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                               May 10, 2024
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 Introduced  by  Sen.  CLEARE -- 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  scholarships  for
   academic excellence
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
   Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 605-a of  the  education  law,  as
 amended  by  section  83 of part C of chapter 58 of the laws of 1998, is
 amended to read as follows:
   2. In the event that a scholarship awarded is declined by  a  student,
 or  for any reason IS revoked  by the commissioner or the president, its
 benefits shall [lapse and there shall be no further payments or awarding
 of such scholarship] BE GRANTED TO THE NEXT MOST  QUALIFIED  STUDENT  AS
 DEFINED IN PARAGRAPH (A) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of August next succeeding
 the date on which it shall have become a law.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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