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Assembly Bill A1713

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Tuition benefits and scholarships awarded based on service in the armed forces shall not be in TAP income equation

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2009-A1713 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง663, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A3666
2013-2014: A6399
2015-2016: A6634
2017-2018: A4700
2019-2020: A4601

2009-A1713 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that in determining income for the purposes of the tuition assistance program, tuition benefits and scholarships awarded based on service in the armed forces shall not be considered as income.

2009-A1713 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  1713

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             January 9, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. ENGLEBRIGHT, COLTON -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.
  of A. EDDINGTON, HOOPER, PHEFFER, WEISENBERG -- read once and referred
  to the Committee on Higher Education

AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to providing that tuition
  benefits and scholarships awarded to students based upon their service
  in the armed forces shall not be included as income  when  calculating
  tuition assistance program awards

  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  is
amended by adding a new paragraph (c) to read as follows:
  (C) IN THE DETERMINATION OF INCOME FOR PURPOSES OF SECTION SIX HUNDRED
SIXTY-SEVEN  OF  THIS  ARTICLE IF, DURING THE ACADEMIC YEAR IN WHICH THE
APPLICANT WILL RECEIVE AN AWARD, THE APPLICANT RECEIVED OR IS  EXPECTING
TO  RECEIVE  A  TUITION  BENEFIT  AND/OR  ANY SCHOLARSHIP, INCLUDING THE
FEDERAL MONTGOMERY GI BILL, AWARDED FOR  THAT  ACADEMIC  YEAR  BASED  ON
SERVICE  IN  THE  ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES, THAT AMOUNT AWARDED
FOR MILITARY SERVICE SHALL NOT BE DEEMED APPLICABLE INCOME IN  DETERMIN-
ING THE APPLICANT'S AWARD FOR THE ACADEMIC YEAR.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD05064-01-9

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