Assembly Bill A9047

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to the New York state part-time scholarship 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-A9047 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6228
Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §667-c-1, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A4283, S1708
2021-2022: A752, S1384

2017-A9047 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Expands eligibility in the New York state part-time scholarship program to certain students.

2017-A9047 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9047
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 18, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  PELLEGRINO  -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Higher Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to  the  New  York  state
   part-time scholarship program
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Section 667-c-1 of the education law, as added by section 1
 of part KKK of chapter 59 of the laws of 2017, is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   §  667-c-1.  New York state part-time scholarship (PTS) award program.
 1.  The New York state part-time  scholarship  (PTS)  award  program  is
 hereby  established  for  the purpose of providing scholarship awards to
 students who attend a [community college at the state university of  New
 York  (SUNY)  or  the city University of New York (CUNY)] NEW YORK STATE
 PUBLIC INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION on a part-time basis.
   2. To be eligible, an applicant must meet the qualifications of subdi-
 visions three and five of section six hundred sixty-one of this article,
 enroll in at least six but less then twelve credit hours at a  [SUNY  or
 CUNY  community  college]  NEW  YORK  STATE PUBLIC INSTITUTION OF HIGHER
 EDUCATION in the 2017-2018 academic year, or thereafter, and maintain  a
 grade point average of 2.0.
   3.  a. Such awards shall be made to eligible applicants in the follow-
 ing priority:
   (i) first, to applicants who have received payment of an award  pursu-
 ant  to  this section in a prior year and remain in good academic stand-
 ing; and
   (ii) second, to applicants in descending order based on financial need
 as determined by the corporation and; provided that awards made shall be
 proportionate to the total applications received for  students  accepted
 for  undergraduate study at SUNY and CUNY respectively. Provided, howev-
 er, in the program's first year, first priority shall be  in  accordance
 with this subparagraph.
   b.  In  the  event  that  there  are more applicants who have the same
 priority than there are  remaining  scholarships,  the  president  shall
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

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