NY State Senate Bill S552A

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May 04, 2022	referred to higher education delivered to assembly passed senate
May 02, 2022	advanced to third reading
Apr 27, 2022	2nd report cal.
Apr 26, 2022	1st report cal.849
Jan 20, 2022	reported and committed to finance
Jan 11, 2022	print number 552a
Jan 11, 2022	amend and recommit to higher education
Jan 05, 2022	referred to higher education returned to senate died in assembly
May 24, 2021	referred to higher education delivered to assembly passed senate
May 10, 2021	advanced to third reading
May 05, 2021	2nd report cal.
May 04, 2021	1st report cal.895
Apr 20, 2021	reported and committed to finance
Jan 06, 2021	referred to higher education

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S552 - Details

Current Committee:: Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:: Education Law
Laws Affected:: Add Art 13-C §640, §669-i, Ed L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:: S7791

S552 - Summary

Relates to tuition assistance program awards for dual or concurrent enrollment coursework; awards dual or concurrent enrollment program awards for payment annually to school districts in which dual or concurrent enrollment programs are located.

S552 - Sponsor Memo

 
BILL NUMBER: S552

SPONSOR: MAYER
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the education law, in relation to tuition assistance
program awards for dual or concurrent enrollment coursework

 
PURPOSE:

This bill allows a student's Tuition Assistance Program (TAP) award to
be applied to credits earned in a dual or concurrent enrollment high
school program upon such student's enrollment in and acceptance of the
credits by a postsecondary degree program.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

This bill amends education law by adding a new section 640 to authorize
the President of the Higher Education Services Corporation (HESC)to
apply TAP awards to eligible school districts' dual or concurrent
enrollment programs upon such students enrollment in and acceptance of

the credits by postsecondary degree programs.  The bill adds a new
section 669-i to determine the award process, funding amounts and mech-
anism HESC will use for these TAP awards to be applied to eligible
school districts.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Dual and concurrent enrollment coursework is an effective way for high
school students to accelerate academically into postsecondary education
and earn college credit while in high school. These programs have the
potential to deliver multiple benefits for students, including lowering
their total college costs, reducing their time for degree completion and
reducing student loan debt.  Additionally, early exposure to college
coursework through dual and concurrent enrollment programs has the
potential to increase access to college for students who might not have
considered or completed postsecondary education.

This bill provides a funding source to encourage the expansion of dual
and concurrent enrollment programs in high school, bridges the artic-
ulation between high schools and colleges and universities and grants
more opportunities to students with college completion, financing and
credits. Furthermore, this legislation includes accountability measures
to ensure TAP awards would be granted only after credit is applied
towards a degree in a postsecondary program eligible for TAP.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2020: Referred to Higher Education

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

The bill would allow certain high school students to access TAP.
Currently, the maximum TAP award for students is $5,165. The fiscal
impact of this legislation will accelerate TAP awards, however, equal
savings will be realized by the State when a student finishes college
ahead of schedule. This bill does not increase the amount of the TAP
award that each student receives.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately, provided that if this act shall
have become a law on or after July 1, 2021, it shall be deemed to have
been in full force and effect on and after July 1, 2021.

S552 - Bill Text download pdf

 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    552
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 6, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  MAYER,  STAVISKY,  LIU  -- 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 for dual or concurrent enrollment coursework

