| Date of Action |
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Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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| Jan 06, 2016 |
referred to higher education |
| Feb 13, 2015 |
referred to higher education |
Senate Bill S3629
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Higher Education Committee
Actions
co-Sponsors
(D) 15th Senate District
(D) 14th Senate District
(D, WF) 21st Senate District
(D) 19th Senate District
2015-S3629 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Higher Education
- Law Section:
- Education Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd ยงยง355, 6206 & 6301, Ed L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
-
2013-2014:
S5044
2017-2018: S1412
2015-S3629 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S3629
TITLE OF BILL: 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
PURPOSE: 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.
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
Sections 355, 6206, and 6301 of the education law are amended to
provide that the payment of tuition and fees by any student who is not
a resident of New York state, shall be paid at a rate or charge no
greater than that imposed for students who are residents of the state
if such student was honorably discharged from the armed forces of the
United States and is enrolled within twelve months of such discharge
in a SUNY or CUNY school in accordance with the federal GI bills.
JUSTIFICATION: Many veterans serve overseas for extended periods and
pursue a college education upon their return to the United States.
Veterans are entitled to receive up to $17,500 a year from the federal
government if they attend a private school. In. New York State,
veterans often lose their status as a New York State resident because
2015-S3629 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
3629
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
February 13, 2015
___________
Introduced by Sen. PANEPINTO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed 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.
LBD02211-01-5
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