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Assembly Bill A6570

2015-2016 Legislative Session

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

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2015-A6570 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง667, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A3376
2011-2012: A3003
2013-2014: A3449
2017-2018: A744
2019-2020: A387

2015-A6570 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2015-A6570 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  6570

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 27, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  PERRY  --  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

  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,  2016,  and  shall  be  first
effective for awards made for the 2016-2017 academic year.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD03011-02-5

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