The New York State Senate

                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                  8220

                       2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              June 7, 2019
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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deemed repealed June 1, 2025.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

                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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