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The education law is amended by adding a new article 13-C
 to read as follows:
                               ARTICLE 13-C
           TUITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AWARDS FOR DUAL ENROLLMENT
                                COURSEWORK
 SECTION 640. TUITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AWARDS FOR  DUAL  OR  CONCURRENT
                ENROLLMENT COURSEWORK.
   §  640.  TUITION  ASSISTANCE  PROGRAM  AWARDS  FOR  DUAL OR CONCURRENT
 ENROLLMENT COURSEWORK. 1. LEGISLATIVE  INTENT.  THE  LEGISLATURE  HEREBY
 FINDS  AND DECLARES IT NECESSARY TO PROMOTE ON TIME AND EARLY GRADUATION
 THROUGH SUPPORTING ACCESS TO COLLEGE-LEVEL COURSES  AND  COLLEGE  DEGREE
 CREDITS  AT  THE  SECONDARY  LEVEL  WITH  INNOVATIVE  PARTNERSHIPS AMONG
 SECONDARY AND POST-SECONDARY SCHOOLS, STAFF AND RESOURCES. THE  LEGISLA-
 TURE  ALSO  VALUES  EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAMS, P-TECH PROGRAMS,
 AND OTHER DUAL OR CONCURRENT ENROLLMENT PROGRAMS WHICH NOT ONLY INCREASE
 STUDENTS' ACCESS TO HIGHER EDUCATION, BUT ALSO  REDUCE  POTENTIAL  COSTS
 FOR  STUDENTS  IN  COMPLETING COLLEGE DEGREES BY ALLOWING THEM TO EITHER
 COMPLETE A DEGREE UPON GRADUATION FROM HIGH SCHOOL  OR  TO  APPLY  THEIR
 EARNED  COLLEGE  CREDITS TOWARD A BACCALAUREATE DEGREE. THIS LEGISLATION
 PROVIDES INCENTIVES FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO PROCEED TO  COLLEGE  AND
 TO  EARN  A  COLLEGE  DEGREE BY ACCELERATING THEIR OVERALL COMPLETION OF
 SUCH A  DEGREE.  IT  ALSO  BETTER  PREPARES  HIGH  SCHOOL  STUDENTS  FOR
 COLLEGE-LEVEL  COURSEWORK,  WHICH  WILL IN TURN, INCREASE THEIR ACADEMIC
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02620-01-1

