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Senate Bill S4413

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Enacts the "Commitment to Military Education Act" to provide tuition assistance to members of the armed forces who were enrolled in a tuition assistance program cancelled or suspended

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2013-S4413 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6443
Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง669-e, Ed L

2013-S4413 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the "Commitment to Military Education Act" to provide tuition assistance to members of the armed forces who were enrolled in a tuition assistance program cancelled or suspended.

2013-S4413 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2013-S4413 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  4413

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             March 26, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by Sens. BALL, GOLDEN -- read twice and ordered printed, and
  when printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Veterans,  Homeland
  Security and Military Affairs

AN  ACT to amend the education law, in relation to enacting the "Commit-
  ment to Military Education Act"

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

  Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Commitment
to Military Education Act."
  S  2.  The  education  law is amended by adding a new section 669-e to
read as follows:
  S 669-E. TUITION ASSISTANCE FOR MEMBERS OF THE  ARMED  FORCES  OF  THE
UNITED  STATES.   1. ELIGIBLE STUDENTS. STUDENTS MUST BE ENROLLED IN THE
STATE OF NEW YORK UNIVERSITY  SYSTEM  ON  THE  EFFECTIVE  DATE  OF  THIS
SECTION  AND  MUST  HAVE  BEEN  ENROLLED IN A TUITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
UNDER A BRANCH OF THE UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES WHICH WAS CANCELLED  OR
SUSPENDED IN THE YEAR 2013.
  2.  TUITION  REDUCTION.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  LAW  TO  THE  CONTRARY,
STUDENTS WHO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF SUBDIVISION ONE  OF  THIS  SECTION
SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR REDUCED TUITION IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK UNIVERSI-
TY  SYSTEM.   REDUCED TUITION SHALL BE EQUIVALENT TO THE REGULAR TUITION
AMOUNT REDUCED BY THE AMOUNT OF ASSISTANCE PER CREDIT HOUR  THE  STUDENT
FORMERLY  RECEIVED  FROM  A TUITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM UNDER A BRANCH OF
THE UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES.
  3. IMPLEMENTATION. THE STATE UNIVERSITY  TRUSTEES  AND  THE  BOARD  OF
GOVERNORS  OF  THE  COMMUNITY  COLLEGE  SYSTEM SHALL PRESCRIBE RULES AND
REGULATIONS FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS SECTION.
  4. EFFECTIVENESS. STUDENTS SHALL REMAIN ELIGIBLE  UNDER  THE  REQUIRE-
MENTS  OF  SUBDIVISION  ONE OF THIS SECTION UNTIL THE TUITION ASSISTANCE
PROGRAM UNDER A BRANCH OF THE UNITED  STATES  ARMED  FORCES,  WHICH  WAS
CANCELLED  OR  SUSPENDED IN THE YEAR 2013, FOR WHICH THEY WERE ENROLLED,
OR A SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR PROGRAM, IS REINSTATED.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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