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Senate Bill S4198

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Relates to tuition assistance program award calculation

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2009-S4198 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง663, Ed L

2009-S4198 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to tuition assistance program award calculation.

2009-S4198 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S4198 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  4198

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             April 16, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  STAVISKY  --  (at  request of the Higher Education
  Services Corporation) -- 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 tuition assistance
  program award calculation

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

  Section  1.  Subdivision  1  of  section  663 of the education law, as
amended by chapter 305 of the laws  of  2008,  is  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  1.  Income  defined.    Except  as otherwise provided in this section,
"income" shall be the total of the combined net taxable  income  of  the
applicant,  the  applicant's  spouse,  and  the  applicant's  parents as
reported in New York state income tax returns for the calendar year next
preceding the beginning of the school year  for  which  application  for
assistance is made, except that any amount received by an applicant as a
scholarship  at  an  educational  institution  or as a fellowship grant,
including the value of contributed services  and  accommodations,  shall
not  be  included  within the definition of "income" for the purposes of
this article. The term "parent" shall include  birth  parents,  steppar-
ents,  adoptive parents and the spouse of an adoptive parent. Income, if
not a whole dollar amount, shall be assumed to  be  equal  to  the  next
lowest  whole  dollar  amount.  Any change in the status of an applicant
with regard to the INCOME OF THE APPLICANT OR THE INCOME OF THE  persons
responsible for the applicant's support occurring after the beginning of
any  semester  [shall  not]  MAY be considered to change the applicant's
award for that semester PROVIDED THE APPLICANT APPLIES FOR  THE  ADJUST-
MENT TO THEIR AWARD, THAT THE CHANGE IN STATUS IS ADEQUATELY DOCUMENTED,
AND  THE  CHANGE  IN STATUS WAS CAUSED BY SUCH PERSON'S: (I) DEATH; (II)
DIVORCE; (III) SEPARATION BY JUDICIAL DECREE OR PURSUANT TO AN AGREEMENT
OF SEPARATION WHICH IS FILED WITH A  COURT  OF  COMPETENT  JURISDICTION;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD09803-02-9

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