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Jan 05, 2022 |
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Jan 14, 2021 |
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Assembly Bill A2257
2021-2022 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
SIMON
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
Maritza Davila
Carmen De La Rosa
Victor M. Pichardo
Nily Rozic
multi-Sponsors
Charles Barron
Kevin Cahill
William Colton
Inez E. Dickens
2021-A2257 (ACTIVE) - Details
2021-A2257 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Ensures that individuals enrolled in the federal deferred action for childhood arrivals program are eligible to participate in the New York state excelsior scholarship program; prohibits questions regarding immigration status during the application process; requires DACA enrollee eligibility to begin in 2021.
2021-A2257 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2257 2021-2022 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 14, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SIMON, DAVILA, DE LA ROSA, PICHARDO, ROZIC, SOLAGES, THIELE -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BARRON, CAHILL, COLTON, DICKENS, GOTTFRIED, NIOU, QUART, RAMOS, RICHARDSON, J. RIVERA, VANEL, WEPRIN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Higher Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to eligibility for the New York state excelsior scholarship for those enrolled in the federal deferred action for childhood arrivals program THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 669-h of the education law is amended by adding a new paragraph (g) to read as follows: (G) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, AN APPLICANT WHO IS ENROLLED IN THE FEDERAL DEFERRED ACTION FOR CHILDHOOD ARRIVALS PROGRAM SHALL BE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE AN AWARD PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION PROVIDED THAT NO APPLICATION FOR SUCH AWARD SHALL INQUIRE INTO THE APPLICANT'S IMMIGRATION STATUS. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to under- graduate admissions to a public institution of higher education for a term or semester beginning with the 2021-2022 academic year. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD01124-01-1
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