Assembly Bill A5326

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Permits the commissioner of education to include graduate programs as programs eligible for approval under the state tuition assistance program

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2017-A5326 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5261
Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§663 & 667, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A9555, S7249
2015-2016: A3051, S2129
2019-2020: A5912, S3858
2021-2022: A6917, S6177
2023-2024: A5161, S4752

2017-A5326 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Permits the commissioner of education to include graduate programs as programs eligible for approval under the state tuition assistance program.

2017-A5326 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5326
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 8, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. MALLIOTAKIS, COLTON, MONTESANO, LUPINACCI, GRAF,
   RA,  RAIA,  McKEVITT,  BRABENEC,   PALMESANO,   SIMANOWITZ,   SKOUFIS,
   M. G. MILLER,  McDONOUGH,  MURRAY,  CURRAN, KEARNS, ARROYO, PALUMBO --
   Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. CROUCH, FITZPATRICK, KOLB,  McLAUGHLIN,
   RIVERA -- read once and referred 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.  Paragraph a of subdivision 3 of section 663 of the educa-
 tion law, as amended by section 4 of part J of chapter 58 of the laws of
 2011, is amended to read as follows:
   a. In determining the amount of an award for GRADUATE AND  UNDERGRADU-
 ATE students, the income of the parents shall be excluded if the student
 has been emancipated from his parents.
   §  2. The opening paragraph of subparagraph 1 of paragraph b of subdi-
 vision 3 of section 663 of the education law, as amended by section 5 of
 part J of chapter 58 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
   The applicant is a student who was married on or before December thir-
 ty-first of the calendar year prior to the  beginning  of  the  academic
 year  for  which  application is made or is an undergraduate student who
 has reached the age of twenty-two on or before June thirtieth  prior  to
 the academic year for which application is made OR IS A GRADUATE STUDENT
 and  who,  during the calendar year next preceding the semester, quarter
 or term of attendance for which application is made  and  at  all  times
 subsequent  thereto  up  to  and  including  the entire period for which
 application is made:
   § 3. Paragraph d of subdivision 3 of section 663 of the education law,
 as amended by section 6 of part J of chapter 58 of the laws of 2011,  is
 amended to read as follows:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06884-01-7
              

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