S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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1156
2009-2010 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
(PREFILED)
January 7, 2009
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Introduced by M. of A. SAYWARD, KOLB, CROUCH, DUPREY, MOLINARO, WALKER
-- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ALFANO, BACALLES, BARCLAY, BARRA,
BOYLAND, BURLING, CALHOUN, CONTE, ERRIGO, FINCH, FITZPATRICK, McDO-
NOUGH, McKEVITT, MILLER, OAKS, O'DONNELL, RAIA, REILICH, THIELE, TOWN-
SEND, WEISENBERG -- read once and referred to the Committee on Higher
Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to volunteer recruitment
service scholarships
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Paragraphs a, b and d of subdivision 3, paragraphs a, b and
d of subdivision 4 and subdivision 6 of section 669-c of the education
law, paragraphs a, b and d of subdivision 3 and subdivision 6 as added
by section 1 of part G of chapter 83 of the laws of 2002, paragraphs a,
b and d of subdivision 4 as amended by section 1 of part I of chapter 57
of the laws of 2004, are amended to read as follows:
a. Volunteer organizations may annually submit [one application]
APPLICATIONS to the higher education services corporation;
b. Volunteer organizations submitting [an application] APPLICATIONS
shall develop a policy for selecting [the candidate] CANDIDATES that
will be forwarded to the higher education services corporation;
d. The higher education services corporation shall award [a] volunteer
recruitment service [scholarship] SCHOLARSHIPS to all eligible appli-
cants unless the number of applications received are greater than the
funding available for the program, in which case the corporation shall
develop a random system for selecting the recipients;
a. Have been a member of the volunteer organization [for less than six
months at the time of the initial award, provided that this paragraph
shall not apply to any individual under the age of twenty-three] OR BE
THE UN-EMANCIPATED CHILD OF SUCH QUALIFIED MEMBER;
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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b. Maintain an active volunteer status, as determined by the volunteer
organization, for the duration of the scholarship; OR BE THE UN-EMANCI-
PATED CHILD OF A MEMBER OF SUCH STATUS;
d. Be enrolled in a degree producing curriculum at an institution
located within [a fifty mile radius of the volunteer organization;
provided that if no such institution exists, the next closest institu-
tion] THE STATE OF NEW YORK;
6. Upon the recipient's attainment of a baccalaureate degree or cessa-
tion of status as a volunteer with the volunteer organization, OR IN THE
CASE OF AN UN-EMANCIPATED CHILD OF A VOLUNTEER BEING THE RECIPIENT, THE
CESSATION OF THE PARENT'S VOLUNTEER STATUS, whichever occurs first, the
tuition benefit provided by this section shall be discontinued. The
tuition benefit provided by this section shall be suspended at the
direction of the higher education services corporation for a recipient's
failure to continue to serve as a volunteer with the volunteer organiza-
tion, OR IN THE CASE OF AN UN-EMANCIPATED CHILD OF A VOLUNTEER BEING THE
RECIPIENT, THE FAILURE OF THE VOLUNTEER PARENT TO CONTINUE TO SERVE AS A
VOLUNTEER WITH THE VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION, for the failure to maintain
good academic progress and program pursuit, for the failure to maintain
sufficient academic standing to retain eligibility for any other finan-
cial assistance the recipient may be receiving, or for the failure to
comply with any provision of this section.
S 2. This act shall take effect immediately, provided, however, that
the amendments to subdivisions 3, 4 and 6 of section 669-c of the educa-
tion law made by section one of this act shall not affect the repeal of
such section and shall be deemed repealed therewith.