Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Feb 29, 2024 |
print number 9205a |
Feb 29, 2024 |
amend and recommit to higher education |
Feb 16, 2024 |
referred to higher education |
Assembly Bill A9205A
2023-2024 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
BUTTENSCHON
Current 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
Bill Amendments
2023-A9205 - Details
- See Senate Version of this Bill:
- S8596
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Higher Education
- Law Section:
- Education Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §669-a, Ed L
2023-A9205 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 9205 I N A S S E M B L Y February 16, 2024 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. BUTTENSCHON -- read once and referred to the Committee on Higher Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to expanding eligibility under the veterans tuition awards program THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Paragraph d of subdivision 1 of section 669-a of the educa- tion law, as amended by section 46 of part PP of chapter 56 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows: d. "Other eligible [combat] veteran" means: an individual who (i) is a resident of this state, (ii) served in the armed forces of the United States [in hostilities that occurred after February twenty-eighth, nine- teen hundred sixty-one, as evidenced by their receipt of an Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, Navy Expeditionary Medal, or Marine Corps Expedi- tionary Medal], and (iii) was either discharged under honorable condi- tions, including but not limited to honorable discharge, discharge under honorable conditions, or general discharge, or has a qualifying condi- tion, as defined in section one of the veterans' services law, and has received a discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable from such service, or is a discharged LGBT veteran, as defined in section one of the veterans' services law, and has received a discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable from such service. § 2. Paragraph a of subdivision 2 of section 669-a of the education law, as amended by section 3 of part N of chapter 57 of the laws of 2008, is amended to read as follows: a. Tuition awards are available for all [Vietnam, Persian Gulf, Afghanistan and] other eligible [combat] veterans, as defined in subdi- vision one of this section, who are enrolled, pursuant to paragraph a of subdivision four of section six hundred sixty-one of this part, in approved undergraduate or graduate programs at STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AND CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK degree granting institutions or enrolled in approved vocational training programs and who apply for a tuition assistance program award, FOR UP TO THE EQUIVALENT OF EIGHT EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD13592-01-3
2023-A9205A (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Senate Version of this Bill:
- S8596
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Higher Education
- Law Section:
- Education Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §669-a, Ed L
2023-A9205A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 9205--A I N A S S E M B L Y February 16, 2024 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. BUTTENSCHON -- read once and referred to the Committee on Higher Education -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to expanding eligibility under the veterans tuition awards program THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Paragraph d of subdivision 1 of section 669-a of the educa- tion law, as amended by section 46 of part PP of chapter 56 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows: d. "Other eligible [combat] veteran" means: an individual who (i) is a resident of this state, (ii) served in the armed forces of the United States [in hostilities that occurred after February twenty-eighth, nine- teen hundred sixty-one, as evidenced by their receipt of an Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, Navy Expeditionary Medal, or Marine Corps Expedi- tionary Medal], and (iii) was either discharged under honorable condi- tions, including but not limited to honorable discharge, discharge under honorable conditions, or general discharge, or has a qualifying condi- tion, as defined in section one of the veterans' services law, and has received a discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable from such service, or is a discharged LGBT veteran, as defined in section one of the veterans' services law, and has received a discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable from such service. § 2. Paragraph a of subdivision 2 of section 669-a of the education law, as amended by section 3 of part N of chapter 57 of the laws of 2008, is amended to read as follows: a. Tuition awards are available for all [Vietnam, Persian Gulf, Afghanistan and] other eligible [combat] veterans, as defined in subdi- vision one of this section, who are enrolled, pursuant to paragraph a of subdivision four of section six hundred sixty-one of this part, in approved undergraduate or graduate programs at degree granting insti- tutions or enrolled in approved vocational training programs and who apply for a tuition assistance program award, FOR UP TO THE EQUIVALENT EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD13592-02-4
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