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Assembly Bill A9077

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Establishes the regents high-tech graduate loan forgiveness program and appropriates twenty-five million dollars therefor; appropriation

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2017-A9077 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §605, add §679-h, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A5827
2011-2012: A7530
2013-2014: A5762
2015-2016: A4484

2017-A9077 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the regents high-tech graduate loan foregiveness program to provide annual loan payments of up to $10,000 a year to high-tech college graduates who are residents of the state, attended a college or university in the state, received a degree in a high-tech field and agree to work in a high-tech field in the state for 5 years; appropriates twenty-five million dollars therefor.

2017-A9077 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9077
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 18, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  RA -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. CURRAN,
   KOLB, MORINELLO -- read once and referred to the Committee  on  Higher
   Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to establishing a regents
   high-tech  graduate  loan forgiveness program; and making an appropri-
   ation therefor
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 605 of the education law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 13 to read as follows:
   13.  REGENTS  HIGH-TECH  GRADUATE  LOAN FORGIVENESS PROGRAM.   REGENTS
 HIGH-TECH GRADUATE LOAN FORGIVENESS AWARDS SHALL BE AWARDED ANNUALLY  TO
 HIGH-TECH  GRADUATES  WHO AGREE TO WORK OR BE EMPLOYED IN NEW YORK STATE
 IN A PROFESSION WHICH REQUIRES A DEGREE IN THE HIGH-TECH FIELD IN  WHICH
 THE  GRADUATE HOLDS A DEGREE.  SUCH AWARDS SHALL BE CLASSIFIED AND ALLO-
 CATED IN ACCORDANCE WITH REGENTS RULES.
   A. DEFINITIONS. THE COMMISSIONER  SHALL  PROMULGATE  RULES  AND  REGU-
 LATIONS  DEFINING  THE  TERMS "HIGH-TECH GRADUATE" AND "HIGH-TECH FIELD"
 AND ANY OTHER TERMS NECESSARY TO IMPLEMENT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBDI-
 VISION.  PROVIDED, THAT THE TERM "HIGH-TECH GRADUATE" SHALL  BE  LIMITED
 TO PERSONS WHO EARNED AN ASSOCIATE'S OR BACHELOR'S DEGREE FROM A COLLEGE
 OR UNIVERSITY IN THIS STATE.
   B. ELIGIBILITY. (1) THE APPLICANT MUST BE A RESIDENT OF NEW YORK STATE
 AND BE ENGAGED IN A HIGH-TECH PROFESSION.
   (2)  THE APPLICANT MUST AGREE TO BE EMPLOYED IN A HIGH-TECH PROFESSION
 IN NEW YORK STATE.
   C. SELECTION.  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL  ESTABLISH  CRITERIA  FOR  THE
 SELECTION  OF  PARTICIPANTS IN THE PROGRAM. AN APPLICANT MUST SATISFY AT
 LEAST ONE OF THE CRITERIA ESTABLISHED.
   D. NOTIFICATION. (1) THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL  THEN  FORWARD  APPROVED
 APPLICATIONS TO THE PRESIDENT AND SHALL NOTIFY UNSUCCESSFUL APPLICANTS;
   (2) THE PRESIDENT SHALL VERIFY THE APPROVED APPLICANTS'
   (I) ELIGIBILITY; AND
   (II) TOTAL HIGH-TECH COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY STUDENT EXPENSE;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

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