Senate Bill S6841

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Establishes the community college merit and mobility scholarship

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Higher Education Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2015-S6841 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §669-h, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S719
2019-2020: S204
2021-2022: S3629
2023-2024: S871

2015-S6841 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the community college merit and mobility scholarship for the purpose of granting merit based scholarships to students who attend a New York state community college; provides for eligibility and awards.

2015-S6841 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S6841 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  6841

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 26, 2016
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  ORTT  --  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  establishing  the
  community college merit and mobility scholarship

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section  669-h
to read as follows:
  S  669-H.  THE  COMMUNITY  COLLEGE  MERIT AND MOBILITY SCHOLARSHIP. 1.
PURPOSE.  THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE MERIT AND MOBILITY SCHOLARSHIP IS HEREBY
ESTABLISHED FOR THE PURPOSE OF  GRANTING  MERIT  BASED  SCHOLARSHIPS  TO
STUDENTS WHO ATTEND A NEW YORK STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE.
  2. ELIGIBILITY. TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR SUCH AWARDS, AN APPLICANT MUST HAVE
GRADUATED  FROM  A  NEW  YORK  STATE  HIGH  SCHOOL WITHIN THE TOP TWENTY
PERCENT OF HIS OR HER HIGH SCHOOL CLASS AND ACHIEVE THE FOLLOWING:
  A. REMAIN IN GOOD ACADEMIC STANDING, AND
  B. MAINTAIN A GRADE POINT AVERAGE OF 3.3 OR ABOVE.
  3. AWARDS. ONE THOUSAND SCHOLARSHIPS SHALL BE AWARDED IN THE TWO THOU-
SAND SIXTEEN -- TWO THOUSAND SEVENTEEN ACADEMIC  YEAR,  AND  THEREAFTER.
THE  ANNUAL  SCHOLARSHIP  SHALL BE AWARDED TO ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS IN THE
AMOUNT OF ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS PER YEAR FOR NOT MORE THAN  TWO  ACADEMIC
YEARS.  THE  MAXIMUM  SCHOLARSHIP  AWARD  SHALL  NOT EXCEED TWO THOUSAND
DOLLARS. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS  NECES-
SARY  TO MAKE SUCH SCHOLARSHIP AVAILABLE ON AN ANNUAL BASIS TO FULL-TIME
RECIPIENTS OR PER CREDIT  BASIS  TO  PART-TIME  RECIPIENTS.    PART-TIME
STUDENTS SHALL NOT BE IMPACTED BY THE TWO-YEAR ACADEMIC YEAR AWARD LIMI-
TATION. UP TO ONE THOUSAND SCHOLARSHIPS MAY BE GRANTED TO NEW RECIPIENTS
ANNUALLY.  THE  RECEIPT  OF  SUCH  SCHOLARSHIPS SHALL NOT AFFECT TUITION
ASSISTANCE ELIGIBILITY.   IN NO EVENT SHALL THE  AMOUNT  OF  THE  ANNUAL
AWARD  EXCEED  THE  RECIPIENT'S  COST  OF  ATTENDANCE AT THE INSTITUTION
ATTENDED. COST OF ATTENDANCE SHALL MEAN TUITION, REQUIRED FEES,  LABORA-
TORY  AND  OTHER INSTRUCTION RELATED TO EXPENSES, BOOKS, TRANSPORTATION,
AND ROOM AND BOARD.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD13358-04-5

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