S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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5078
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
February 7, 2019
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Introduced by M. of A. RAIA, RA, BLANKENBUSH, CROUCH, D'URSO, GOODELL,
MORINELLO, B. MILLER, LAWRENCE, GARBARINO, WALSH -- Multi-Sponsored by
-- M. of A. THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee on
Higher Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to exempting private
scholarships from reductions in the Excelsior Scholarship
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 669-h of the education law, as
added by section 1 of part T of chapter 56 of the laws of 2018, is
amended to read as follows:
2. Amount. Within amounts appropriated therefor and based on avail-
ability of funds, awards shall be granted beginning with the two thou-
sand seventeen--two thousand eighteen academic year and thereafter to
applicants that the corporation has determined are eligible to receive
such awards. The corporation shall grant such awards in an amount up to
five thousand five hundred dollars or actual tuition, whichever is less;
provided, however, (a) a student who receives educational grants and/or
scholarships that cover the student's full cost of attendance shall not
be eligible for an award under this program; and (b) an award under this
program shall be applied to tuition after the application of payments
received under the tuition assistance program pursuant to section six
hundred sixty-seven of this subpart, tuition credits pursuant to section
six hundred eighty-nine-a of this article, federal Pell grant pursuant
to section one thousand seventy of title twenty of the United States
code, et. seq., and any other PUBLIC program that covers the cost of
attendance unless exclusively for non-tuition expenses, and the award
under this program shall be reduced in the amount equal to such
payments, provided that the combined benefits do not exceed five thou-
sand five hundred dollars. THE AWARD UNDER THIS PROGRAM SHALL NOT BE
REDUCED DUE TO THE ACCEPTANCE OF A SCHOLARSHIP FROM A PRIVATE PERSON,
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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CORPORATION, ENTITY OR INSTITUTION. Upon notification of an award under
this program, the institution shall defer the amount of tuition.
Notwithstanding paragraph h of subdivision two of section three hundred
fifty-five and paragraph (a) of subdivision seven of section six thou-
sand two hundred six of this chapter, and any other law, rule or regu-
lation to the contrary, the undergraduate tuition charged by the insti-
tution to recipients of an award shall not exceed the tuition rate
established by the institution for the two thousand sixteen--two thou-
sand seventeen academic year provided, however, that in the two thousand
twenty-one--two thousand twenty-two academic year and every four years
thereafter, the undergraduate tuition charged by the institution to
recipients of an award shall be reset to equal the tuition rate estab-
lished by the institution for the forthcoming academic year, provided
further that the tuition credit calculated pursuant to section six
hundred eighty-nine-a of this article shall be applied toward the
tuition rate charged for recipients of an award under this program.
Provided further that the state university of New York and the city
university of New York shall provide an additional tuition credit to
students receiving an award to cover the remaining cost of tuition.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.