NY State Senate Bill 2023-S5717

Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Higher Education Committee

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Jan 03, 2024	referred to higher education
Mar 15, 2023	referred to higher education

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2023-S5717 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Higher Education
Law Section:: Education Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §667, Ed L

2023-S5717 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Increases the income eligibility threshold for the tuition assistance program to $110,000 or the regional median income, whichever is greater; provides regional median income shall be determined by economic development region.

2023-S5717 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S5717

SPONSOR: MURRAY
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the education law, in relation to increasing the income
eligibility threshold for the tuition assistance program

 
PURPOSE:

To increase the income eligibility threshold for the tuition assistance
program with regional consideration.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 amends section 667 of the education law to increase the
current tuition assistance program median income qualifying threshold
amount from eighty thousand to one hundred ten thousand, or the regional
median income of the state, whichever is greater.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

The current tuition assistance program qualifying median income thresh-
old has not been raised sufficiently to keep up with the costs of living
increases and inflation. Compounding that hurdle for many students, is
that the current threshold is far below what the actual median income in
their area currently is. In fact, recent U.S. Census Bureau data analy-
sis shows that over 36% of New Yorkers live in counties where the aver-
age median household income for the county is higher than the current
TAP threshold of eighty-thousand. These areas have higher costs of
living making it challenging for students and prospective students to
afford the rising costs of tuition.

With higher percentages of household budgets going towards the increased
energy, food and housing costs, the time to increase TAP eligibility for
students is now. Expanding eligibility by raising the median household
income threshold to one hundred ten thousand or the regional median
income, whichever is greater, will allow more students to get the extra
tuition support they need to achieve their higher education goals.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

This is a new bill.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

To be determined.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
On the first of June next succeeding the date on which it shall have
become a law.

2023-S5717 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5717
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 15, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  MURRAY -- 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 increasing the  income
   eligibility threshold 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. Subparagraph (ii)  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, is amended to read as follows:
   (ii) (A) Except for students as noted in subparagraph  (iii)  of  this
 paragraph,  the  base amount as determined from subparagraph (i) of this
 paragraph, shall be reduced in relation to income as follows:
 
 Amount of income                     Schedule of reduction
                                      of base amount
 
 [(A)] (1) Less than seven thousand   None
     dollars
 [(B)] (2) Seven thousand dollars     Seven per centum of excess
     or more, but less than eleven    over seven thousand dollars
     thousand dollars
 [(C)] (3) Eleven thousand dollars    Two hundred eighty dollars
     or more, but less than eighteen  plus ten per centum of excess
     thousand dollars                 over eleven thousand dollars
 [(D)] (4) Eighteen thousand dollars  Nine hundred eighty dollar
     or more, but not more than       plus twelve per centum of
     [eighty] ONE HUNDRED TEN         excess over eighteen
     thousand dollars OR, THE         thousand dollars
     THE REGIONAL MEDIAN INCOME,
     WHICHEVER IS GREATER
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10105-01-3
 S. 5717                             2

 
   (B) (1) FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBPARAGRAPH, REGIONAL MEDIAN  INCOME
 SHALL  MEAN  THE  MEDIAN  HOUSEHOLD  INCOME  OF  AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
 REGION.  TO DETERMINE SUCH REGIONAL MEDIAN INCOME, THE MEDIAN  HOUSEHOLD
 INCOME  OF  EACH  COUNTY  WITHIN AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT REGION SHALL BE
 AVERAGED.  SUCH  MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME DATA SHALL BE BASED ON THE U.S.
 CENSUS DATA REPORTS OF MEDIAN INCOME DATA AS  BASED  ON  THE  FIVE  MOST
 RECENT  YEARS OF MEDIAN INCOMES AS REPORTED TO THE U.S. CENSUS BUREAU BY
 EACH COUNTY.
   (2) FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBPARAGRAPH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT REGION
 SHALL INCLUDE THE SAME AREAS AS DESCRIBED IN SUBDIVISION (J) OF  SECTION
 4211.2 OF TITLE TWENTY-ONE OF THE NEW YORK CODES, RULES AND REGULATIONS.
   §  2.  This act shall take effect on the first of June next succeeding
 the date on which it shall have become a law.

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Senate Bill S5717

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Higher Education Committee

co-Sponsors

2023-S5717 (ACTIVE) - Details

2023-S5717 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2023-S5717 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S5717 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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Sponsored By

Dean Murray

Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Higher Education Committee

co-Sponsors

Jacob Ashby

George M. Borrello

Joseph A. Griffo

Steven D. Rhoads

2023-S5717 (ACTIVE) - Details

2023-S5717 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2023-S5717 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S5717 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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