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                                   7050
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 21, 2021
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 Introduced by M. of A. ZEBROWSKI, CLARK, STIRPE, EPSTEIN, BRONSON, WOER-
   NER,  SEAWRIGHT, THIELE, DINOWITZ, ZINERMAN, SILLITTI, HUNTER, ABBATE,
   GALEF, BURDICK, GOTTFRIED, DARLING -- read once and  referred  to  the
   Committee on Higher Education
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the education law, in relation to allowing the higher
   education services corporation to consider an  applicant's  change  in
   income  due  to  the loss of employment in determining eligibility and
   award amount for the tuition assistance program; and  to  provide  for
   the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 5 of section  663  of  the  education  law,  as
 amended  by  section  3  of part J of chapter 58 of the laws of 2011, is
 amended to read as follows:
   5. A. Adjustments of  income.  In  the  determination  of  income  for
 purposes  of  paragraphs  a  and  b  of subdivision three of section six
 hundred sixty-seven of this part if, during the academic year  in  which
 the  applicant  will  receive an award, one of either the parents of the
 applicant or other dependent child of such parents, the  spouse  of  the
 applicant,  or one or more dependent children of the applicant, in addi-
 tion to the applicant, will be in full-time attendance  in  an  approved
 program,  the  combined  net taxable income determined under subdivision
 one of this section shall be reduced by three thousand  dollars  and  an
 additional two thousand dollars for each other such person additional to
 the  aforesaid  persons  (including  the  applicant) who will be in such
 attendance, and the resulting amount  shall  be  deemed  the  applicable
 income in determining the applicant's award for the academic year.
   B.  FOR  THE TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO ACADEMIC
 YEAR, THE CORPORATION, PURSUANT TO RULES AND REGULATIONS, SHALL CONSIDER
 AN APPLICANT'S CHANGE IN INCOME DUE TO THE LOSS  OF  EMPLOYMENT  OF  THE
 APPLICANT  OR PARENT OF THE APPLICANT AND UTILIZE THE APPLICANT'S INCOME
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

                                                            LBD10667-01-1

 A. 7050                             2
 
 REPORTED IN NEW YORK STATE INCOME TAX RETURNS  FOR  THE  PRIOR  CALENDAR
 YEAR  IN  MAKING  ADJUSTMENTS TO ELIGIBILITY AND THE AMOUNT OF THE AWARD
 FOR SUCH ACADEMIC YEAR. THE CORPORATION  MAY  REQUIRE  SUCH  DOCUMENTARY
 EVIDENCE,  TESTIMONY  OR  AFFIDAVITS  AS IT DEEMS SUFFICIENT IN GRANTING
 SUCH AN ADJUSTMENT OF AN AWARD.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall  expire  and  be
 deemed repealed December 31, 2022.