Senate Bill S4616

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Allows eligible non-resident undergraduate students to pay separate tuition rates for attendance at the state university college of arts and sciences at Potsdam

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • 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-S4616 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §355, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S2908
2021-2022: S3826

2017-S4616 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the state university trustees to offer separate tuition rates to certain non-resident undergraduate students attending the state university college of arts and sciences at Potsdam.

2017-S4616 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S4616 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4616
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 22, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens. GRIFFO, RITCHIE -- 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  allowing  eligible
   non-resident  undergraduate students to pay separate tuition rates for
   attendance at the state university college of  arts  and  sciences  at
   Potsdam;  and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expira-
   tion thereof
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Paragraph h of subdivision 2 of section 355 of the educa-
 tion law is amended by adding a new subparagraph 4-a to read as follows:
   (4-A) COMMENCING WITH THE TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN--TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN
 ACADEMIC YEAR AND ENDING IN THE TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-TWO--TWO  THOUSAND
 TWENTY-THREE ACADEMIC YEAR, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE STATE UNIVERSI-
 TY  MAY  DESIGNATE  THE STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES AT
 POTSDAM FOR PARTICIPATION IN A PROGRAM  ALLOWING  ELIGIBLE  NON-RESIDENT
 UNDERGRADUATE  STUDENTS  THAT  RESIDE  WITHIN  TWO  HUNDRED MILES OF THE
 INSTITUTION TO PAY SEPARATE TUITION RATES FOR ATTENDANCE AT SUCH  INSTI-
 TUTION.   SUCH  INSTITUTION  SHALL  CONSIDER  OUT-OF-STATE  COMPETITION,
 CURRENT OR PROJECTED LEVELS OF HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES WITHIN  THE  INSTI-
 TUTION'S  RECRUITMENT  REGION,  AND  ENROLLMENT  CAPACITY  AND  PHYSICAL
 LOCATION OF THE INSTITUTION, IF SUCH  INSTITUTION  PARTICIPATES  IN  THE
 PROGRAM.  THE  BOARD  OF  TRUSTEES  OF  THE  STATE UNIVERSITY IS FURTHER
 AUTHORIZED TO SET SUCH SEPARATE TUITION RATES, WHICH SHALL  NOT  BE  SET
 BELOW  AN  AMOUNT  EQUAL  TO ONE AND ONE-HALF TIMES THE IN-STATE TUITION
 RATE AT THE DESIGNATED INSTITUTION. SUCH SEPARATE TUITION RATES  MAY  BE
 OFFERED ONLY TO ELIGIBLE NON-RESIDENT STUDENTS, THE TOTAL OF WHICH SHALL
 NOT  EXCEED TEN PERCENT OF ENROLLMENT AT THE DESIGNATED INSTITUTION. THE
 INSTITUTION SHALL REPORT ANNUALLY TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE  STATE
 UNIVERSITY ON THE IMPACT OF THIS PROGRAM.
   §  2.  This act shall take effect immediately; and shall expire and be
 deemed repealed June 1, 2023.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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