Assembly Bill A6422

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Establishes the community college merit and mobility scholarship

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  • 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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2019-A6422 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §669-i, Ed L
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:
A10955

2019-A6422 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the community college merit and mobility scholarship; implements such scholarship for the two thousand nineteen -- two thousand twenty academic year and each year thereafter.

2019-A6422 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6422
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               March 7, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. SMITH -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Higher Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education  law,  in  relation  to  establishing  the
   community college merit and mobility scholarship
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section  669-i
 to read as follows:
   §  669-I.  THE  COMMUNITY  COLLEGE  MERIT AND MOBILITY SCHOLARSHIP. 1.
 PURPOSE.  THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE MERIT AND MOBILITY SCHOLARSHIP IS HEREBY
 ESTABLISHED FOR THE PURPOSE OF  GRANTING  MERIT  BASED  SCHOLARSHIPS  TO
 STUDENTS WHO ATTEND A NEW YORK STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE.
   2. ELIGIBILITY. TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR SUCH AWARDS, AN APPLICANT MUST HAVE
 GRADUATED  FROM  A  NEW  YORK  STATE  HIGH  SCHOOL WITHIN THE TOP TWENTY
 PERCENT OF HIS OR HER HIGH SCHOOL CLASS AND ACHIEVE THE FOLLOWING:
   A. REMAIN IN GOOD ACADEMIC STANDING, AND
   B. MAINTAIN A GRADE POINT AVERAGE OF 3.3 OR ABOVE.
   3. AWARDS. ONE THOUSAND SCHOLARSHIPS SHALL BE AWARDED IN THE TWO THOU-
 SAND NINETEEN -- TWO THOUSAND TWENTY ACADEMIC YEAR, AND THEREAFTER.  THE
 ANNUAL SCHOLARSHIP SHALL BE AWARDED TO ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS IN THE AMOUNT
 OF ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS PER YEAR FOR NOT MORE THAN TWO  ACADEMIC  YEARS.
 THE MAXIMUM SCHOLARSHIP AWARD SHALL NOT EXCEED TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS. THE
 PRESIDENT  SHALL PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS NECESSARY TO MAKE SUCH
 SCHOLARSHIP AVAILABLE ON AN ANNUAL BASIS TO FULL-TIME RECIPIENTS OR  PER
 CREDIT  BASIS  TO PART-TIME RECIPIENTS.  PART-TIME STUDENTS SHALL NOT BE
 IMPACTED BY THE TWO-YEAR ACADEMIC YEAR AWARD LIMITATION. UP TO ONE THOU-
 SAND SCHOLARSHIPS MAY BE GRANTED TO NEW RECIPIENTS ANNUALLY. THE RECEIPT
 OF SUCH SCHOLARSHIPS SHALL NOT AFFECT  TUITION  ASSISTANCE  ELIGIBILITY.
 IN  NO EVENT SHALL THE AMOUNT OF THE ANNUAL AWARD EXCEED THE RECIPIENT'S
 COST OF ATTENDANCE AT THE INSTITUTION ATTENDED. COST OF ATTENDANCE SHALL
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06891-01-9

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