S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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2013-2014 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
January 30, 2013
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Introduced by M. of A. GLICK, WRIGHT, MILLMAN, PEOPLES-STOKES, COLTON,
BARRON, LUPARDO -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. GALEF, GOTTFRIED,
HEASTIE, JAFFEE, MAGEE, MARKEY, PAULIN, SWEENEY, WEISENBERG -- read
once and referred to the Committee on Higher Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to tuition assistance
program awards
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Clause (A) of subparagraph (i) of paragraph a of subdivi-
sion 3 of section 667 of the education law, as amended by section 1 of
part B of chapter 60 of the laws of 2000, item 1 as amended by section 1
and item 2 as amended by section 2 of part H of chapter 58 of the laws
of 2011, subitem (c) of item 1 as separately amended and subitem (d) of
item 1 as added by section 1 of part E of chapter 58 of the laws of
2011, is amended to read as follows:
(A) (1) In the case of students who have not been granted an exclusion
of parental income, HAVE BEEN GRANTED AN EXCLUSION OF PARENTAL INCOME
PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION FOUR OF SECTION SIX HUNDRED SIXTY-THREE OF THIS
PART, or had a dependent for income tax purposes during the tax year
next preceding the academic year for which application is made, except
for those students who have been granted exclusion of parental income
who have a spouse but no other dependent:
(a) For students first receiving aid after nineteen hundred ninety-
three--nineteen hundred ninety-four and before two thousand--two thou-
sand one, four thousand one hundred twenty-five dollars; or
(b) For students first receiving aid in nineteen hundred ninety-three-
-nineteen hundred ninety-four or earlier, three thousand five hundred
seventy-five dollars; or
(c) For students first receiving aid in two thousand--two thousand one
and thereafter, five thousand dollars; or
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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(d) For undergraduate students enrolled in a program of study at a
non-public degree-granting institution that does not offer a program of
study that leads to a baccalaureate degree, or at a registered not-for-
profit business school qualified for tax exemption under section
501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code for federal income tax purposes
that does not offer a program of study that leads to a baccalaureate
degree, four thousand dollars. Provided, however, that this subitem
shall not apply to students enrolled in a program of study leading to a
certificate or degree in nursing.
(2) In the case of students receiving awards pursuant to subparagraph
(iii) of this paragraph and those students who have been granted exclu-
sion of parental income who have a spouse but no other dependent.
(a) For students first receiving aid in nineteen hundred ninety-four
--nineteen hundred ninety-five and nineteen hundred ninety-five--nine-
teen hundred ninety-six and thereafter, three thousand twenty-five
dollars, or
(b) For students first receiving aid in nineteen hundred ninety-two--
nineteen hundred ninety-three and nineteen hundred ninety-three--nine-
teen hundred ninety-four, two thousand five hundred seventy-five
dollars, or
(c) For students first receiving aid in nineteen hundred ninety-one--
nineteen hundred ninety-two or earlier, two thousand four hundred fifty
dollars; or
S 2. Clause (A) of subparagraph (iii) of paragraph a of subdivision 3
of section 667 of the education law, as amended by section 3 of part H
of chapter 58 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
(A) For students who have been granted exclusion of parental income
PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION THREE OF SECTION SIX HUNDRED SIXTY-THREE OF THIS
PART and were single with no dependent for income tax purposes during
the tax year next preceding the academic year for which application is
made, the base amount, as determined in subparagraph (i) of this para-
graph, shall be reduced in relation to income as follows:
Amount of income Schedule of reduction
of base amount
(1) Less than three thousand None
dollars
(2) Three thousand dollars or Thirty-one per centum of
more, but not more than ten amount in excess of three
thousand dollars thousand dollars
S 3. Subparagraph (iii) 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:
(iii) For students who have been granted exclusion of parental income
PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION THREE OF SECTION SIX HUNDRED SIXTY-THREE OF THIS
PART and were single with no dependent for income tax purposes during
the tax year next preceding the academic year for which application is
made, the base amount, as determined in subparagraph (i) of this para-
graph, shall be reduced in relation to income as follows:
Amount of income Schedule of reduction
of base amount
(A) Less than three thousand None
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dollars
(B) Three thousand dollars or Thirty-one per centum of
more, but not more than ten amount in excess of three
thousand dollars thousand dollars
S 4. This act shall take effect immediately.