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Assembly Bill A5902

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Increases the household threshold income cap on tuition assistance

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2019-A5902 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S462
Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §667, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A9554, S7248
2015-2016: A3049, S2130
2017-2018: A5583, S5259
2021-2022: A6928, S4289
2023-2024: A5171, S2811

2019-A5902 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Increases the household threshold income cap on tuition assistance from $80,000 to $100,000.

2019-A5902 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5902
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 20, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  MALLIOTAKIS -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Higher Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in  relation  to  tuition  assistance
   program awards
 
   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] ONE HUNDRED            excess over eighteen
     thousand dollars                thousand dollars
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05299-01-9

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