S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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5558
2009-2010 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
February 13, 2009
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Introduced by M. of A. V. LOPEZ, CLARK, BARRA, ALFANO -- Multi-Sponsored
by -- M. of A. BRENNAN, GANTT, LENTOL, SWEENEY, TOWNS -- read once
and referred to the Committee on Higher Education
AN ACT to establish a program of tuition abatement for eligible Hispanic
and Black students attending the schools of social welfare at Stony
Brook and at Albany for study in the field of social work and making
an appropriation therefor
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. a. There is hereby established within the state education
department under the supervision of the board of regents a program of
tuition abatement for eligible Hispanic and Black students for under-
graduate study in the field of social work at the school of social
welfare at Stony Brook and the school of social welfare at Albany, such
program to provide tuition assistance in the form of full tuition abate-
ment at the state university of New York at Stony Brook and at Albany.
b. Such program shall be administered in accordance with the following
guidelines: (1) The commissioner of education shall assign responsibil-
ity for this program to such personnel employed by the department as
will effectuate the intent and purposes of this act under such policies
and procedures as may be established in this program;
(2) Not more than forty tuition abatement awards shall be awarded each
year for the college years beginning 2009-2010, twenty of which shall be
awarded to eligible students attending the school of social welfare at
Stony Brook and twenty of which shall be awarded to eligible students
attending the school of social welfare at Albany, as certified by the
commissioner;
(3) Awards shall be made available for three years of study in the
field of social work;
(4) Awards shall be granted for the amount of tuition and educational
fees due and payable to the school of social welfare at Stony Brook and
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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to the school of social welfare at Albany for each college year that the
award recipient is eligible;
(5) Pursuant to regulations promulgated by the commissioner, awards
shall be awarded to ten Hispanic students and ten Black students from
each school of social welfare each year for a period of three years.
Such regulations shall include, but not be limited to the following
eligibility criteria for award recipients;
(i) residency in the state;
(ii) a personal statement expressing an intention to pursue study in
the field of social work;
(iii) satisfactory academic achievement; and
(iv) the financial need of the student.
(6) The state universities at Stony Brook and at Albany are hereby
authorized to and shall permit these forty individuals who accept
participation in this program to enroll in the school of social welfare
at Stony Brook and the school of social welfare at Albany without
payment of tuition for a period of three years.
S 2. The sum of four hundred thirty-two thousand dollars ($432,000),
or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated to the
department of education from any moneys in the state treasury in the
general fund to the credit of the local assistance account not otherwise
appropriated for the purposes of carrying out the provisions of this
act. Such sum shall be payable on the audit and warrant of the state
comptroller on vouchers certified or approved in the manner provided by
law.
S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.