assembly Bill A4311A

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Enacts the New York state DREAM Act; repealer

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Assembly Actions - Lowercase
Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jun 06, 2016 referred to higher education
delivered to senate
passed assembly
Jan 26, 2016 amended on third reading 4311a
Jan 06, 2016 ordered to third reading cal.176
returned to assembly
died in senate
Feb 26, 2015 referred to higher education
delivered to senate
passed assembly
motion to amend lost
motion to amend lost
motion to amend lost
ordered to third reading rules cal.7
rules report cal.7
reported
Feb 25, 2015 reported referred to rules
reported referred to ways and means
Jan 30, 2015 referred to higher education

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A4311 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1251
Current Committee:
Senate Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §609, rpld §661 sub 3, amd §§661, 355, 6206, 6305, 6451, 6452, 6455 & 695-e, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A9640, S2378
2017-2018: A3039, S471
2019-2020: S1250

A4311 - Summary

Enacts the New York state DREAM ACT by creating the New York DREAM fund commission and amends eligibility requirements and conditions governing certain awards.

A4311 - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  4311

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 30, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of A. MOYA -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ARROYO,
  AUBRY, BENEDETTO, BRENNAN, CAHILL, CLARK, CRESPO, CYMBROWITZ, DenDEKK-
  ER, DINOWITZ,  FARRELL,  GOTTFRIED,  HOOPER,  JAFFEE,  KAVANAGH,  KIM,
  LAVINE, LIFTON, MAYER, MILLER, NOLAN, O'DONNELL, ORTIZ, PAULIN, PERRY,
  RAMOS,  RIVERA,  ROBERTS,  ROBINSON,  ROSENTHAL, RUSSELL, SCARBOROUGH,
  SCHIMEL, SIMOTAS, THIELE, WEPRIN -- read  once  and  referred  to  the
  Committee on Higher Education

AN  ACT to amend the education law, in relation to creating the New York
  DREAM fund commission; eligibility requirements and conditions govern-
  ing general awards, academic performance  awards  and  student  loans;
  eligibility  requirements  for  assistance  under the higher education
  opportunity programs and the collegiate science and  technology  entry
  program; financial aid opportunities for students of the state univer-
  sity  of  New  York,  the  city  university  of New York and community
  colleges; and the program requirements for the New York state  college
  choice tuition savings program; and to repeal subdivision 3 of section
  661 of such law relating thereto

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

  Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the  "New  York
state DREAM Act".
  S  2. The education law is amended by adding a new section 609 to read
as follows:
  S 609. NEW YORK DREAM FUND COMMISSION.  1. (A) THERE SHALL BE  CREATED
A  NEW  YORK DREAM FUND COMMISSION WHICH SHALL BE COMMITTED TO ADVANCING
THE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES OF THE CHILDREN OF IMMIGRANTS.
  (B) THE NEW YORK DREAM FUND COMMISSION SHALL  BE  COMPOSED  OF  TWELVE
MEMBERS TO BE APPOINTED AS FOLLOWS:
  (I) FOUR MEMBERS SHALL BE APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR;
  (II)  THREE  MEMBERS  SHALL BE APPOINTED BY THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF
THE SENATE;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD00326-01-5

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A4311A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1251
Current Committee:
Senate Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §609, rpld §661 sub 3, amd §§661, 355, 6206, 6305, 6451, 6452, 6455 & 695-e, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A9640, S2378
2017-2018: A3039, S471
2019-2020: S1250

A4311A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the New York state DREAM ACT by creating the New York DREAM fund commission and amends eligibility requirements and conditions governing certain awards.

A4311A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                 4311--A
                                                        Cal. No. 176

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 30, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. MOYA, HEASTIE, GLICK, MORELLE, FARRELL, CRESPO,
  RODRIGUEZ, ORTIZ, AUBRY, GOTTFRIED, RAMOS, BRENNAN, O'DONNELL, LAVINE,
  QUART, KAVANAGH, THIELE, ROBINSON, BENEDETTO, ROSENTHAL, CLARK,  MILL-
  ER,  DenDEKKER,  ABINANTI, PAULIN, PERRY, JAFFEE, CAHILL, MOSLEY, KIM,
  WEPRIN,  SCHIMEL,  RIVERA,  ROZIC,  DINOWITZ,  SEPULVEDA,   SKARTADOS,
  ZEBROWSKI,  COLTON,  DAVILA,  FAHY,  ARROYO,  LINARES,  OTIS,  BARRON,
  BICHOTTE, BLAKE, BRINDISI, DILAN, GJONAJ, JEAN-PIERRE, JOYNER, PICHAR-
  DO, SEAWRIGHT, SIMON, TITUS, WALKER, WEINSTEIN, COOK, MAYER --  Multi-
  Sponsored  by -- M.  of A. BRAUNSTEIN, CYMBROWITZ, ENGLEBRIGHT, GALEF,
  HEVESI, HOOPER, LENTOL, LIFTON, MARKEY, NOLAN,  PEOPLES-STOKES,  PRET-
  LOW,  RUSSELL,  SIMOTAS,  SOLAGES,  STECK,  TITONE  --  read  once and
  referred to the Committee on Higher Education -- advanced to  a  third
  reading,  amended  and  ordered  reprinted, retaining its place on the
  order of third reading

AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to creating the New  York
  DREAM fund commission; eligibility requirements and conditions govern-
  ing  general  awards,  academic  performance awards and student loans;
  eligibility requirements for assistance  under  the  higher  education
  opportunity  programs  and the collegiate science and technology entry
  program; financial aid opportunities for students of the state univer-
  sity of New York, the  city  university  of  New  York  and  community
  colleges;  and the program requirements for the New York state college
  choice tuition savings program; and to repeal subdivision 3 of section
  661 of such law relating thereto

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

  Section  1.  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "New York
state DREAM Act".
  S 2. The education law is amended by adding a new section 609 to  read
as follows:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD00326-06-6