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Assembly Bill A5250

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to increasing the minimum tuition assistance program award and increasing the tuition assistance program income threshold

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2019-A5250 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1889
Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §667, Ed L

2019-A5250 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Increases the minimum tuition assistance program award and increases the tuition assistance program income threshold.

2019-A5250 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5250
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 8, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. BARRETT, HYNDMAN -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Higher Education
 
 AN  ACT to amend the education law, in relation to  increasing the mini-
   mum tuition  assistance  program  award  and  increasing  the  tuition
   assistance program income threshold

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Clause (D) of subparagraph (ii) of paragraph a of  subdivi-
 sion  3  of section 667 of the education law, as amended by section 1 of
 part B of chapter 60 of the laws of 2000, is amended to read as follows:
 
 (D) Eighteen thousand dollars or    Nine hundred eighty dollars
     more, but not more than         plus twelve per centum of
     [eighty] NINETY-FIVE            excess over eighteen
     thousand dollars                thousand dollars
 
   § 2. Subparagraph (vi) of paragraph a of subdivision 3 of section  667
 of the education law, as amended by section 1 of part B of chapter 60 of
 the laws of 2000, is amended to read as follows:
   (vi)  For  the  two thousand two--two thousand three academic year and
 thereafter, the award shall be the net amount of the base amount  deter-
 mined pursuant to subparagraph (i) of this paragraph reduced pursuant to
 subparagraph  (ii) or (iii) of this paragraph but the award shall not be
 reduced below [five hundred] SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY dollars.
   § 3. This act shall take effect June 1, 2019.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08215-01-9

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