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                                 8691--A

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 12, 2016
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Introduced  by M. of A. LUPINACCI, MALLIOTAKIS, KOLB, WALTER, PALMESANO,
  GARBARINO, BUTLER, RAIA, SALADINO, MONTESANO, BRABENEC, OAKS,  HAWLEY,
  RA,  MURRAY,  CURRAN, DUPREY -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. CROUCH,
  LOPEZ, McLAUGHLIN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Higher
  Education -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted  as
  amended and recommitted to said committee

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  education  law, in relation to establishing the
  community college merit and mobility scholarship

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

  Section  1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 669-h
to read as follows:
  S 669-H. THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE  MERIT  AND  MOBILITY  SCHOLARSHIP.  1.
PURPOSE.  THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE MERIT AND MOBILITY SCHOLARSHIP IS HEREBY
ESTABLISHED  FOR  THE  PURPOSE  OF  GRANTING MERIT BASED SCHOLARSHIPS TO
STUDENTS WHO ATTEND A NEW YORK STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE.
  2. ELIGIBILITY. TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR SUCH AWARDS, AN APPLICANT MUST HAVE
GRADUATED FROM A NEW YORK  STATE  HIGH  SCHOOL  WITHIN  THE  TOP  TWENTY
PERCENT OF HIS OR HER HIGH SCHOOL CLASS AND ACHIEVE THE FOLLOWING:
  A. REMAIN IN GOOD ACADEMIC STANDING, AND
  B. MAINTAIN A GRADE POINT AVERAGE OF 3.3 OR ABOVE.
  3. AWARDS. ONE THOUSAND SCHOLARSHIPS SHALL BE AWARDED IN THE TWO THOU-
SAND  SIXTEEN  --  TWO THOUSAND SEVENTEEN ACADEMIC YEAR, AND THEREAFTER.
THE ANNUAL SCHOLARSHIP SHALL BE AWARDED TO ELIGIBLE  APPLICANTS  IN  THE
AMOUNT  OF  ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS PER YEAR FOR NOT MORE THAN TWO ACADEMIC
YEARS. THE MAXIMUM SCHOLARSHIP  AWARD  SHALL  NOT  EXCEED  TWO  THOUSAND
DOLLARS.  THE PRESIDENT SHALL PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS NECESSARY
TO MAKE SUCH SCHOLARSHIP AVAILABLE  ON  AN  ANNUAL  BASIS  TO  FULL-TIME
RECIPIENTS  OR  PER  CREDIT  BASIS  TO PART-TIME RECIPIENTS.   PART-TIME
STUDENTS SHALL NOT BE IMPACTED BY THE TWO-YEAR ACADEMIC YEAR AWARD LIMI-
TATION. UP TO ONE THOUSAND SCHOLARSHIPS MAY BE GRANTED TO NEW RECIPIENTS
ANNUALLY. THE RECEIPT OF SUCH  SCHOLARSHIPS  SHALL  NOT  AFFECT  TUITION
ASSISTANCE  ELIGIBILITY.    IN  NO  EVENT SHALL THE AMOUNT OF THE ANNUAL
AWARD EXCEED THE RECIPIENT'S  COST  OF  ATTENDANCE  AT  THE  INSTITUTION

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

                                                           LBD13358-05-6

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ATTENDED.  COST OF ATTENDANCE SHALL MEAN TUITION, REQUIRED FEES, LABORA-
TORY AND OTHER INSTRUCTION RELATED TO EXPENSES,  BOOKS,  TRANSPORTATION,
AND ROOM AND BOARD.
  4.  PRIORITY. IN THE EVENT THAT THERE ARE MORE APPLICANTS WHO HAVE THE
SAME PRIORITY THAN THERE ARE REMAINING SCHOLARSHIPS, THE PRESIDENT SHALL
DISTRIBUTE THE REMAINING NUMBER OF  SUCH  SCHOLARSHIPS  BY  MEANS  OF  A
LOTTERY OR OTHER FORM OF RANDOM SELECTION.
  5.  RULES. THE CORPORATION IS AUTHORIZED TO PROMULGATE RULES AND REGU-
LATIONS, AND MAY PROMULGATE EMERGENCY  REGULATIONS,  FOR  THE  NECESSARY
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
it shall have become a law.