 S. 552                              2
 
 PERFORMANCE. ULTIMATELY, DUAL OR CONCURRENT ENROLLMENT PROGRAMS INCREASE
 GRADUATION RATES BOTH AT THE HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE LEVELS.
   THE  LEGISLATURE  HEREBY  FINDS  AND  DECLARES IT NECESSARY TO PROVIDE
 FUNDING FOR DUAL OR CONCURRENT ENROLLMENT PROGRAMS TO ENSURE  ACCESS  TO
 HIGH  QUALITY  PROGRAMMING  THAT  CONTINUES TO INNOVATE AND CONTINUES TO
 GROW THROUGH PERFORMANCE BASED RESULTS.    STUDENTS  WILL  REQUIRE  LESS
 TUITION ASSISTANCE FUNDS (TAP) TO COMPLETE THEIR DEGREE AT THE POST-SEC-
 ONDARY LEVEL AND POTENTIALLY AVOID  NEW DEBT.
   2.  ESTABLISHMENT  OF DUAL OR CONCURRENT ENROLLMENT TUITION ASSISTANCE
 PROGRAM AWARDS.  NOTWITHSTANDING ANY RULE, REGULATION,  OR  LAW  TO  THE
 CONTRARY, THE PRESIDENT IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED TO AWARD DUAL OR CONCURRENT
 ENROLLMENT  PROGRAM  AWARDS FOR PAYMENT ANNUALLY, BEGINNING WITH THE TWO
 THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE ACADEMIC YEAR AND IN EACH
 ACADEMIC YEAR THEREAFTER, THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT, TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN
 WHICH DUAL OR CONCURRENT ENROLLMENT PROGRAMS ARE LOCATED, UPON  APPLICA-
 TION  BY  SUCH SCHOOL DISTRICTS, IN SUCH AMOUNTS AS ARE AUTHORIZED TO BE
 PAID BY SUBDIVISION FIVE OF THIS SECTION, AND UPON CERTIFICATION BY  THE
 HIGHER  EDUCATION  SERVICES  CORPORATION  PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION ONE OF
 SECTION SIX HUNDRED SIXTY-NINE-E OF THIS TITLE.
   3. DEFINITIONS. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION:
   A. "DUAL OR CONCURRENT ENROLLMENT PROGRAM" MEANS A  PROGRAM  OF  STUDY
 THAT  PROVIDES  POST-SECONDARY  COURSEWORK  OUTSIDE  OF A POST-SECONDARY
 SETTING FOR ELIGIBLE STUDENTS ENROLLED  IN  PROGRAMS  WITH  HIGH  SCHOOL
 COURSES  LEADING  TO  THE GRANTING OF A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA AND COLLEGE-
 LEVEL CREDIT LEADING TO THE GRANTING OF A POST-SECONDARY DEGREE, DIPLOMA
 OR CERTIFICATE AT A POST-SECONDARY INSTITUTION. SUCH DUAL OR  CONCURRENT
 ENROLLMENT  PROGRAM  SHALL  HAVE A WRITTEN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PARTIC-
 IPATING HIGH SCHOOL AND AN INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION LOCATED WITH-
 IN NEW YORK STATE OUTLINING POLICIES FOR THE ACADEMIC PROGRAM INCLUDING,
 BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE TYPE OF DEGREE AND CREDITS AWARDED.
   B. "ELIGIBLE STUDENT" MEANS A STUDENT WHO:
   (I) HAS GRADUATED FROM A DUAL OR CONCURRENT ENROLLMENT PROGRAM IN  THE
 TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO ACADEMIC YEAR OR THERE-
 AFTER;
   (II) IS MATRICULATED IN AN APPROVED PROGRAM LEADING TO THE GRANTING OF
 A  POST-SECONDARY  DEGREE  AT  A  POST-SECONDARY INSTITUTION ELIGIBLE TO
 PARTICIPATE IN THE TUITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM;
   (III) MEETS THE ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR A GENERAL AWARD  PURSUANT  TO
 SECTION SIX HUNDRED SIXTY-ONE OF THIS TITLE;
   (IV)  IS  ELIGIBLE  FOR A TUITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AWARD PURSUANT TO
 SECTION SIX HUNDRED SIXTY-SEVEN OF THIS TITLE; AND
   (V) HAS RECEIVED DEGREE GRANTING CREDIT FROM A POST-SECONDARY INSTITU-
 TION ELIGIBLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE TUITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM  FOR  THE
 COURSEWORK  UNDERTAKEN  IN  THE  APPROVED  DUAL OR CONCURRENT ENROLLMENT
 PROGRAM.
   4. PART-TIME STUDY. A STUDENT WHO OTHERWISE SATISFIES THE  ELIGIBILITY
 REQUIREMENTS  SET  FORTH  IN  PARAGRAPH  B  OF SUBDIVISION THREE OF THIS
 SECTION AND IS ENROLLED AT LEAST HALF-TIME AT A POST-SECONDARY  INSTITU-
 TION  ELIGIBLE  TO  PARTICIPATE IN THE TUITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, SHALL
 ALSO BE DEEMED AN ELIGIBLE STUDENT.
   5. AMOUNT. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL MAKE AN AWARD TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT
 IN WHICH THE DUAL OR CONCURRENT ENROLLMENT PROGRAM IS LOCATED  FOR  EACH
 ELIGIBLE STUDENT IN AN AMOUNT CERTIFIED BY THE PRESIDENT.
   §  2.  The  education  law is amended by adding a new section 669-i to
 read as follows:

