Bill Text: NY S05607 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 5607 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Prohibits the awarding of TAP grants to those enrolled at for-profit universities.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION [S05607 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S05607-Introduced.html

                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          5607
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                       May 8, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  Sen. SKOUFIS -- 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  prohibiting  awarding
          TAP grants to those enrolled at for-profit universities
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Paragraph c of subdivision 3 of section 667 of  the  educa-
     2  tion  law,  as added by chapter 83 of the laws of 1995 and as relettered
     3  by section 2 of part J of chapter 58 of the laws of 2011, is amended  to
     4  read as follows:
     5    c. Restrictions. In no [even shall] event shall any award:
     6    (i)  be made unless the annual tuition (exclusive of educational fees)
     7  and, if applicable, the college fee levied by the  state  university  of
     8  New  York  pursuant  to  the  April  first,  nineteen hundred sixty-four
     9  financing agreement with the New York state dormitory authority  charged
    10  for  the  program  in  which  the student is enrolled total at least two
    11  hundred dollars; or
    12    (ii) exceed the amount by which  such  annual  tuition  (exclusive  of
    13  educational  fees)  and,  if  applicable,  the college fee levied by the
    14  state university of New York  pursuant  to  the  April  first,  nineteen
    15  hundred sixty-four financing agreement with the New York state dormitory
    16  authority  exceed the total of all other state, federal, or other educa-
    17  tional aid that is received or receivable by  such  student  during  the
    18  school year for which such award is applicable and that, in the judgment
    19  of the commissioner, would duplicate the purposes of the award; or
    20    (iii) be made when income exceeds the maximum income set forth in this
    21  subdivision.  The  commissioner  shall list in his regulations all major
    22  state and federal financial aid available to New York state students and
    23  identify any forms of aid that are duplicative of the  purposes  of  the
    24  tuition  assistance  program.  For  the  purposes  of  this subdivision,
    25  neither United States war orphan educational benefits nor benefits under
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11549-01-9

        S. 5607                             2
     1  the veterans' readjustment act of nineteen hundred  sixty-six  shall  be
     2  considered as federal or other educational aid; or
     3    (iv) be made to anyone matriculated at a for-profit institution.
     4    §  2.  This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding
     5  the date on which it shall have become a law. Effective immediately  the
     6  addition,  amendment  and/or  repeal of any rule or regulation necessary
     7  for the implementation of this act on its effective date are  authorized
     8  to be made on or before such date.