Bill Text: NY S04462 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Establishes the New York International Scholarship program; creates a program to supplement individuals receiving grants under the Benjamin A. Gilman International scholarship provided for under the International Academic Opportunity Act of 2000 (PL 106-309) therefore allowing recipients to defray their international travel costs and extending the time spent studying abroad in a non-English speaking country for up to a full academic year; appropriates $1,000,000 therefor.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - REFERRED TO FINANCE [S04462 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S04462-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4462
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                     April 6, 2011
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       Introduced by Sen. ESPAILLAT -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance
       AN  ACT  to amend the education law, in relation to establishing the New
         York International Scholarship program  and  making  an  appropriation
         therefor
         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  667-d
    2  to read as follows:
    3    S 667-D. NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP. 1. STATEMENT AND PURPOSE.
    4  IT IS THE PURPOSE OF THIS SECTION TO ESTABLISH AN UNDERGRADUATE SCHOLAR-
    5  SHIP PROGRAM TO ENABLE AN INDIVIDUAL OF LIMITED FINANCIAL MEANS FROM NEW
    6  YORK STATE TO SPEND TIME STUDYING ABROAD IN A NON-ENGLISH SPEAKING COUN-
    7  TRY FOR UP TO A FULL ACADEMIC YEAR.
    8    2.  ESTABLISHMENT  AND DURATION. THE PRESIDENT IS AUTHORIZED TO ESTAB-
    9  LISH THE NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM.  THE  PRESIDENT  IS
   10  AUTHORIZED  TO  PROVIDE  SCHOLARSHIPS TO SUPPLEMENT FUNDS RECEIVED BY AN
   11  ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUAL UNDER THE BENJAMIN A. GILMAN INTERNATIONAL  SCHOLAR-
   12  SHIPS  PROVIDED  FOR UNDER THE INTERNATIONAL ACADEMIC OPPORTUNITY ACT OF
   13  2000, TITLE III OF PUBLIC LAW ONE HUNDRED  SIX-THREE  HUNDRED  NINE  (PL
   14  106-309). NO RECIPIENT SHALL BE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE AN AWARD PURSUANT TO
   15  THIS  SECTION  FOR  MORE THAN ONE ACADEMIC YEAR. SCHOLARSHIPS UNDER THIS
   16  SECTION SHALL BE KNOWN AS THE "NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP."
   17    3. AMOUNT. THE PRESIDENT UPON APPLICATION THEREFOR SHALL AWARD A SCHO-
   18  LARSHIP UP TO ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR ANY INDIVIDUAL RECIPIENT  OF  THE
   19  BENJAMIN A. GILMAN INTERNATIONAL SCHOLARSHIPS FOR THE PURPOSE OF DEFRAY-
   20  ING  INTERNATIONAL  TRAVEL  COSTS  AND EXTENDING THE TIME SPENT STUDYING
   21  ABROAD UP TO A FULL ACADEMIC YEAR; PROVIDED, HOWEVER THAT THE AMOUNT NOT
   22  EXCEED ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS. A RECIPIENT OF THIS SCHOLARSHIP MAY CONCUR-
   23  RENTLY RECEIVE WITH SUCH AWARD ANY OTHER ACADEMIC OR GENERAL  AWARD  FOR
   24  WHICH  HE  OR SHE MAY BE ELIGIBLE PROVIDED HOWEVER IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD01076-01-1
       S. 4462                             2
    1  COMBINATION OF ALL SUCH AWARDS EXCEED THE INDIVIDUAL RECIPIENT'S COST OF
    2  ATTENDANCE AT THE ABROAD INSTITUTION.
    3    4. ELIGIBILITY. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION AN "INDIVIDUAL" SHALL
    4  MEAN A PERSON:
    5    A.  IN  GOOD STANDING AT AN INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION RECOGNIZED
    6  AND APPROVED BY THE REGENTS OR THE UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF  NEW  YORK
    7  WHICH  PROVIDES A COURSE OF STUDY LEADING TO THE GRANTING OF A POST-SEC-
    8  ONDARY DEGREE OR DIPLOMA; AND
    9    B. ACCEPTED FOR UP TO ONE ACADEMIC YEAR OF STUDY ON A PROGRAM OF STUDY
   10  ABROAD APPROVED FOR CREDIT BY THE STUDENT'S HOME INSTITUTION; AND
   11    C. RECEIVING ANY NEED-BASED STUDENT ASSISTANCE OR FINANCIAL AID  UNDER
   12  ARTICLE THIRTEEN OF THIS CHAPTER; AND
   13    D.  RECEIVING  MONEYS  FROM  THE  FEDERALLY  FUNDED BENJAMIN A. GILMAN
   14  INTERNATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP; AND
   15    E. WHO IS A CITIZEN OR NATIONAL OF THE UNITED STATES.
   16    5. APPLICATION AND SELECTION. SCHOLARSHIP  APPLICATION  AND  SELECTION
   17  SHALL  BE  CARRIED OUT THROUGH THE INSTITUTIONS. IN CONSIDERING APPLICA-
   18  TIONS FOR THE SCHOLARSHIP  UNDER  THIS  SECTION  THE  INSTITUTION  SHALL
   19  CONSIDER  THE  FINANCIAL NEED OF THE INDIVIDUAL, INCLUDING THE INCREASED
   20  COSTS OF STUDY ABROAD.
   21    S 2. The sum of one million dollars ($1,000,000), or so  much  thereof
   22  as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated to the New York state higher
   23  education  services  corporation out of any moneys in the state treasury
   24  to the credit of the state purposes account not  otherwise  appropriated
   25  for  services and expenses of the corporation, to provide state matching
   26  funds for the purposes of exclusively carrying  out  the  provisions  of
   27  this act.
   28    S  3.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
   29  have become a law.