 S. 552                              3
 
   § 669-I. DUAL OR CONCURRENT ENROLLMENT  AWARD  PROGRAM.  1.    CERTIF-
 ICATION.  FOR EACH STUDENT IDENTIFIED BY THE POST-SECONDARY INSTITUTION,
 WHICH SHALL  BE  ELIGIBLE  TO  PARTICIPATE  IN  THE  TUITION  ASSISTANCE
 PROGRAM,  SHALL  CERTIFY  TO  THE PRESIDENT: (I) WHETHER SUCH STUDENT IS
 ELIGIBLE  FOR A TUITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AWARD PURSUANT TO SECTION SIX
 HUNDRED SIXTY-SEVEN OF THIS SUBPART; (II) WHETHER SUCH STUDENT MEETS THE
 ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR A GENERAL AWARD PURSUANT TO SECTION SIX HUNDRED
 SIXTY-ONE OF  THIS  PART;  (III)  WHETHER  SUCH  STUDENT  SATISFIES  THE
 REQUIREMENT  SET  FORTH IN SUBDIVISION FOUR OF SECTION SIX HUNDRED FORTY
 OF THIS TITLE; (IV) THE NUMBER OF DEGREE GRANTING CREDITS  SUCH  STUDENT
 RECEIVED  FROM  THE POST-SECONDARY INSTITUTION FOR THE COURSEWORK UNDER-
 TAKEN IN THE DUAL OR CONCURRENT ENROLLMENT PROGRAM; AND (V)  SUCH  OTHER
 INFORMATION  AS  THE COMMISSIONER AND/OR THE PRESIDENT DEEM NECESSARY TO
 ADMINISTER THE PROGRAM. THE PRESIDENT SHALL CERTIFY THIS INFORMATION AND
 THE AMOUNT OF THE AWARD CALCULATED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION TWO OF
 THIS SECTION TO THE COMMISSIONER.
   2. CALCULATION OF AWARD AMOUNTS. THE PRESIDENT  SHALL  BE  RESPONSIBLE
 FOR  CALCULATING  THE  DOLLAR AMOUNT OF EACH AWARD IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO
 THE PRODUCT OF:  THE NUMBER OF DEGREE GRANTING CREDITS ACCEPTED  BY  THE
 ELIGIBLE  STUDENT'S POST-SECONDARY INSTITUTION FOR COURSEWORK UNDERTAKEN
 IN THE DUAL OR CONCURRENT ENROLLMENT PROGRAM FOR SUCH  ELIGIBLE  STUDENT
 AND  THE  DOLLAR  AMOUNT  ESTABLISHED  FOR  ONE CREDIT FOR SUCH ELIGIBLE
 STUDENT.  FOR AN ELIGIBLE STUDENT ENROLLED FULL-TIME AT A POST-SECONDARY
 INSTITUTION ELIGIBLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE TUITION  ASSISTANCE  PROGRAM,
 THE  DOLLAR  AMOUNT  FOR ONE CREDIT SHALL BE ESTABLISHED AS THE QUOTIENT
 OF: THE ELIGIBLE STUDENT'S TUITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AWARD PURSUANT  TO
 SECTION  SIX HUNDRED SIXTY-SEVEN OF THIS SUBPART; AND THE MINIMUM NUMBER
 OF CREDITS REQUIRED FOR FULL-TIME STUDY AS DEFINED BY THE  COMMISSIONER.
 FOR  AN ELIGIBLE STUDENT ENROLLED PART-TIME AT A POST-SECONDARY INSTITU-
 TION ELIGIBLE TO PARTICIPATE IN  THE  TUITION  ASSISTANCE  PROGRAM,  THE
 DOLLAR  AMOUNT  FOR  ONE CREDIT SHALL BE ESTABLISHED AS THE QUOTIENT OF:
 THE AVERAGE TUITION ASSISTANCE  PROGRAM  AWARD  PAID  TO  ALL  PART-TIME
 TUITION  ASSISTANCE  PROGRAM RECIPIENTS, PURSUANT TO SECTION SIX HUNDRED
 SIXTY-SIX OF THIS SUBPART, FROM THE ACADEMIC YEAR TWO YEARS PRIOR TO THE
 ACADEMIC YEAR IN WHICH THE AWARD IS TO BE MADE; AND THE  AVERAGE  NUMBER
 OF CREDITS TAKEN BY SUCH RECIPIENTS.
   3. AWARD DISBURSEMENT. ANNUAL AWARD DISBURSEMENTS SHALL BE THE RESPON-
 SIBILITY  OF  THE COMMISSIONER THROUGH A JOINT AGREEMENT WITH THE PRESI-
 DENT AND SHALL BE MADE DIRECTLY TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IN WHICH THE DUAL
 OR CONCURRENT ENROLLMENT PROGRAM IS LOCATED USING FUNDS APPROPRIATED  TO
 THE TUITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately, provided that if this act
 shall  have become a law on or after July 1, 2021, it shall be deemed to
 have been in full force and effect on and after July 1, 2021.

