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Assembly Bill A4914

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Requires institutions of higher education to disclose the average dollar amount of institutional aid awarded to students

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2009-A4914 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S877
Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง6406, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A784, A7915, S1001
2013-2014: S2029
2015-2016: S1621

2009-A4914 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires institutions of higher education to disclose the average dollar amount of institutional aid awarded to students.

2009-A4914 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  4914

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 6, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. PHEFFER -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Higher Education

AN ACT to amend the education law, in  relation  to  the  disclosure  of
  average awards by institutions of higher education

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

  Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new  section  6406
to read as follows:
  S  6406. DISCLOSURE OF AVERAGE AWARDS BY INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCA-
TION. 1. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION THE TERM  "INSTITUTION  OF  HIGHER
EDUCATION"  SHALL  MEAN  AN  INSTITUTION THAT MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS SET
FORTH IN SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION SIXTY-FOUR HUNDRED ONE OF THIS ARTI-
CLE, OR AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISIONS TWO, THREE, OR FOUR OF SECTION  THREE
HUNDRED  FIFTY  OF THIS CHAPTER, OR SUBDIVISIONS FOUR OR FIVE OF SECTION
SIXTY-TWO HUNDRED TWO OF THIS TITLE AND THE TERM "INCOME" SHALL HAVE THE
SAME MEANING AS SUCH TERM IS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF  SECTION  SIX
HUNDRED SIXTY-THREE OF THIS CHAPTER.
  2.  EACH  INSTITUTION  OF HIGHER EDUCATION LOCATED IN THIS STATE SHALL
DISCLOSE THE AVERAGE DOLLAR AMOUNT OF AID AWARDED BY THE INSTITUTION  TO
STUDENTS  WITH  AN  ANNUAL  INCOME  OF  LESS  THAN  TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND
DOLLARS. SUCH DISCLOSURE SHALL BE MADE FOR EACH LEVEL OF  ANNUAL  INCOME
IN  TWENTY  THOUSAND  DOLLAR INCREMENTS. SUCH DISCLOSURE SHALL BE AVAIL-
ABLE: (A) IN WRITTEN FORM UPON REQUEST BY ANY PERSON; (B) ON THE WEBSITE
OF SUCH INSTITUTION; AND (C) IN SUCH INSTITUTION'S CATALOGUE.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
have  become  a  law;  provided  that the provisions of paragraph (c) of
subdivision 2 of section 6406 of the education law added by section  one
of this act shall take effect July 1, 2010.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD06056-01-9

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