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Senate Bill S1345

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Requires that no scholarship, grant or award offered by a state university of New York college shall require the student to reside on campus

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2017-S1345 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §141, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S4521
2011-2012: S258
2013-2014: S1084
2015-2016: S3145

2017-S1345 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires that no scholarship, grant or award offered by a state university of New York college shall, as a condition of eligibility, require that the student reside on campus in campus housing.

2017-S1345 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S1345 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1345
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 9, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  FUNKE  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to prohibiting on  campus
   residency as a requirement for scholarships, grants and awards offered
   by the state university of New York

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 141 to
 read as follows:
   § 141. SCHOLARSHIPS, GRANTS AND AWARDS; CAMPUS  RESIDENCY  REQUIREMENT
 PROHIBITED.  1.  NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, NO SCHOLAR-
 SHIP, GRANT, AWARD OR ANY OTHER FORM OF TUITION  ASSISTANCE  OFFERED  BY
 ANY  COLLEGE  OF  THE  UNIVERSITY, SHALL, AS A CONDITION OF ELIGIBILITY,
 REQUIRE THAT THE STUDENT RECEIVING SUCH  SCHOLARSHIP,  GRANT,  AWARD  OR
 ASSISTANCE  RESIDE ON CAMPUS IN CAMPUS HOUSING, EXCEPT WHERE SUCH SCHOL-
 ARSHIP, GRANT,  AWARD  OR  ASSISTANCE  IS  SPECIFICALLY  DESIGNATED  FOR
 ON-CAMPUS HOUSING OR BOARD.
   2.  NOTHING IN THIS SECTION SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO PROHIBIT ANY COLLEGE
 OF THE UNIVERSITY FROM REQUIRING THAT A STUDENT BE  A  RESIDENT  OF  THE
 STATE  OF  NEW  YORK  IN  ORDER TO BE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE A SCHOLARSHIP,
 GRANT, AWARD OR ANY OTHER FORM OF TUITION ASSISTANCE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2018.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04179-01-7

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