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Senate Bill S7726

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Allows eligible non-resident undergraduate students to pay separate tuition rates for attendance at certain institutions

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2015-S7726 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง335, Ed L

2015-S7726 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Allows eligible non-resident undergraduate students to pay separate tuition rates for attendance at certain institutions.

2015-S7726 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S7726 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  7726

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              May 12, 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  allowing  eligible
  non-resident  undergraduate students to pay separate tuition rates for
  attendance at certain institutions; and providing for  the  repeal  of
  such provisions upon expiration thereof

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

  Section 1. Paragraph h of subdivision 2 of section 355 of  the  educa-
tion law is amended by adding a new subparagraph 4-a to read as follows:
  (4-A)  COMMENCING  WITH THE TWO THOUSAND SEVENTEEN--TWO THOUSAND EIGH-
TEEN ACADEMIC YEAR AND ENDING IN THE TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE--TWO  THOU-
SAND  TWENTY-TWO  ACADEMIC  YEAR,  THE  BOARD  OF  TRUSTEES OF THE STATE
UNIVERSITY MAY DESIGNATE FREDONIA, ALFRED STATE,  PLATTSBURGH,  POTSDAM,
AND CANTON FOR PARTICIPATION IN A PROGRAM ALLOWING ELIGIBLE NON-RESIDENT
UNDERGRADUATE  STUDENTS  TO PAY SEPARATE TUITION RATES FOR ATTENDANCE AT
THOSE SELECTED INSTITUTIONS. SUCH INSTITUTIONS  IN  THIS  PROGRAM  SHALL
CONSIDER  OUT-OF-STATE  COMPETITION, CURRENT OR PROJECTED LEVELS OF HIGH
SCHOOL GRADUATES WITHIN AN INSTITUTION'S RECRUITMENT REGION, AND ENROLL-
MENT CAPACITY AND PHYSICAL  LOCATION  OF  THESE  INSTITUTIONS,  IF  SUCH
INSTITUTION  PARTICIPATES  IN  THE PROGRAM. THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE
STATE UNIVERSITY IS FURTHER AUTHORIZED  TO  SET  SUCH  SEPARATE  TUITION
RATES,  WHICH SHALL NOT BE SET BELOW AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO ONE AND ONE-HALF
TIMES THE IN-STATE TUITION RATE AT THE  DESIGNATED  INSTITUTION.    SUCH
SEPARATE  TUITION  RATES  MAY  BE  OFFERED ONLY TO ELIGIBLE NON-RESIDENT
STUDENTS, THE TOTAL OF WHICH SHALL NOT EXCEED TEN PERCENT OF  ENROLLMENT
AT  EACH DESIGNATED INSTITUTION.  RESIDENTS FROM THE STATES OF CONNECTI-
CUT, MASSACHUSETTS, NEW JERSEY, OHIO, PENNSYLVANIA AND VERMONT, AND  THE
CANADIAN  PROVINCES  OF  ONTARIO AND QUEBEC MAY BE ELIGIBLE FOR SEPARATE
TUITION  RATES  AT  THE  DESIGNATED  STATE-OPERATED  INSTITUTIONS.  EACH
STATE-OPERATED  INSTITUTION  THAT  IS SELECTED FOR PARTICIPATION IN THIS
PROGRAM SHALL REPORT ANNUALLY TO THE BOARD  OF  TRUSTEES  OF  THE  STATE
UNIVERSITY ON THE IMPACT OF THIS PROGRAM.
  S  2.  This act shall take effect immediately; and shall expire and be
deemed repealed June 1, 2022.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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