S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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I N S E N A T E
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.
LBD03338-01-3