senate Bill S7573

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to tuition assistance program awards

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Assembly Actions - Lowercase
Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jun 15, 2016 referred to higher education
delivered to assembly
passed senate
Jun 01, 2016 ordered to third reading cal.1274
committee discharged and committed to rules
May 17, 2016 reported and committed to finance
May 10, 2016 referred to higher education

Votes

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Jun 15, 2016 - floor Vote

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floor
61
Aye
1
Nay
0
Absent
1
Excused
0
Abstained
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Floor Vote: Jun 15, 2016

aye (61)
nay (1)
excused (1)

Jun 1, 2016 - Rules committee Vote

S7573
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committee
24
Aye
1
Nay
0
Aye with Reservations
0
Absent
0
Excused
0
Abstained
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Rules Committee Vote: Jun 1, 2016

aye (24)
nay (1)

May 17, 2016 - Higher Education committee Vote

S7573
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committee
16
Aye
0
Nay
1
Aye with Reservations
0
Absent
2
Excused
0
Abstained
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Higher Education Committee Vote: May 17, 2016

aye (16)
aye wr (1)
excused (2)

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S7573 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง667, Ed L
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:
S2213

S7573 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to tuition assistance program awards.

S7573 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S7573 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  7573

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              May 10, 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  tuition  assistance
  program awards

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

  Section 1. Subparagraph (ii)  of  paragraph  a  of  subdivision  3  of
section  667  of the education law, as amended by section 1 of part B of
chapter 60 of the laws of 2000, is amended to read as follows:
  (ii) Except for students as noted in subparagraph (iii) of this  para-
graph, the base amount as determined from subparagraph (i) of this para-
graph, shall be reduced in relation to income as follows:
  FOR THE 2016-2017 ACADEMIC YEAR:

Amount of income                    Schedule of reduction
                                    of base amount

(A) Less than seven thousand        None
    dollars
(B) Seven thousand dollars or       Seven per centum of excess
    more, but less than eleven      over seven thousand dollars
    thousand dollars
(C) Eleven thousand dollars or      Two hundred eighty dollars
    more, but less than eighteen    plus [ten] NINE per centum
    thousand dollars                of excess over eleven
                                    thousand dollars
(D) Eighteen thousand dollars or    Nine hundred eighty dollars
    more, but not more than         plus [twelve] TEN
                                    per centum of
    [eighty] ONE HUNDRED thousand   excess over eighteen
    dollars                          thousand dollars
  FOR THE 2017-2018 ACADEMIC YEAR:

AMOUNT OF INCOME                    SCHEDULE OF REDUCTION

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

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