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Assembly Bill A8340

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to a fee waiver for applications to SUNY and CUNY

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2023-A8340 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §209-a, add §6303-b, Ed L
Versions Introduced in 2025-2026 Legislative Session:
A4260

2023-A8340 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes a fee waiver for applications to SUNY and CUNY if a prospective student, either a high school senior, or a person completing a gap year, submits and completes the FAFSA form.

2023-A8340 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8340
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             December 13, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  CUNNINGHAM  -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Higher Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to fee waivers for appli-
   cations to the state university of New York and the city university of
   New York
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 209-a of the education law, as added by chapter 926
 of the laws of 1968, is amended to read as follows:
   § 209-a.   Applications  for admission to college.  1. Notwithstanding
 any other provision of this chapter to the contrary, no  rule  or  regu-
 lation  shall  be  adopted by the school authorities, school officers or
 board of education of a school  district  which  limits  the  number  of
 requests  for the processing of college applications that may be submit-
 ted by the pupils in a secondary school under their or its jurisdiction.
 Nothing contained in this section  shall  prohibit  school  authorities,
 school officers or boards of education from establishing rules of proce-
 dure for the submission of such requests.
   2.  (A)  IF  A PUPIL IN THE FINAL YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL OR IN A GAP YEAR
 COMPLETES AND SUBMITS THE  FREE  APPLICATION  FOR  FEDERAL  STUDENT  AID
 (FAFSA), SUCH PUPIL SHALL BE AWARDED A FEE WAIVER FOR APPLICATION TO THE
 STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK.
   (B)  FOR  THE  PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, THE TERM "GAP YEAR" SHALL
 MEAN THE FIRST YEAR AFTER HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION.
   3. THE STATE UNIVERSITY TRUSTEES SHALL ADOPT ANY RULES AND REGULATIONS
 NECESSARY FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF THIS  SECTION,  INCLUDING,  BUT  NOT
 LIMITED  TO,  SPECIFYING  THE  FORM AND TIMELINES FOR SUBMITTING THE FEE
 WAIVER FOR APPLICATION.
   § 2. The education law is amended by adding a new  section  6303-b  to
 read as follows:

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13431-01-3
 A. 8340                             2

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