Assembly Bill A8521

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Expands eligibility for the tuition assistance 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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2021-A8521 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6874
Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §667, Ed L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A1094, S5447

2021-A8521 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Expands eligibility for the tuition assistance program by restoring eligibility to graduate students; makes optional semesters, quarters or terms eligible for awards.

2021-A8521 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8521
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             December 13, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. EPSTEIN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Higher Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to expanding  eligibility
   for the tuition assistance program
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section  667  of  the  education  law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  376  of  the  laws  of 2019, is amended to read as
 follows:
   2. Duration. No undergraduate STUDENT shall be eligible for more  than
 four  academic  years of study, or five academic years if the program of
 study normally requires five years. Students enrolled in  a  program  of
 remedial study, approved by the commissioner in an institution of higher
 education  and  intended to culminate in a degree in undergraduate study
 shall, for purposes of this section, be  considered  as  enrolled  in  a
 program of study normally requiring five years. An undergraduate student
 enrolled  in  an  eligible  two  year  program  of study approved by the
 commissioner shall be eligible for no more than three academic years  of
 study. An undergraduate student enrolled in an approved two or four-year
 program  of  study  approved  by  the  commissioner who must transfer to
 another institution as a result of permanent college  closure  shall  be
 eligible for up to two additional semesters, or their equivalent, to the
 extent  credits  necessary  to complete his or her program of study were
 deemed non-transferable from the closed institution or were  deemed  not
 applicable to such student's program of study by the new institution. NO
 GRADUATE  STUDENT SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR MORE THAN FOUR ACADEMIC YEARS OF
 STUDY  PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT NO GRADUATE STUDENT SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR
 MORE THAN ONE DEGREE PROGRAM AT  THE  MASTER'S,  FIRST  PROFESSIONAL  OR
 DOCTORATE  LEVEL.  NO STUDENT SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR A TOTAL OF MORE THAN
 THE  EQUIVALENT OF EIGHT YEARS OF  COMBINED  UNDERGRADUATE  AND GRADUATE
 STUDY. Any semester, quarter, or  term  of  attendance  during  which  a
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10923-01-1
              

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