Bill Text: NY S04215 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes the board of trustees of the state university of New York to offer certain other non-resident tuition rates.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION [S04215 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S04215-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4215

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    February 3, 2021
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        Introduced  by Sens. STAVISKY, HARCKHAM -- read twice and ordered print-
          ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Educa-
          tion

        AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to authorizing the  board
          of  trustees of the state university of New York to offer certain non-
          resident undergraduate students separate tuition rates for  attendance
          at  selected state-operated institutions; and providing for the repeal
          of such provisions upon the expiration thereof

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  Paragraph h of subdivision 2 of section 355 of the educa-
     2  tion law is amended by adding a new subparagraph 4-b to read as follows:
     3    (4-b) Commencing with the two thousand twenty-two--two thousand  twen-
     4  ty-three  academic  year  and ending in the two thousand twenty-six--two
     5  thousand twenty-seven academic year, the board of trustees of the  state
     6  university  is  authorized  to  designate selected state-operated insti-
     7  tutions of the state university for participation in a program  allowing
     8  eligible  non-resident  undergraduate  students  to pay separate tuition
     9  rates for attendance at those selected institutions. In selecting insti-
    10  tutions for this program, such board of trustees shall consider  out-of-
    11  state  competition, current or projected levels of high school graduates
    12  within an institution's recruitment region, and enrollment capacity  and
    13  physical  location  of  these institutions. The board of trustees of the
    14  state university is further authorized  to  set  such  separate  tuition
    15  rates,  which shall not be set below an amount equal to one and one-half
    16  times the in-state tuition rate  at  the  designated  institution.  Such
    17  separate  tuition  rates  may  be  offered only to eligible non-resident
    18  students, the total of which shall not exceed ten percent of  enrollment
    19  at  each  designated institution. Residents from the states of Connecti-
    20  cut, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Vermont, and  the
    21  Canadian  provinces  of  Ontario and Quebec may be eligible for separate

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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        S. 4215                             2

     1  tuition rates at the designated state-operated institutions. Each state-
     2  operated institution that is selected for participation in this  program
     3  shall  report  annually to the board of trustees of the state university
     4  on the impact of this program.
     5    §  2.  This  act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
     6  deemed repealed August 31, 2027.