Senate Bill S6228

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to the New York state part-time scholarship program

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Higher Education 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-S6228 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9047
Current Committee:
Senate Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §667-c-1, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S1708, A4283
2021-2022: S1384, A752

2017-S6228 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2017-S6228 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S6228 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6228
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 11, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  BROOKS -- 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  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-

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11708-01-7
              

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