Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jul 06, 2020 |
enacting clause stricken |
Jan 08, 2020 |
referred to higher education |
Mar 04, 2019 |
referred to higher education |
Assembly Bill A6290
2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
CRESPO
Archive: Last Bill Status - Stricken
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2019-A6290 (ACTIVE) - Details
2019-A6290 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6290 2019-2020 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y March 4, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. CRESPO -- read once and referred 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, 2020. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD10197-01-9
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