT  THE  INSTITUTION  ATTENDED.  COST  OF
    6  ATTENDANCE  SHALL  MEAN  TUITION,  REQUIRED  FEES,  LABORATORY AND OTHER
    7  INSTRUCTION RELATED EXPENSES, BOOKS, TRANSPORTATION, AND ROOM AND BOARD.
    8  ANYTHING IN THIS ARTICLE TO THE CONTRARY NOTWITHSTANDING, A RECIPIENT OF
    9  A SCHOLARSHIP PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION  MAY  CONCURRENTLY  RECEIVE  WITH
   10  SUCH  AWARD  ANY OTHER ACADEMIC OR GENERAL AWARD FOR WHICH HE OR SHE MAY
   11  BE ELIGIBLE; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, IN NO EVENT SHALL A RECIPIENT BE AWARDED
   12  A SCHOLARSHIP IN ANY AMOUNT WHERE THE COMBINATION  OF  ALL  SUCH  AWARDS
   13  WOULD EXCEED THE RECIPIENT'S COST OF ATTENDANCE AT THE INSTITUTION.
   14    S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
   15  it shall have become a law; provided, however, that effective immediate-
   16  ly,  the  addition,  amendment  and/or  repeal of any rule or regulation
   17  necessary for the implementation of this act on its  effective  date  is
   18  authorized  and  directed  to  be  made  and completed on or before such
   19  effective date.