Assembly Bill A7486

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Expands eligibility for the New York state excelsior scholarship award to certain applicants enrolled on a part-time basis or in a BOCES or other approved vocational program

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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-A7486 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5821
Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §669-h, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A601, S4091
2023-2024: A946, S1287

2019-A7486 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Expands eligibility for the New York state excelsior scholarship award to certain applicants enrolled on a part-time basis or in a BOCES or other approved vocational program; provides criteria for eligibility, and limits on amounts and durations for any such awards.

2019-A7486 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7486
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                May 7, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. JACOBSON -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Higher Education
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the education law, in relation to eligibility for the
   New York state excelsior scholarship for certain part-time applicants
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivisions 1, 2 and 3 of section 669-h of the education
 law, subdivisions 1 and 2 as amended by section 1 of part T  of  chapter
 56  of  the laws of 2018 and subdivision 3 as added by section 1 of part
 HHH of chapter 59 of the laws of 2017, are amended and a new subdivision
 2-a is added to read as follows:
   1. Eligibility. An excelsior scholarship award shall  be  made  to  an
 applicant  who: (a) is matriculated in an approved program leading to an
 undergraduate degree at a New York state public  institution  of  higher
 education,  WHICH  FOR  THE  PURPOSES  OF THIS SECTION SHALL INCLUDE ALL
 TWO-YEAR AND FOUR-YEAR COLLEGES OPERATED BY THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF  NEW
 YORK OR THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK; (b) if enrolled in (i) a public
 institution  of  higher education prior to application, has completed at
 least [thirty] TWENTY-FOUR combined credits per year IF  ENROLLED  ON  A
 FULL-TIME BASIS OR AT LEAST TWELVE COMBINED CREDITS PER YEAR IF ENROLLED
 ON  A  PART-TIME BASIS following the student's start date, or its equiv-
 alent, applicable to his or her program or programs of study or (ii)  an
 institution  of  higher education prior to application, has completed at
 least [thirty] TWENTY-FOUR combined credits per year IF  ENROLLED  ON  A
 FULL-TIME BASIS OR AT LEAST TWELVE COMBINED CREDITS PER YEAR IF ENROLLED
 ON  A  PART-TIME BASIS following the student's start date, or its equiv-
 alent, applicable to his or her program or programs of study  and  which
 were accepted upon transfer to a public institution of higher education;
 (c)  enrolls  in  at  least twelve credits per semester and completes at
 least [thirty] TWENTY-FOUR combined credits per year IF  ENROLLED  ON  A
 FULL-TIME BASIS OR AT LEAST SIX CREDITS IF ENROLLED ON A PART-TIME BASIS
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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