S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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9531
I N A S S E M B L Y
May 6, 2014
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Introduced by M. of A. GLICK, SCARBOROUGH, LUPINACCI -- Multi-Sponsored
by -- M. of A. ABBATE, BRENNAN, BRINDISI, COOK, CRESPO, CROUCH,
DUPREY, GOTTFRIED, HOOPER, JACOBS, JAFFEE, MAGEE, MARKEY, MOSLEY,
PEOPLES-STOKES, RIVERA, ROBINSON, ROSENTHAL, STECK, SWEENEY, WEISEN-
BERG, ZEBROWSKI -- read once and referred to the Committee on Higher
Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to resident undergraduate
tuition for SUNY and CUNY; and to amend section 16 of chapter 260 of
the laws of 2011 amending the education law and the New York state
urban development corporation act, relating to establishing components
of the NY-SUNY 2020 challenge grant program, in relation to the effec-
tiveness thereof
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Clauses (i) and (ii) of subparagraph 4 of paragraph h of
subdivision 2 of section 355 of the education law, clause (i) as amended
by chapter 260 of the laws of 2011 and clause (ii) as amended by section
1 of part P of chapter 57 of the laws of 2012, are amended to read as
follows:
(i) Commencing with the two thousand eleven--two thousand twelve
academic year and ending in the two thousand fifteen--two thousand
sixteen academic year the state university of New York board of trustees
shall be empowered to increase the resident undergraduate rate of
tuition by not more than three hundred dollars over the resident under-
graduate rate of tuition adopted by the board of trustees in the prior
academic year, provided however that FOR THE TWO THOUSAND ELEVEN--TWO
THOUSAND TWELVE ACADEMIC YEAR AND THEREAFTER if the annual resident
undergraduate rate of tuition would exceed five thousand dollars, then a
tuition credit for each eligible student, as determined and calculated
by the New York state higher education services corporation pursuant to
section six hundred eighty-nine-a of this title, shall be applied toward
the tuition charged for each semester, quarter or term of study. Tuition
for each semester, quarter or term of study shall not be due for any
student eligible to receive such tuition credit until the tuition credit
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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is calculated and applied against the tuition charged for the corre-
sponding semester, quarter or term.
(ii) On or before November thirtieth, two thousand eleven, the trus-
tees shall approve and submit to the chairs of the assembly ways and
means committee and the senate finance committee and to the director of
the budget a master tuition plan setting forth the tuition rates that
the trustees propose for resident undergraduate students for the five
year period commencing with the two thousand eleven--two thousand twelve
academic year and ending in the two thousand fifteen-two thousand
sixteen academic year, and shall submit any proposed amendments to such
plan by November thirtieth of each subsequent year thereafter through
November thirtieth, two thousand fifteen, and provided further COMMENC-
ING IN THE TWO THOUSAND ELEVEN--TWO THOUSAND TWELVE ACADEMIC YEAR AND
ENDING IN THE TWO THOUSAND FIFTEEN--TWO THOUSAND SIXTEEN ACADEMIC YEAR,
that with the approval of the board of trustees, each university center
may increase non-resident undergraduate tuition rates each year by not
more than ten percent over the tuition rates of the prior academic year
for a five year period commencing with the semester following the semes-
ter in which the governor and the chancellor of the state university of
New York approve the NY-SUNY 2020 proposal for such university center.
S 2. Subparagraph (i) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 7 of section
6206 of the education law, as amended by chapter 260 of the laws of
2011, is amended to read as follows:
(i) Commencing with the two thousand eleven--two thousand twelve
academic year and ending in the two thousand fifteen--two thousand
sixteen academic year, the city university of New York board of trustees
shall be empowered to increase the resident undergraduate rate of
tuition by not more than three hundred dollars over the resident under-
graduate rate of tuition adopted by the board of trustees in the prior
academic year, provided however that FOR THE TWO THOUSAND ELEVEN--TWO
THOUSAND TWELVE ACADEMIC YEAR AND THEREAFTER if the annual resident
undergraduate rate of tuition would exceed five thousand dollars, then a
tuition credit for each eligible student, as determined and calculated
by the New York state higher education services corporation pursuant to
section six hundred eighty-nine-a of this chapter, shall be applied
toward the tuition charged for each semester, quarter or term of study.
Tuition for each semester, quarter or term of study shall not be due for
any student eligible to receive such tuition credit until the tuition
credit is calculated and applied against the tuition charged for the
corresponding semester, quarter or term.
S 3. Section 16 of chapter 260 of the laws of 2011 amending the educa-
tion law and the New York state urban development corporation act,
relating to establishing components of the NY-SUNY 2020 challenge grant
program, as amended by section 65-a of part HH of chapter 57 of the laws
of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
S 16. This act shall take effect July 1, 2011; provided that sections
one, two, [three, four, five,] six, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve,
thirteen, fourteen and fifteen of this act shall expire 5 years after
such effective date when upon such date the provisions of this act shall
be deemed repealed.
S 4. This act shall take effect immediately.