Co-Sponsors

S552A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:: Education Law
Laws Affected:: Add Art 13-C §640, §669-i, Ed L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:: S7791

S552A (ACTIVE) - Summary

S552A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

 
BILL NUMBER: S552A

SPONSOR: MAYER
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the education law, in relation to tuition assistance
program awards for dual or concurrent enrollment coursework

 
PURPOSE:

This bill allows a student's Tuition Assistance Program (TAP) award to
be applied to credits earned in a dual or concurrent enrollment high
school program upon such student's enrollment in and acceptance of the
credits by a postsecondary degree program.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

This bill amends education law by adding a new section 640 to authorize
the President of the Higher Education Services Corporation (HESC) to
apply TAP awards to eligible school districts' dual or concurrent
enrollment programs upon such students enrollment in and acceptance of
the credits by postsecondary degree programs. The bill adds a new

section 669-i to determine the award process, funding amounts and mech-
anism HESC will use for these TAP awards to be applied to eligible
school districts.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Dual and concurrent enrollment coursework is an effective way for high
school students to accelerate academically into postsecondary education
and earn college credit while in high school. These programs have the
potential to deliver multiple benefits for students, including lowering
their total college costs, reducing their time for degree completion and
reducing student loan debt.  Additionally, early exposure to college
coursework through dual and concurrent enrollment programs has the
potential to increase access to college for students who might not have
considered or completed postsecondary education.

This bill provides a funding source to encourage the expansion of dual
and concurrent enrollment programs in high school, bridges the artic-
ulation between high schools and colleges and universities and grants
more opportunities to students with college completion, financing and
credits. Furthermore, this legislation includes accountability measures
to ensure TAP awards would be granted only after credit is applied
towards a degree in a postsecondary program eligible for TAP.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2021: Passed Senate.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

The bill would allow certain high school students to access TAP earlier
without increasing the amount of the TAP award that each student
receives.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding the date
on which it shall have become a law.

S552A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  552--A
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 6, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  MAYER,  STAVISKY,  GAUGHRAN, LIU, MANNION -- read
   twice and ordered printed, and when printed to  be  committed  to  the
   Committee on Higher Education -- recommitted to the Committee on High-
   er  Education  in  accordance  with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in  relation  to  tuition  assistance
   program awards for dual or concurrent enrollment coursework
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new  article  13-C
 to read as follows:
                               ARTICLE 13-C
           TUITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AWARDS FOR DUAL ENROLLMENT
                                COURSEWORK
 SECTION 640. TUITION  ASSISTANCE  PROGRAM  AWARDS FOR DUAL OR CONCURRENT
                ENROLLMENT COURSEWORK.
   § 640. TUITION  ASSISTANCE  PROGRAM  AWARDS  FOR  DUAL  OR  CONCURRENT
 ENROLLMENT  COURSEWORK.  1.  LEGISLATIVE  INTENT. THE LEGISLATURE HEREBY
 FINDS AND DECLARES IT NECESSARY TO PROMOTE ON TIME AND EARLY  GRADUATION
 THROUGH  SUPPORTING  ACCESS  TO COLLEGE-LEVEL COURSES AND COLLEGE DEGREE
 CREDITS AT  THE  SECONDARY  LEVEL  WITH  INNOVATIVE  PARTNERSHIPS  AMONG
 SECONDARY  AND POST-SECONDARY SCHOOLS, STAFF AND RESOURCES. THE LEGISLA-
 TURE ALSO VALUES EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL  PROGRAMS,  P-TECH  PROGRAMS,
 AND OTHER DUAL OR CONCURRENT ENROLLMENT PROGRAMS WHICH NOT ONLY INCREASE
 STUDENTS'  ACCESS  TO  HIGHER EDUCATION, BUT ALSO REDUCE POTENTIAL COSTS
 FOR STUDENTS IN COMPLETING COLLEGE DEGREES BY ALLOWING  THEM  TO  EITHER
 COMPLETE  A  DEGREE  UPON  GRADUATION FROM HIGH SCHOOL OR TO APPLY THEIR
 EARNED COLLEGE CREDITS TOWARD A BACCALAUREATE DEGREE.  THIS  LEGISLATION
 PROVIDES  INCENTIVES  FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO PROCEED TO COLLEGE AND
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD02620-02-2
 S. 552--A                           2
 
