Senate Bill S6000

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Conforms the New York state college choice tuition savings program to the federal qualified tuition program

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Higher Education Committee


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2023-S6000 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9203
Current Committee:
Senate Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §695-b, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S7782
2019-2020: S3174
2021-2022: S6097

2023-S6000 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Conforms the New York state college choice tuition savings program to the federal qualified tuition program so as to include savings for grades kindergarten through 12.

2023-S6000 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S6000 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6000
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 27, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  LANZA  -- 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  conforming  the  New
   York  state  college  choice  tuition  savings  program to federal law
   relating to qualified tuition programs

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  5  of section 695-b of the education law, as
 amended by section 1 of part H of chapter 56 of the  laws  of  2022,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   5.  "Eligible educational institution" shall mean (a) [any institution
 of higher education defined as] an eligible educational  institution  AS
 DEFINED  in  section  529(e)(5) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
 amended,  or  (b)  any  apprenticeship  program  described  in   section
 529(c)(8) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09769-01-3



              

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