Senate Bill S204

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                    204
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 9, 2019
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 Introduced  by  Sen.  ORTT  --  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  establishing  the
   community college merit and mobility scholarship

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section  669-i
 to read as follows:
   §  669-I.  THE  COMMUNITY  COLLEGE  MERIT AND MOBILITY SCHOLARSHIP. 1.
 PURPOSE.  THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE MERIT AND MOBILITY SCHOLARSHIP IS HEREBY
 ESTABLISHED FOR THE PURPOSE OF  GRANTING  MERIT  BASED  SCHOLARSHIPS  TO
 STUDENTS WHO ATTEND A NEW YORK STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE.
   2. ELIGIBILITY. TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR SUCH AWARDS, AN APPLICANT MUST HAVE
 GRADUATED  FROM  A  NEW  YORK  STATE  HIGH  SCHOOL WITHIN THE TOP TWENTY
 PERCENT OF HIS OR HER HIGH SCHOOL CLASS AND ACHIEVE THE FOLLOWING:
   A. REMAIN IN GOOD ACADEMIC STANDING, AND
   B. MAINTAIN A GRADE POINT AVERAGE OF 3.3 OR ABOVE.
   3. AWARDS. ONE THOUSAND SCHOLARSHIPS SHALL BE AWARDED IN THE TWO THOU-
 SAND NINETEEN--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY ACADEMIC YEAR, AND THEREAFTER.    THE
 ANNUAL SCHOLARSHIP SHALL BE AWARDED TO ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS IN THE AMOUNT
 OF  ONE  THOUSAND DOLLARS PER YEAR FOR NOT MORE THAN TWO ACADEMIC YEARS.
 THE MAXIMUM SCHOLARSHIP AWARD SHALL NOT EXCEED TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS. THE
 PRESIDENT SHALL PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS NECESSARY TO MAKE  SUCH
 SCHOLARSHIP  AVAILABLE ON AN ANNUAL BASIS TO FULL-TIME RECIPIENTS OR PER
 CREDIT BASIS TO PART-TIME RECIPIENTS.  PART-TIME STUDENTS SHALL  NOT  BE
 IMPACTED BY THE TWO-YEAR ACADEMIC YEAR AWARD LIMITATION. UP TO ONE THOU-
 SAND SCHOLARSHIPS MAY BE GRANTED TO NEW RECIPIENTS ANNUALLY. THE RECEIPT
 OF  SUCH  SCHOLARSHIPS  SHALL NOT AFFECT TUITION ASSISTANCE ELIGIBILITY.
 IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AMOUNT OF THE ANNUAL AWARD EXCEED THE  RECIPIENT'S
 COST OF ATTENDANCE AT THE INSTITUTION ATTENDED. COST OF ATTENDANCE SHALL
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02376-01-9

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 MEAN TUITION, REQUIRED FEES, LABORATORY AND OTHER INSTRUCTION RELATED TO
 EXPENSES, BOOKS, TRANSPORTATION, AND ROOM AND BOARD.
   4.  PRIORITY. IN THE EVENT THAT THERE ARE MORE APPLICANTS WHO HAVE THE
 SAME PRIORITY THAN THERE ARE REMAINING SCHOLARSHIPS, THE PRESIDENT SHALL
 DISTRIBUTE THE REMAINING NUMBER OF  SUCH  SCHOLARSHIPS  BY  MEANS  OF  A
 LOTTERY OR OTHER FORM OF RANDOM SELECTION.
   5.  RULES. THE CORPORATION IS AUTHORIZED TO PROMULGATE RULES AND REGU-
 LATIONS, AND MAY PROMULGATE EMERGENCY  REGULATIONS,  FOR  THE  NECESSARY
 IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law.