 TO EARN A COLLEGE DEGREE BY ACCELERATING  THEIR  OVERALL  COMPLETION  OF
 SUCH  A  DEGREE.  IT  ALSO  BETTER  PREPARES  HIGH  SCHOOL  STUDENTS FOR
 COLLEGE-LEVEL COURSEWORK, WHICH WILL IN TURN,  INCREASE  THEIR  ACADEMIC
 PERFORMANCE. ULTIMATELY, DUAL OR CONCURRENT ENROLLMENT PROGRAMS INCREASE
 GRADUATION RATES BOTH AT THE HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE LEVELS.
   THE  LEGISLATURE  HEREBY  FINDS  AND  DECLARES IT NECESSARY TO PROVIDE
 FUNDING FOR DUAL OR CONCURRENT ENROLLMENT PROGRAMS TO ENSURE  ACCESS  TO
 HIGH  QUALITY  PROGRAMMING  THAT  CONTINUES TO INNOVATE AND CONTINUES TO
 GROW THROUGH PERFORMANCE BASED RESULTS.    STUDENTS  WILL  REQUIRE  LESS
 TUITION ASSISTANCE FUNDS (TAP) TO COMPLETE THEIR DEGREE AT THE POST-SEC-
 ONDARY LEVEL AND POTENTIALLY AVOID  NEW DEBT.
   2.  ESTABLISHMENT  OF DUAL OR CONCURRENT ENROLLMENT TUITION ASSISTANCE
 PROGRAM AWARDS.  NOTWITHSTANDING ANY RULE, REGULATION,  OR  LAW  TO  THE
 CONTRARY, THE PRESIDENT IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED TO AWARD DUAL OR CONCURRENT
 ENROLLMENT  PROGRAM  AWARDS FOR PAYMENT ANNUALLY, BEGINNING WITH THE TWO
 THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE ACADEMIC YEAR AND IN EACH
 ACADEMIC YEAR THEREAFTER, THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT, TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN
 WHICH DUAL OR CONCURRENT ENROLLMENT PROGRAMS ARE LOCATED, UPON  APPLICA-
 TION  BY  SUCH SCHOOL DISTRICTS, IN SUCH AMOUNTS AS ARE AUTHORIZED TO BE
 PAID BY SUBDIVISION FIVE OF THIS SECTION, AND UPON CERTIFICATION BY  THE
 HIGHER  EDUCATION  SERVICES  CORPORATION  PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION ONE OF
 SECTION SIX HUNDRED SIXTY-NINE-E OF THIS TITLE.
   3. DEFINITIONS. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION:
   A. "DUAL OR CONCURRENT ENROLLMENT PROGRAM" MEANS A  PROGRAM  OF  STUDY
 THAT  PROVIDES  POST-SECONDARY  COURSEWORK  OUTSIDE  OF A POST-SECONDARY
 SETTING FOR ELIGIBLE STUDENTS ENROLLED  IN  PROGRAMS  WITH  HIGH  SCHOOL
 COURSES  LEADING  TO  THE GRANTING OF A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA AND COLLEGE-
 LEVEL CREDIT LEADING TO THE GRANTING OF A POST-SECONDARY DEGREE, DIPLOMA
