Bill Text: NY S08888 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the New York state dental faculty loan forgiveness incentive program.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-08-07 - REFERRED TO RULES [S08888 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S08888-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8888

                    IN SENATE

                                     August 7, 2020
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

        AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to  the  New  York  state
          dental faculty loan forgiveness incentive 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  679-k
     2  to read as follows:
     3    §  679-k.  New  York  state  dental faculty loan forgiveness incentive
     4  program.  1. Purpose. a. Process. The president shall grant student loan
     5  forgiveness awards for the purpose of increasing the number of educators
     6  and adjunct clinical faculty teaching in the field of  dental  education
     7  in  New  York state. Such awards shall be made on a competitive basis as
     8  promulgated by the corporation through rules and regulations, to  appli-
     9  cants  who  are  licensed  dentists with previous clinical experience in
    10  dentistry who have completed coursework that qualifies  them  as  dental
    11  faculty  or  adjunct clinical faculty. The president may contract with a
    12  third party  for  purposes  of  administering  the  competitive  process
    13  required under this paragraph.
    14    b.  Eligibility. To be eligible for an award pursuant to this section,
    15  applicants shall:
    16    (i) be licensed as a dentist;
    17    (ii) have an outstanding  student  loan  debt  from  a  dental  degree
    18  program;
    19    (iii)  have  taken coursework that qualified them as dental faculty or
    20  adjunct clinical faculty;
    21    (iv) be employed as a faculty member at a dental school located in New
    22  York state; and
    23    (v) comply with subdivisions three and five  of  section  six  hundred
    24  sixty-one of this part.
    25    c.  Award.   An award of forty thousand dollars shall be made annually
    26  to recipients who have provided classroom or clinical instruction of not
    27  less than twelve academic credit hours, or  its  equivalent,  as  dental
    28  faculty  or  in clinical teaching service in the academic year preceding

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD06205-01-9
        S. 8888                             2

     1  the granting of the award, provided  that  no  recipient  shall  receive
     2  cumulative  awards,  pursuant  to this section, in excess of one hundred
     3  sixty thousand dollars.
     4    d. Other awards. Award recipients shall be eligible to apply for other
     5  awards.
     6    e.  Curriculum  development. The president shall contract with a third
     7  party for purposes  of  developing  a  uniform  curriculum  on  academic
     8  dentistry,  which  shall  serve as the basis for the coursework required
     9  under paragraph a of subdivision one of  this  section.  Notwithstanding
    10  any  contrary provision of this section, sections one hundred twelve and
    11  one hundred sixty-three of the state finance law, or any other provision
    12  of law, such contract shall be awarded to  an  association  representing
    13  the  New York state academic dental centers without a competitive bid or
    14  request for proposal process.
    15    2. Duration. Loan forgiveness awards shall be made annually to  appli-
    16  cants  whom  the  corporation has certified are eligible to receive such
    17  awards and have provided  dental  faculty  or  clinical  dental  faculty
    18  services required pursuant to this article; provided that no award shall
    19  be granted for more than four years.
    20    3.  Amount. The corporation shall grant such awards within the amounts
    21  appropriated for such purpose and based on availability of funds  in  an
    22  amount not to exceed the total cost of the student loan debt.
    23    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.