Assembly Bill A720

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to state appropriations for increases in tuition credit

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • 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-A720 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5293
Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§355 & 6206, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A10883, S8842
2021-2022: A5474

2019-A720 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the state to appropriate general fund operating support to cover any increase in tuition credit.

2019-A720 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    720
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 9, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. GLICK, LUPARDO, PICHARDO, LIFTON, EPSTEIN, RAMOS,
   ARROYO -- read once and referred to the Committee on Higher Education
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the education law, in relation to state appropriations
   for increases in tuition credit

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subparagraph 4 of paragraph h of subdivision 2 of section
 355 of the education law is amended by adding a new clause (vii) to read
 as follows:
   (VII) BEGINNING IN STATE FISCAL YEAR TWO THOUSAND TWENTY--TWO THOUSAND
 TWENTY-ONE AND THEREAFTER, THE STATE SHALL APPROPRIATE AND  MAKE  AVAIL-
 ABLE GENERAL FUND OPERATING SUPPORT TO COVER ANY INCREASE IN THE TUITION
 CREDIT PURSUANT TO SECTION SIX HUNDRED EIGHTY-NINE-A OF THIS TITLE ANNU-
 ALLY.
   §  2. Subparagraph 4 of paragraph h of subdivision 2 of section 355 of
 the education law is amended by adding a new closing paragraph  to  read
 as follows:
    BEGINNING  IN  STATE  FISCAL  YEAR  TWO THOUSAND TWENTY--TWO THOUSAND
 TWENTY-ONE AND THEREAFTER, THE STATE SHALL APPROPRIATE AND  MAKE  AVAIL-
 ABLE GENERAL FUND OPERATING SUPPORT TO COVER ANY INCREASE IN THE TUITION
 CREDIT PURSUANT TO SECTION SIX HUNDRED EIGHTY-NINE-A OF THIS TITLE ANNU-
 ALLY.
   §  3.  Paragraph (a) of subdivision 7 of section 6206 of the education
 law is amended by adding a new subparagraph (vi) to read as follows:
   (VI) BEGINNING IN STATE FISCAL YEAR TWO THOUSAND TWENTY--TWO  THOUSAND
 TWENTY-ONE  AND  THEREAFTER, THE STATE SHALL APPROPRIATE AND MAKE AVAIL-
 ABLE GENERAL FUND OPERATING SUPPORT TO COVER ANY INCREASE IN THE TUITION
 CREDIT PURSUANT TO SECTION SIX HUNDRED  EIGHTY-NINE-A  OF  THIS  CHAPTER
 ANNUALLY.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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