 OR CERTIFICATE AT A POST-SECONDARY INSTITUTION. SUCH DUAL OR  CONCURRENT
 ENROLLMENT  PROGRAM  SHALL  HAVE A WRITTEN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PARTIC-
 IPATING HIGH SCHOOL AND AN INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION LOCATED WITH-
 IN NEW YORK STATE OUTLINING POLICIES FOR THE ACADEMIC PROGRAM INCLUDING,
 BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE TYPE OF DEGREE AND CREDITS AWARDED.
   B. "ELIGIBLE STUDENT" MEANS A STUDENT WHO:
   (I) HAS GRADUATED FROM A DUAL OR CONCURRENT ENROLLMENT PROGRAM IN  THE
 TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO ACADEMIC YEAR OR THERE-
 AFTER;
   (II) IS MATRICULATED IN AN APPROVED PROGRAM LEADING TO THE GRANTING OF
 A  POST-SECONDARY  DEGREE  AT  A  POST-SECONDARY INSTITUTION ELIGIBLE TO
 PARTICIPATE IN THE TUITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM;
   (III) MEETS THE ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR A GENERAL AWARD  PURSUANT  TO
 SECTION SIX HUNDRED SIXTY-ONE OF THIS TITLE;
   (IV)  IS  ELIGIBLE  FOR A TUITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AWARD PURSUANT TO
 SECTION SIX HUNDRED SIXTY-SEVEN OF THIS TITLE; AND
   (V) HAS RECEIVED DEGREE GRANTING CREDIT FROM A POST-SECONDARY INSTITU-
 TION ELIGIBLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE TUITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM  FOR  THE
 COURSEWORK  UNDERTAKEN  IN  THE  APPROVED  DUAL OR CONCURRENT ENROLLMENT
 PROGRAM.
   4. PART-TIME STUDY. A STUDENT WHO OTHERWISE SATISFIES THE  ELIGIBILITY
 REQUIREMENTS  SET  FORTH  IN  PARAGRAPH  B  OF SUBDIVISION THREE OF THIS
 SECTION AND IS ENROLLED AT LEAST HALF-TIME AT A POST-SECONDARY  INSTITU-
 TION  ELIGIBLE  TO  PARTICIPATE IN THE TUITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, SHALL
 ALSO BE DEEMED AN ELIGIBLE STUDENT.
   5. AMOUNT. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL MAKE AN AWARD TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT
 IN WHICH THE DUAL OR CONCURRENT ENROLLMENT PROGRAM IS LOCATED  FOR  EACH
 ELIGIBLE STUDENT IN AN AMOUNT CERTIFIED BY THE PRESIDENT.
 S. 552--A                           3
 
