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Assembly Bill A8220

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Allows eligible non-resident undergraduate students to pay separate tuition rates for attendance at the state university college of arts and sciences at Potsdam

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2019-A8220 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2908
Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §355, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S4616
2021-2022: A4444, S3826

2019-A8220 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the state university trustees to offer separate tuition rates to certain non-resident undergraduate students attending the state university college of arts and sciences at Potsdam.

2019-A8220 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8220
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               June 7, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. WALCZYK, BLANKENBUSH, SMULLEN, SMITH -- read once
   and referred to the Committee on Higher Education
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  education law, in relation to allowing eligible
   non-resident undergraduate students to pay separate tuition rates  for
   attendance  at  the  state  university college of arts and sciences at
   Potsdam; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon  expira-
   tion thereof
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph h of subdivision 2 of section 355 of  the  educa-
 tion law is amended by adding a new subparagraph 4-a to read as follows:
   (4-A) COMMENCING WITH THE TWO THOUSAND TWENTY--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE
 ACADEMIC  YEAR  AND ENDING IN THE TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FOUR--TWO THOUSAND
 TWENTY-FIVE ACADEMIC YEAR, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY
 MAY DESIGNATE THE STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES AT POTS-
 DAM FOR PARTICIPATION IN A PROGRAM ALLOWING ELIGIBLE NON-RESIDENT UNDER-
 GRADUATE STUDENTS THAT RESIDE WITHIN TWO HUNDRED MILES OF  THE  INSTITU-
 TION  TO  PAY SEPARATE TUITION RATES FOR ATTENDANCE AT SUCH INSTITUTION.
 SUCH INSTITUTION SHALL CONSIDER  OUT-OF-STATE  COMPETITION,  CURRENT  OR
 PROJECTED  LEVELS  OF  HIGH  SCHOOL  GRADUATES  WITHIN THE INSTITUTION'S
 RECRUITMENT REGION, AND ENROLLMENT CAPACITY AND PHYSICAL LOCATION OF THE
 INSTITUTION, IF SUCH INSTITUTION PARTICIPATES IN THE PROGRAM. THE  BOARD
 OF  TRUSTEES  OF  THE STATE UNIVERSITY IS FURTHER AUTHORIZED TO SET SUCH
 SEPARATE TUITION RATES, WHICH SHALL NOT BE SET BELOW AN AMOUNT EQUAL  TO
 ONE  AND  ONE-HALF  TIMES  THE  IN-STATE  TUITION RATE AT THE DESIGNATED
 INSTITUTION. SUCH SEPARATE TUITION RATES MAY BE OFFERED ONLY TO ELIGIBLE
 NON-RESIDENT STUDENTS, THE TOTAL OF WHICH SHALL NOT EXCEED  TEN  PERCENT
 OF  ENROLLMENT  AT  THE  DESIGNATED  INSTITUTION.  THE INSTITUTION SHALL
 REPORT ANNUALLY TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY ON  THE
 IMPACT OF THIS PROGRAM.
   §  2.  This act shall take effect immediately; and shall expire and be
 deemed repealed June 1, 2025.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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