Senate Bill S2578

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Establishes the "say yes to education demonstration program"

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Higher Education Committee

  • 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-S2578 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A290
Current Committee:
Senate Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง669-e, Ed L
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
A562

2009-S2578 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes a demonstration program in the city school district of the city of Syracuse and adding five other cities with a population of less than one million.

2009-S2578 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S2578 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  2578

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 24, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. VALESKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education

AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to establishing the  "say
  yes to education demonstration program"

  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  669-e
to read as follows:
  S  669-E. SAY YES TO EDUCATION DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM. 1.  THE "SAY YES
TO EDUCATION DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM" IS HEREBY ESTABLISHED  IN  THE  CITY
SCHOOL  DISTRICT  OF THE CITY OF SYRACUSE AND IN UP TO FIVE OTHER CITIES
WITH POPULATIONS OF LESS THAN ONE  MILLION,  AND  FAMILY  POVERTY  RATES
CALCULATED  IN  THE TWO THOUSAND FEDERAL CENSUS EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN
THIRTEEN PERCENT.
  2. STUDENTS WHO ARE ENROLLED IN PARTICIPATING  DISTRICTS  PURSUANT  TO
SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION AND ARE ENROLLED IN TWELFTH GRADE DURING
THE  TWO  THOUSAND  NINE--TWO  THOUSAND  TEN SCHOOL YEAR, AND SUBSEQUENT
YEARS THEREAFTER AND: (A) WHO  HAD  PREVIOUSLY  BEEN  ENROLLED  IN  SUCH
DISTRICTS  DURING  THEIR  TENTH AND ELEVENTH GRADE YEARS; (B) WHO HAVE A
HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA OR ITS EQUIVALENT; (C) WHO ARE MATRICULATED  AT  THE
STATE  UNIVERSITY  OF NEW YORK (SUNY) OR THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK
(CUNY); AND WHO APPLY FOR FEDERAL PELL GRANTS AND  THE  NEW  YORK  STATE
TUITION  ASSISTANCE  PROGRAM PURSUANT TO SECTION SIX HUNDRED SIXTY-SEVEN
OF THIS SUBPART, AND OTHER AVAILABLE FEDERAL  AND  STATE  AID  SHALL  BE
ELIGIBLE FOR AWARDS PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION THREE OF THIS SECTION.
  3.  ELIGIBLE STUDENTS SHALL RECEIVE AWARDS IN AN AMOUNT UP TO THE COST
OF TUITION AND FEES AT SUNY AND CUNY SCHOOLS LESS OTHER STATE OR FEDERAL
AWARDS RECEIVED BY SUCH STUDENTS, OR THE  ACTUAL  COST  OF  TUITION  AND
FEES, WHICHEVER IS LESS.
  4.  THE  PRESIDENT  OF THE HIGHER EDUCATION SERVICES CORPORATION SHALL
PROMULGATE ANY NECESSARY RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD00559-01-9

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