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Senate Bill S1198

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to eligibility for the New York state excelsior scholarship

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2019-S1198 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §669-h, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S7162
2021-2022: S1224

2019-S1198 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Modifies conditions for New York state excelsior scholarship eligibility to ensure recipients need not work in the state following graduation and avoids converting the scholarship into a student loan in the event the recipient enlists in military service.

2019-S1198 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S1198 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1198
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 11, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. RITCHIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to  eligibility  for  the
   New York state excelsior scholarship
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph (e) of subdivision 4  of  section  669-h  of  the
 education  law,  as  added by section 1 of part HHH of chapter 59 of the
 laws of 2017, is amended to read as follows:
   (e) A recipient shall agree to reside exclusively in New  York  state,
 [and  shall not be employed in any other state,] for a continuous number
 of years equal to the duration of the award received within  six  months
 of  receipt  of his or her final award payment, and sign a contract with
 the corporation to have his or her full award  converted  to  a  student
 loan according to a schedule to be determined by the corporation if such
 student  fails  to fulfill this requirement. The terms and conditions of
 this paragraph may, as established by the rules and regulations  of  the
 corporation, be deferred: (i) to complete undergraduate study; [or] (ii)
 to  attend  graduate  school  on at least a half-time basis; OR (III) TO
 ENLIST  IN  MILITARY  SERVICE.  Any  obligation  to  comply  with   such
 provisions as outlined in this paragraph may be cancelled upon the death
 of  the  recipient.  Notwithstanding any provisions of this paragraph to
 the contrary, the corporation is  authorized  to  promulgate  rules  and
 regulations  to  provide  for  the waiver or suspension of any financial
 obligation which would involve extreme hardship.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04973-01-9

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