Assembly Bill A3449

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Raises the minimum and maximum tuition assistance program award an eligible graduate student may receive per semester

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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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2013-A3449 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §667, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A3376
2011-2012: A3003
2015-2016: A6570
2017-2018: A744
2019-2020: A387

2013-A3449 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Raises the minimum tuition assistance program award an eligible graduate student may receive per year to five hundred dollars.

2013-A3449 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  3449

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 25, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. PERRY, BARRON -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
  BROOK-KRASNY, COLTON, PEOPLES-STOKES, RA,  WRIGHT  --  read  once  and
  referred to the Committee on Higher Education

AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to increasing the minimum
  tuition  assistance  program  award  for eligible graduate students to
  five hundred dollars per year and  increasing  the  maximum  to  eight
  hundred dollars per year

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

  Section 1.   Subparagraph (v) of  paragraph  b  of  subdivision  3  of
section  667 of the education law, as amended by chapter 309 of the laws
of 1996, is amended to read as follows:
  (v) The award shall be the net amount of the  base  amount  determined
pursuant  to  subparagraph  (i)  of  this  paragraph reduced pursuant to
subparagraph (ii) or (iii) of this paragraph but the award shall not  be
reduced  below  [one]  FIVE  hundred  dollars. If the income exceeds the
maximum amount of income allowable under subparagraph (ii) or  (iii)  of
this paragraph, no award shall be made.
  S  2.  This  act  shall  take effect April 1, 2014, and shall be first
effective for awards made for the 2014-2015 academic year.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD00058-01-3

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