Senate Bill S7892

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to the criteria for which a student can qualify for educational opportunity through the Arthur O. Eve opportunity for higher education 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-S7892 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§6451 & 6452, add §6457, Ed L

2019-S7892 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Changes the criteria for which a student can qualify for educational opportunity through the Arthur O. Eve opportunity for higher education program.

2019-S7892 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S7892 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7892
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 28, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. STAVISKY -- 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 the criteria for which
   a student can qualify for educational opportunity through  the  Arthur
   O. Eve opportunity for higher education program

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivisions 1, 3 and 4 of section 6451  of  the  education
 law, subdivisions 1 and 4 as amended by chapter 917 of the laws of 1970,
 subdivision  3  as  amended by chapter 494 of the laws of 2016 and para-
 graph d of subdivision 3 as amended by chapter 26 of the laws  of  2019,
 are amended to read as follows:
   1.  To  advance  the cause of educational opportunity in higher educa-
 tion, the commissioner may  contract  with  non-public  institutions  of
 higher  education for the support of special programs for the screening,
 testing, counseling, tutoring of, and, assistance to, residents  of  the
 state  who  are, (1) graduates of an approved high school or individuals
 who have attained a New York state high school  equivalency  diploma  or
 its  equivalent,  as  determined  by  the commissioner, (2) who have THE
 INTELLECTUAL potential for the successful completion of a post secondary
 program BUT NOT THE ACADEMIC PREPAREDNESS FOR THE INSTITUTION  IN  WHICH
 THEY ARE APPLYING, and (3) [are economically and educationally disadvan-
 taged]  DEMONSTRATE A FAMILY HISTORY OF HIGH ECONOMICAL NEED, as defined
 by the regents.
   3. Moneys made available to institutions through  contracts  shall  be
 spent only for the following purposes:
   a.  Special testing, counseling and guidance services in the course of
 screening potential enrollees;
   b. Remedial courses, developmental or compensatory courses and  summer
 classes for such students;
   c.  Special  tutoring,  counseling  and  guidance  services  for  such
 enrolled students;
   d. Any necessary supplemental financial assistance, which may  include
 the  cost of books and necessary maintenance for such enrolled students,
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

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