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Senate Bill S6062

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to tuition assistance program awards

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2021-S6062 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §667, Ed L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
S5271

2021-S6062 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Increases the minimum tuition assistance program award; increases the maximum parental income amount.

2021-S6062 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S6062 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6062
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               April 1, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. PALUMBO -- 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
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Subparagraphs (ii) and (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, are amended to read as follows:
   (ii)  Except for students as noted in subparagraph (iii) of this para-
 graph, the base amount as determined from subparagraph (i) of this para-
 graph, shall be reduced in relation to income as follows:
 
 Amount of income                    Schedule of reduction
                                     of base amount
 
 (A) Less than seven thousand        None
     dollars
 (B) Seven thousand dollars or       Seven per centum of excess
     more, but less than eleven      over seven thousand dollars
     thousand dollars
 (C) Eleven thousand dollars or      Two hundred eighty dollars
     more, but less than eighteen    plus ten per centum of excess
     thousand dollars                over eleven thousand dollars
 (D) Eighteen thousand dollars or    Nine hundred eighty dollars
     more, but not more than         plus twelve per centum of
     [eighty] ONE HUNDRED TEN        excess over eighteen
     thousand dollars                thousand dollars
 
   (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-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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