Senate Bill S4877

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Prohibits the deferral of awards granted under the Tuition Assistance Program (TAP)

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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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2017-S4877 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6063
Current Committee:
Senate Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §667, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S3130, A8848
2011-2012: S119, A1280
2013-2014: S867, A2520
2015-2016: S181, A6708
2019-2020: A6290

2017-S4877 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits the deferral of awards granted under the Tuition Assistance Program (TAP); ensures that a TAP award will be paid on time so that the student may pay his or her tuition bill on time.

2017-S4877 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S4877 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4877
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               March 3, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens. DIAZ, DILAN -- 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 the defer-
   ral of awards granted under the Tuition Assistance Program (TAP)
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 667 of the education law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 4 to read as follows:
   4. DEFERRAL OF TUITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AWARDS PROHIBITED.  UNDER NO
 CIRCUMSTANCES  SHALL  AN  AWARD  GRANTED  UNDER  THE  TUITION ASSISTANCE
 PROGRAM (TAP) PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION BE  DEFERRED  UNTIL  THE  STUDENT
 RECIPIENT GRADUATES FROM HIS OR HER COURSE OF STUDY. THE PRESIDENT SHALL
 PAY  A  TUITION  ASSISTANCE  PROGRAM AWARD TO THE STUDENT RECIPIENT IN A
 REASONABLE TIMEFRAME IN ORDER TO ENSURE THE STUDENT RECIPIENT IS ABLE TO
 APPLY THE AWARD TOWARD HIS OR HER  TUITION  BILL  ON  TIME.  NO  TUITION
 ASSISTANCE  PROGRAM  AWARD  SHALL  BE MADE CONTINGENT UPON THE STUDENT'S
 GRADUATION FROM HIS OR HER UNDERGRADUATE OR GRADUATE COURSE OF STUDY.
   § 2. This act shall  take  effect  immediately,  and  shall  apply  to
 academic quarters and semesters beginning on or after August 1, 2018.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07226-01-7

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