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Assembly Bill A3267

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Provides that members of the armed forces, who are not current residents of the state, may be eligible for educational grants under certain circumstances

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2009-A3267 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง661, Ed L

2009-A3267 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that members of the armed forces, who are not current residents of the state, may be eligible for educational awards, grants, or loans if they are stationed within New York.

2009-A3267 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  3267

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 23, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. CHRISTENSEN, GREENE, ORTIZ, P. RIVERA, GABRYSZAK,
  ZEBROWSKI  --  Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ABBATE, ALFANO, BRENNAN,
  CAMARA, COOK, JOHN, LIFTON, V. LOPEZ, LUPARDO, PEOPLES, PHEFFER, REIL-
  LY -- read once and referred to the Committee on Higher Education

AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to residency requirements
  for educational awards, grants, and loans

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Paragraphs a and b of subdivision 5 of section 661 of the
education law, as amended by chapter  466  of  the  laws  of  1977,  are
amended to read as follows:
  a. Except as provided in subdivision two of section six hundred seven-
ty-four  OF  THIS  PART,  an applicant for an award at the undergraduate
level of study must either (i) have been a legal resident of  the  state
for  at least one year immediately preceding the beginning of the semes-
ter, quarter or term of attendance for which application for  assistance
is  made, or (ii) be a legal resident of the state and have been a legal
resident during his OR HER last two  semesters  of  high  school  either
prior  to  graduation,  or  prior to admission to college, OR (III) BE A
MEMBER OF THE ARMED FORCES STATIONED IN NEW YORK OR HIS  OR  HER  DEPEN-
DENTS  INCLUDING SPOUSE. Provided further that persons shall be eligible
to receive awards under section six hundred sixty-eight or  section  six
hundred sixty-nine OF THIS PART who are currently legal residents of the
state and are otherwise qualified.
  b.  An  applicant  for  an  award  at the graduate level of study must
either (i) have been a legal resident of the state for at least one year
immediately preceding the beginning of the semester, quarter or term  of
attendance  for  which  application for assistance is made, or (ii) be a
legal resident of the state and have been a legal  resident  during  his
last  academic  year  of  undergraduate study and have continued to be a
legal resident until matriculation in the graduate program, OR (III)  BE
A  MEMBER OF THE ARMED FORCES STATIONED IN NEW YORK OR HIS OR HER DEPEN-
DENTS INCLUDING SPOUSE.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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