Assembly Bill A5558

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Appropriates and establishes a program of tuition abatement for eligible Hispanic and Black students attending the school of social welfare at Stony Brook or Albany

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2009-A5558 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Appropriations

2009-A5558 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes a three year full tuition abatement program for up to 40 eligible Hispanic and Black students for under-graduate study in the field of social work at the schools of social welfare at Stony Brook and at Albany; requires state residency, academic achievement and showing of financial need; appropriates $432,000 therefor.

2009-A5558 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  5558

                       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, 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.
                                                           LBD08706-01-9

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