Assembly Bill A7686

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Provides for in-state tuition at colleges and universities of state university, the city university of New York and community colleges for honorably discharged veterans attending under the federal GI bills

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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-A7686 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5044
Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§355, 6206 & 6301, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S3629
2017-2018: S1412

2013-A7686 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for in-state tuition at colleges and universities of the state university, the city university of New York and community colleges for honorably discharge veterans attending, within 12 months of their honorable discharge, under the federal GI bills.

2013-A7686 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  7686

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 30, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. LENTOL -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Higher Education

AN  ACT  to  amend the education law, in relation to in-state tuition at
  colleges and universities of the state university of New York and  the
  city university of New York

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

  Section 1. Clause (iii) of subparagraph 8 of paragraph h  of  subdivi-
sion  2  of section 355 of the education law, as added by chapter 327 of
the laws of 2002, is amended and a new clause (iv) is added to  read  as
follows:
  (iii)  was enrolled in an institution or educational unit of the state
university in the fall semester or quarter of the two thousand  one--two
thousand  two  academic  year  and was authorized by such institution or
educational unit to pay tuition  at  the  rate  or  charge  imposed  for
students who are residents of the state[.]; OR
  (IV)  WAS  HONORABLY  DISCHARGED  FROM  THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED
STATES AND IS ENROLLED, WITHIN TWELVE MONTHS OF SUCH  DISCHARGE,  IN  AN
INSTITUTION  OR EDUCATIONAL UNIT OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY, AND IS ATTEND-
ING SUCH INSTITUTION OR EDUCATIONAL UNIT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE  FEDERAL
GI BILLS.
  S 2. Subparagraph (iii) of paragraph (a-1) of subdivision 7 of section
6206  of  the  education  law,  as amended by chapter 260 of the laws of
2011, is amended and a  new  subparagraph  (iv)  is  added  to  read  as
follows:
  (iii)  was  enrolled in an institution or educational unit of the city
university in the fall semester or quarter of the two thousand  one--two
thousand  two  academic  year  and was authorized by such institution or
educational unit to pay tuition  at  the  rate  or  charge  imposed  for
students who are residents of the state[.]; OR

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD09983-02-3

              

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