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Assembly Bill A4700

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Tuition benefits and scholarships awarded based on service in the armed forces shall not be in TAP income equation

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2017-A4700 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §663, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A1713
2011-2012: A3666
2013-2014: A6399
2015-2016: A6634
2019-2020: A4601

2017-A4700 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that in determining income for the purposes of the tuition assistance program, tuition benefits and scholarships awarded based on service in the armed forces shall not be considered as income.

2017-A4700 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4700
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 3, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. ENGLEBRIGHT, COLTON -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.
   of A. HOOPER -- read once and referred  to  the  Committee  on  Higher
   Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to providing that tuition
   benefits and scholarships awarded to students based upon their service
   in  the  armed forces shall not be included as income when calculating
   tuition assistance program awards
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The  opening paragraph of subdivision 5 of section 663 of
 the education law is designated paragraph (a) and a new paragraph (b) is
 added to read as follows:
   (B) IN THE DETERMINATION OF INCOME FOR PURPOSES OF SECTION SIX HUNDRED
 SIXTY-SEVEN OF THIS ARTICLE IF, DURING THE ACADEMIC YEAR  IN  WHICH  THE
 APPLICANT  WILL RECEIVE AN AWARD, THE APPLICANT RECEIVED OR IS EXPECTING
 TO RECEIVE A TUITION  BENEFIT  AND/OR  ANY  SCHOLARSHIP,  INCLUDING  THE
 FEDERAL  MONTGOMERY  GI  BILL,  AWARDED  FOR THAT ACADEMIC YEAR BASED ON
 SERVICE IN THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES,  THAT  AMOUNT  AWARDED
 FOR  MILITARY SERVICE SHALL NOT BE DEEMED APPLICABLE INCOME IN DETERMIN-
 ING THE APPLICANT'S AWARD FOR THE ACADEMIC YEAR.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03848-01-7

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