Senate Bill S7656

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                   7656
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 4, 2020
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 Introduced by Sens. LAVALLE, GALLIVAN -- 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 tuition assistance
   program awards and tuition credits; to repeal chapter 26 of  the  laws
   of 2019 constituting the Jose Peralta New York state DREAM act; and to
   repeal part D of chapter 56 of the laws of 2019 amending the education
   law  relating  to residency requirements for the purpose of qualifying
   for certain scholarships and financial assistance for higher education
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Chapter 26 of the laws of 2019 constituting the Jose Peral-
 ta New York state DREAM act is REPEALED.
   §  2.  Part D of chapter 56 of the laws of 2019 amending the education
 law relating to residency requirements for the purpose of qualifying for
 certain scholarships and financial assistance for  higher  education  is
 REPEALED.
   §  3. Subitem (c) of item 1 of clause (A) of subparagraph (i) of para-
 graph a of subdivision 3 of section 667 of the education law, as amended
 by section 1 of part U of chapter 56 of the laws of 2014, is amended  to
 read as follows:
   (c) For students first receiving aid in two thousand--two thousand one
 and  thereafter, five thousand [dollars, except starting in two thousand
 fourteen-two thousand fifteen and thereafter such students shall receive
 five thousand one] THREE hundred [sixty-five] TEN dollars; or
   § 4. Section 689-a of the education law, as added by  chapter  260  of
 the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
   §  689-a.  Tuition  credits.  1.  The  New York state higher education
 services corporation shall calculate a tuition credit for each  resident
 undergraduate student who has filed an application with such corporation
 for  a  tuition assistance program award pursuant to section six hundred
 sixty-seven of this article, and is determined to be eligible to receive
 such award, and is also enrolled in a program of undergraduate study  at
 a  state  operated or senior college of the state university of New York
 or the city university of New York where the annual resident undergradu-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 ate tuition rate will exceed five thousand THREE HUNDRED  dollars.  Such
 tuition credit shall be calculated for each semester, quarter or term of
 study  that  tuition is charged and tuition for the corresponding semes-
 ter,  quarter  or  term  shall  not  be  due for any student eligible to
 receive such tuition credit until such credit is calculated, the student
 and school where the student is enrolled  is  notified  of  the  tuition
 credit  amount,  and  such  tuition credit is applied toward the tuition
 charged.
   2. Each tuition credit pursuant to this section  shall  be  an  amount
 equal  to the product of the total annual resident undergraduate tuition
 rate minus five thousand THREE HUNDRED TEN dollars then multiplied by an
 amount equal to the product of the total annual award  for  the  student
 pursuant  to  section six hundred sixty-seven of this article divided by
 an amount equal to the maximum amount the student qualifies  to  receive
 pursuant to clause (A) of subparagraph (i) of paragraph a of subdivision
 three of section six hundred sixty-seven of this article.
   §  5.  Clause (D) of subparagraph (ii) of paragraph a of subdivision 3
 of section 667 of the education law, as amended by section 1 of  part  B
 of chapter 60 of the laws of 2000, is amended to read as follows:
 
 (D) Eighteen thousand dollars or    Nine hundred eighty dollars
     more, but not more than         plus twelve per centum of
     [eighty] NINETY-FIVE            excess over eighteen
     thousand dollars                thousand dollars
 
   §  6. Subparagraph (vi) of paragraph a of subdivision 3 of section 667
 of the education law, as amended by section 1 of part B of chapter 60 of
 the laws of 2000, is amended to read as follows:
   (vi) For the two thousand two--two thousand three  academic  year  and
 thereafter,  the award shall be the net amount of the base amount deter-
 mined pursuant to subparagraph (i) of this paragraph reduced pursuant to
 subparagraph (ii) or (iii) of this paragraph but the award shall not  be
 reduced below [five hundred] SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY dollars.
   §  7.  This  act shall take effect June 1, 2020; provided however that
 the amendments to section 689-a of the education  law  made  by  section
 four  of  this act shall not affect the repeal of such section and shall
 be deemed repealed therewith.