   §  2.  The  education  law is amended by adding a new section 669-i to
 read as follows:
   §  669-I.  DUAL  OR  CONCURRENT ENROLLMENT AWARD PROGRAM. 1.   CERTIF-
 ICATION. FOR EACH STUDENT IDENTIFIED BY THE POST-SECONDARY  INSTITUTION,
 WHICH  SHALL  BE  ELIGIBLE  TO  PARTICIPATE  IN  THE  TUITION ASSISTANCE
 PROGRAM, SHALL CERTIFY TO THE PRESIDENT: (I)  WHETHER  SUCH  STUDENT  IS
 ELIGIBLE  FOR A TUITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AWARD PURSUANT TO SECTION SIX
 HUNDRED SIXTY-SEVEN OF THIS SUBPART; (II) WHETHER SUCH STUDENT MEETS THE
 ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR A GENERAL AWARD PURSUANT TO SECTION SIX HUNDRED
 SIXTY-ONE OF  THIS  PART;  (III)  WHETHER  SUCH  STUDENT  SATISFIES  THE
 REQUIREMENT  SET  FORTH IN SUBDIVISION FOUR OF SECTION SIX HUNDRED FORTY
 OF THIS TITLE; (IV) THE NUMBER OF DEGREE GRANTING CREDITS  SUCH  STUDENT
 RECEIVED  FROM  THE POST-SECONDARY INSTITUTION FOR THE COURSEWORK UNDER-
 TAKEN IN THE DUAL OR CONCURRENT ENROLLMENT PROGRAM; AND (V)  SUCH  OTHER
 INFORMATION  AS  THE COMMISSIONER AND/OR THE PRESIDENT DEEM NECESSARY TO
 ADMINISTER THE PROGRAM. THE PRESIDENT SHALL CERTIFY THIS INFORMATION AND
 THE AMOUNT OF THE AWARD CALCULATED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION TWO OF
 THIS SECTION TO THE COMMISSIONER.
   2. CALCULATION OF AWARD AMOUNTS. THE PRESIDENT  SHALL  BE  RESPONSIBLE
 FOR  CALCULATING  THE  DOLLAR AMOUNT OF EACH AWARD IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO
 THE PRODUCT OF:  THE NUMBER OF DEGREE GRANTING CREDITS ACCEPTED  BY  THE
 ELIGIBLE  STUDENT'S POST-SECONDARY INSTITUTION FOR COURSEWORK UNDERTAKEN
 IN THE DUAL OR CONCURRENT ENROLLMENT PROGRAM FOR SUCH  ELIGIBLE  STUDENT
 AND  THE  DOLLAR  AMOUNT  ESTABLISHED  FOR  ONE CREDIT FOR SUCH ELIGIBLE
 STUDENT.  FOR AN ELIGIBLE STUDENT ENROLLED FULL-TIME AT A POST-SECONDARY
 INSTITUTION ELIGIBLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE TUITION  ASSISTANCE  PROGRAM,
 THE  DOLLAR  AMOUNT  FOR ONE CREDIT SHALL BE ESTABLISHED AS THE QUOTIENT
 OF: THE ELIGIBLE STUDENT'S TUITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AWARD PURSUANT  TO
 SECTION  SIX HUNDRED SIXTY-SEVEN OF THIS SUBPART; AND THE MINIMUM NUMBER
 OF CREDITS REQUIRED FOR FULL-TIME STUDY AS DEFINED BY THE  COMMISSIONER.
 FOR  AN ELIGIBLE STUDENT ENROLLED PART-TIME AT A POST-SECONDARY INSTITU-
 TION ELIGIBLE TO PARTICIPATE IN  THE  TUITION  ASSISTANCE  PROGRAM,  THE
 DOLLAR  AMOUNT  FOR  ONE CREDIT SHALL BE ESTABLISHED AS THE QUOTIENT OF:
 THE AVERAGE TUITION ASSISTANCE  PROGRAM  AWARD  PAID  TO  ALL  PART-TIME
 TUITION  ASSISTANCE  PROGRAM RECIPIENTS, PURSUANT TO SECTION SIX HUNDRED
 SIXTY-SIX OF THIS SUBPART, FROM THE ACADEMIC YEAR TWO YEARS PRIOR TO THE
 ACADEMIC YEAR IN WHICH THE AWARD IS TO BE MADE; AND THE  AVERAGE  NUMBER
 OF CREDITS TAKEN BY SUCH RECIPIENTS.
   3. AWARD DISBURSEMENT. ANNUAL AWARD DISBURSEMENTS SHALL BE THE RESPON-
 SIBILITY  OF  THE COMMISSIONER THROUGH A JOINT AGREEMENT WITH THE PRESI-
 DENT AND SHALL BE MADE DIRECTLY TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IN WHICH THE DUAL
 OR CONCURRENT ENROLLMENT PROGRAM IS LOCATED USING FUNDS APPROPRIATED  TO
 THE TUITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
   §  3.  This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding
 the date on which it shall have become a law. Effective immediately  the
 addition,  amendment  and/or  repeal of any rule or regulation necessary
 for implementation of this act on its effective date are  authorized  to
 be made on or before such date.

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