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Senate Bill S6889

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to income and determinant amount of awards

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2015-S6889 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9449
Current Committee:
Senate Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง663, Ed L

2015-S6889 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to income and determinant amount of awards.

2015-S6889 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S6889 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  6889

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              March 3, 2016
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. LAVALLE -- 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 income as  a  determi-
  nant of amount of awards

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section  663  of  the  education  law,  as
amended  by  section  1  of part F of chapter 58 of the laws of 2011, is
amended to read as follows:
  1. Income defined. Except  as  otherwise  provided  in  this  section,
"income"  shall  be  the  total  of  the combined net taxable income and
income from pensions of New York state, local governments,  the  federal
government  and  any  private employer of the applicant, the applicant's
spouse, and the applicant's parents, including any pension  and  annuity
income  excluded  for purposes of taxation pursuant to paragraph three-a
of subsection (c) of section six hundred  twelve  of  the  tax  law,  as
reported  in  New  York  state  income tax returns for the calendar year
PRIOR TO THE CALENDAR YEAR next preceding the beginning  of  the  school
year  for  which  application  for  assistance  is made, except that any
amount received by an applicant  as  a  scholarship  at  an  educational
institution or as a fellowship grant, including the value of contributed
services and accommodations, shall not be included within the definition
of  "income"  for  the purposes of this article. The term "parent" shall
include birth parents, stepparents, adoptive parents and the  spouse  of
an  adoptive  parent.    Income,  if not a whole dollar amount, shall be
assumed to be equal to the next lowest whole dollar amount.  Any  change
in the status of an applicant with regard to the persons responsible for
the  applicant's  support  occurring after the beginning of any semester
shall not be considered to change the applicant's award for that  semes-
ter.
  S  2.  This  act  shall take effect immediately and shall apply to all
awards commencing with the school year 2017-2018 and thereafter.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD14447-01-6

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