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Assembly Bill A6708A

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Prohibits the deferral of awards granted under the Tuition Assistance Program (TAP)

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2015-A6708 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S181
Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §667, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A8848, S3130
2011-2012: A1280, S119
2013-2014: A2520, S867
2017-2018: A6063, S4877
2019-2020: A6290

2015-A6708 - Summary

Prohibits the deferral of awards granted under the Tuition Assistance Program (TAP); ensures that a TAP award will be paid on time so that the student may pay his or her tuition bill on time.

2015-A6708 - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  6708

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 30, 2015
                               ___________

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

AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to prohibiting the defer-
  ral of awards granted under the Tuition Assistance Program (TAP)

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

  Section 1. Section 667 of the education law is amended by adding a new
subdivision 4 to read as follows:
  4. DEFERRAL OF TUITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AWARDS PROHIBITED.  UNDER NO
CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL  AN  AWARD  GRANTED  UNDER  THE  TUITION  ASSISTANCE
PROGRAM  (TAP)  PURSUANT  TO  THIS SECTION BE DEFERRED UNTIL THE STUDENT
RECIPIENT GRADUATES FROM HIS OR HER COURSE OF STUDY. THE PRESIDENT SHALL
PAY A TUITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AWARD TO THE  STUDENT  RECIPIENT  IN  A
REASONABLE TIMEFRAME IN ORDER TO ENSURE THE STUDENT RECIPIENT IS ABLE TO
APPLY  THE  AWARD  TOWARD  HIS  OR  HER TUITION BILL ON TIME. NO TUITION
ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AWARD SHALL BE MADE  CONTINGENT  UPON  THE  STUDENT'S
GRADUATION FROM HIS OR HER UNDERGRADUATE OR GRADUATE COURSE OF STUDY.
  S  2.  This  act  shall  take  effect  immediately, and shall apply to
academic quarters and semesters beginning on or after August 1, 2016.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD01620-01-5

2015-A6708A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S181
Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §667, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A8848, S3130
2011-2012: A1280, S119
2013-2014: A2520, S867
2017-2018: A6063, S4877
2019-2020: A6290

2015-A6708A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits the deferral of awards granted under the Tuition Assistance Program (TAP); ensures that a TAP award will be paid on time so that the student may pay his or her tuition bill on time.

2015-A6708A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                 6708--A

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 30, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. CRESPO -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on  Higher  Education -- recommitted to the Committee on Higher Educa-
  tion  in  accordance  with  Assembly  Rule  3,  sec.  2  --  committee
  discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
  to said committee

AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to prohibiting the defer-
  ral of awards granted under the Tuition Assistance Program (TAP)

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

  Section 1. Section 667 of the education law is amended by adding a new
subdivision 4 to read as follows:
  4. DEFERRAL OF TUITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AWARDS PROHIBITED.  UNDER NO
CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL  AN  AWARD  GRANTED  UNDER  THE  TUITION  ASSISTANCE
PROGRAM  (TAP)  PURSUANT  TO  THIS SECTION BE DEFERRED UNTIL THE STUDENT
RECIPIENT GRADUATES FROM HIS OR HER COURSE OF STUDY. THE PRESIDENT SHALL
PAY A TUITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AWARD TO THE  STUDENT  RECIPIENT  IN  A
REASONABLE TIMEFRAME IN ORDER TO ENSURE THE STUDENT RECIPIENT IS ABLE TO
APPLY  THE  AWARD  TOWARD  HIS  OR  HER TUITION BILL ON TIME. NO TUITION
ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AWARD SHALL BE MADE  CONTINGENT  UPON  THE  STUDENT'S
GRADUATION FROM HIS OR HER UNDERGRADUATE OR GRADUATE COURSE OF STUDY.
  S  2.  This  act  shall  take  effect  immediately, and shall apply to
academic quarters and semesters beginning on or after August 1, 2017.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD01620-03-6

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