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Senate Bill S871

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Establishes the community college merit and mobility scholarship

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2023-S871 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §669-i, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S6841
2017-2018: S719
2019-2020: S204
2021-2022: S3629
2025-2026: S2424

2023-S871 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the community college merit and mobility scholarship for the purpose of granting merit based scholarships to students who attend a New York state community college; provides for eligibility and awards.

2023-S871 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S871 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    871
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 6, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  ORTT  --  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  establishing  the
   community college merit and mobility scholarship
 
   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 section  669-i
 to read as follows:
   §  669-I.  THE  COMMUNITY  COLLEGE  MERIT AND MOBILITY SCHOLARSHIP. 1.
 PURPOSE.  THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE MERIT AND MOBILITY SCHOLARSHIP IS HEREBY
 ESTABLISHED FOR THE PURPOSE OF  GRANTING  MERIT  BASED  SCHOLARSHIPS  TO
 STUDENTS WHO ATTEND A NEW YORK STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE.
   2. ELIGIBILITY. TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR SUCH AWARDS, AN APPLICANT MUST HAVE
 GRADUATED  FROM  A  NEW  YORK  STATE  HIGH  SCHOOL WITHIN THE TOP TWENTY
 PERCENT OF HIS OR HER HIGH SCHOOL CLASS AND ACHIEVE THE FOLLOWING:
   A. REMAIN IN GOOD ACADEMIC STANDING, AND
   B. MAINTAIN A GRADE POINT AVERAGE OF 3.3 OR ABOVE.
   3. AWARDS. ONE THOUSAND SCHOLARSHIPS SHALL BE AWARDED IN THE TWO THOU-
 SAND TWENTY-THREE--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FOUR ACADEMIC YEAR, AND THEREAFT-
 ER.  THE ANNUAL SCHOLARSHIP SHALL BE AWARDED TO ELIGIBLE  APPLICANTS  IN
 THE  AMOUNT  OF  ONE  THOUSAND  DOLLARS  PER  YEAR FOR NOT MORE THAN TWO
 ACADEMIC YEARS. THE MAXIMUM SCHOLARSHIP AWARD SHALL NOT EXCEED TWO THOU-
 SAND DOLLARS. THE  PRESIDENT  SHALL  PROMULGATE  RULES  AND  REGULATIONS
 NECESSARY TO MAKE SUCH SCHOLARSHIP AVAILABLE ON AN ANNUAL BASIS TO FULL-
 TIME  RECIPIENTS OR PER CREDIT BASIS TO PART-TIME RECIPIENTS.  PART-TIME
 STUDENTS SHALL NOT BE IMPACTED BY THE TWO-YEAR ACADEMIC YEAR AWARD LIMI-
 TATION. UP TO ONE THOUSAND SCHOLARSHIPS MAY BE GRANTED TO NEW RECIPIENTS
 ANNUALLY. THE RECEIPT OF SUCH  SCHOLARSHIPS  SHALL  NOT  AFFECT  TUITION
 ASSISTANCE  ELIGIBILITY.    IN  NO  EVENT SHALL THE AMOUNT OF THE ANNUAL
 AWARD EXCEED THE RECIPIENT'S  COST  OF  ATTENDANCE  AT  THE  INSTITUTION
 ATTENDED.  COST OF ATTENDANCE SHALL MEAN TUITION, REQUIRED FEES, LABORA-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03709-01-3

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