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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.