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Assembly Bill A7238

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to changes in an applicant's tuition assistance status

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2019-A7238 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §663, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A890
2023-2024: A1207

2019-A7238 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires corporations to include causes for change when an applicant for tuition assistance has an adjustment to income.

2019-A7238 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7238
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 18, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ZEBROWSKI  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Higher Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to reflecting a change in
   circumstance when making adjustments to income
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Subdivision  5  of  section  663 of the education law, as
 amended by section 3 of part J of chapter 58 of the  laws  of  2011,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   5.  Adjustments  of  income.  A.  In  the  determination of income for
 purposes of paragraphs a and b  of  subdivision  three  of  section  six
 hundred  sixty-seven  of this part if, during the academic year in which
 the applicant will receive an award, one of either the  parents  of  the
 applicant  or  other  dependent child of such parents, the spouse of the
 applicant, or one or more dependent children of the applicant, in  addi-
 tion  to  the  applicant, will be in full-time attendance in an approved
 program, the combined net taxable income  determined  under  subdivision
 one  of  this  section shall be reduced by three thousand dollars and an
 additional two thousand dollars for each other such person additional to
 the aforesaid persons (including the applicant)  who  will  be  in  such
 attendance,  and  the  resulting  amount  shall be deemed the applicable
 income in determining the applicant's award for the academic year.
   B. WHEN MAKING ADJUSTMENTS TO INCOME TO REFLECT A  CHANGE  IN  CIRCUM-
 STANCE,  THE  CORPORATION  SHALL,  PURSUANT  TO  RULES  AND REGULATIONS,
 INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING CAUSES FOR CHANGE IN STATUS OF THE APPLICANT:  (1)
 LOSS  OF  EMPLOYMENT  OF  THE  APPLICANT OR PARENT OF THE APPLICANT; (2)
 CATASTROPHIC ILLNESS OF THE APPLICANT;  OR  (3)  THE  APPLICANT  OR  THE
 SPOUSE OF THE APPLICANT IS CALLED TO ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10965-01-9

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