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Assembly Bill A5557

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Makes tuition free educational benefits available to children of deceased or disabled veterans at CUNY and SUNY institutions

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2009-A5557 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Veterans
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยงยง355 & 6206, Ed L

2009-A5557 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Makes available tuition-free courses at state and city universities and community colleges for children of deceased or permanently or severely disabled veterans of the Vietnam conflict; gives some preference to such students for admissions.

2009-A5557 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  5557

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 13, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A. V. LOPEZ, CLARK, SEMINERIO, SCHROEDER -- read
  once and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to  educational  benefits
  for children of certain veterans; state and city university

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

  Section 1. Section 355 of the education law is amended by adding a new
subdivision 20 to read as follows:
  20. A. THE STATE UNIVERSITY TRUSTEES SHALL MAKE AVAILABLE TO THE CHIL-
DREN OF A DECEASED OR PERMANENTLY SEVERELY  DISABLED  RESIDENT  OF  THIS
STATE WHO SERVED IN THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES IN THE VIETNAM
CONFLICT  AT  ANY  TIME FROM THE TWENTY-SECOND DAY OF DECEMBER, NINETEEN
HUNDRED SIXTY-ONE, TO AND INCLUDING THE SEVENTH  DAY  OF  MAY,  NINETEEN
HUNDRED  SEVENTY-FIVE,  AND  WHO  DIED  IN  THE  LINE  OF  DUTY OR HAS A
SERVICE-CONNECTED DISABILITY, A TUITION BENEFIT THAT MAY BE  APPLIED  TO
ANY COLLEGE, COMMUNITY COLLEGE, OR UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF
NEW YORK.
  B.  PARAGRAPH  A  OF THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL ALSO APPLY TO THE CHILD OR
CHILDREN OF A MEMBER OF THE ARMED FORCES WHO IS CLASSIFIED AS  A  FORMER
PRISONER OF WAR, OR WAS MISSING IN ACTION DURING THE TIME OF THE VIETNAM
CONFLICT,  WHO HAS BEEN SO CLASSIFIED BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF
DEFENSE, WHO IS A RESIDENT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK IF A FORMER PRISONER
OF WAR OR WAS A RESIDENT OF NEW  YORK  WHEN  CLASSIFIED  AS  MISSING  IN
ACTION.
  C. THE TUITION BENEFIT SHALL BE ON THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS SET BY THE
STATE  UNIVERSITY  TRUSTEES,  PROVIDED  THAT  ANY SUCH BENEFIT SHALL NOT
EXCEED AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO THE ACTUAL ANNUAL TUITION CHARGED TO BE OFFSET
BY ANY FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND OTHER RESOURCES AVAILABLE ON  BEHALF  OF
THE RECIPIENT.
  D. SUCH COURSES SHALL BE THE STANDARD COLLEGE CURRICULUM AS PRESCRIBED
BY EACH INSTITUTION.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD08877-01-9

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