Senate Bill S1243

Signed By Governor
2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to eligibility for tuition assistance program awards for certain undergraduates who must transfer to another institution as a result of a permanent college closure

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Archive: Last Bill Status Via A8110 - Signed by Governor

  • 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-S1243 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8110
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §667, Ed L

2017-S1243 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Extends eligibility for tuition assistance program awards for certain undergraduates who must transfer to another institution as a result of a permanent college closure by two semesters.

2017-S1243 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S1243 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1243
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 6, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. LAVALLE -- 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  eligibility  for
   tuition  assistance program awards for certain undergraduates who must
   transfer to another institution as a result  of  a  permanent  college
   closure
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section  667  of  the  education  law,  as
 amended  by  section  1  of part J of chapter 58 of the laws of 2011, is
 amended to read as follows:
   2. Duration. No undergraduate shall be eligible  for  more  than  four
 academic  years of study, or five academic years if the program of study
 normally requires five years. Students enrolled in a program of remedial
 study, approved by the commissioner in an institution of  higher  educa-
 tion and intended to culminate in a degree in undergraduate study shall,
 for  purposes of this section, be considered as enrolled in a program of
 study normally requiring five years. An undergraduate  student  enrolled
 in  an  eligible  two year program of study approved by the commissioner
 shall be eligible for no more than three academic  years  of  study.  AN
 UNDERGRADUATE  STUDENT  ENROLLED IN AN APPROVED TWO OR FOUR-YEAR PROGRAM
 OF STUDY APPROVED BY THE  COMMISSIONER  WHO  MUST  TRANSFER  TO  ANOTHER
 INSTITUTION  AS  A RESULT OF PERMANENT COLLEGE CLOSURE SHALL BE ELIGIBLE
 FOR TWO ADDITIONAL SEMESTERS, OR THEIR EQUIVALENT, AS DETERMINED BY  THE
 COMMISSIONER,  IN  ORDER  TO  COMPLETE HIS OR HER PROGRAM. Any semester,
 quarter, or term of attendance during which a student receives any award
 under this article, after the  effective  date  of  the  former  scholar
 incentive  program  and  prior to academic year nineteen hundred eighty-
 nine--nineteen hundred ninety, shall be counted toward the maximum  term
 of  eligibility  for  tuition assistance under this section, except that
 any semester, quarter or term  of  attendance  during  which  a  student
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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