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Jun 11, 2018 |
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Senate Bill S8982
2017-2018 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Rules Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2017-S8982 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Rules
- Law Section:
- Education Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §355, Ed L
- Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
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2017-S8982 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S8982 SPONSOR: JACOBS TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the education law, in relation to exempting veterans from application fees for admission to the state university PURPOSE: To exempt eligible veterans from payment of application fees for admis- sion to any state university SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section one amends subparagraph two of paragraph h of subdivision two of section 355 of the education law by giving eligible veterans an exemption for any admission application fees for state universities. Section two sets forth the effective date
2017-S8982 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 8982 I N S E N A T E June 11, 2018 ___________ Introduced by Sen. JACOBS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to exempting veterans from application fees for admission to the state university THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subparagraph 2 of paragraph h of subdivision 2 of section 355 of the education law, as separately amended by chapters 552 and 616 of the laws of 1985, is amended to read as follows: (2) Such regulations shall also provide that upon request by a student who is an eligible veteran the payment of tuition and other fees and charges, less the amounts payable for such purposes from scholarships or other financial assistance awarded said veteran pursuant to article thirteen of this chapter, article one hundred thirty of this chapter or any other state or federal aid program, shall be deferred in such amounts and until such times as the several payments of veterans' bene- fits under the Veterans' Readjustment Benefit Act of 1966, as amended, are received by the veteran, provided that the veteran has filed a claim for such benefits and presents to the state university proof of eligi- bility, extent of entitlement to benefits and the need for deferral until the receipt of such benefits. AN ELIGIBLE VETERAN SHALL ALSO BE EXEMPT FROM THE PAYMENT OF ANY APPLICATION FEES FOR ADMISSION TO ANY STATE UNIVERSITY. § 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD15960-01-8
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