Senate Bill S2119

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Expands the veterans tuition awards program to allow the transfer of unused benefits to a spouse, survivor or child

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Finance 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-S2119 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A2154
Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §669-a, Ed L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
S5456, A8307

2023-S2119 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Expands the veterans tuition awards program to allow the transfer of unused benefits to a spouse, survivor or child; defines terms.

2023-S2119 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S2119 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2119
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 18, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  BAILEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Veterans, Homeland Securi-
   ty and Military Affairs
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to expanding the veterans
   tuition awards program to allow the transfer of unused benefits  to  a
   spouse, survivor or child

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1.  This act shall be known and may be cited as  the  "Veteran
 Family Educational Attainment Act".
   § 2. Subdivision  1  of  section 669-a of the education law is amended
 by adding five new paragraphs g, h, i, j, and k to read as follows:
   G.    "IMMEDIATE FAMILY" MEANS A SPOUSE, CHILD OR SURVIVOR OF A QUALI-
 FIED VETERAN.
   H. "QUALIFIED VETERAN" MEANS  A  VETERAN  WHO  WOULD  BE  ELIGIBLE  TO
 RECEIVE  TUITION AWARDS IF HE OR SHE SATISFIED THE ENROLLMENT AND APPLI-
 CATION REQUIREMENTS  SET  FORTH IN PARAGRAPH A  OF  SUBDIVISION  TWO  OF
 THIS SECTION.
   I.  "SPOUSE"  OR "DOMESTIC PARTNER" MEANS: (I) A PERSON WHO IS A RESI-
 DENT OF THIS STATE, AND (II) A PERSON WHO HAS A LEGAL RELATIONSHIP  WITH
 A  QUALIFIED VETERAN PERMITTED UNDER THE LAWS OF THIS STATE AND THE CITY
 OF NEW YORK  FOR  COUPLES  WHO  HAVE  A  CLOSE  AND  COMMITTED  PERSONAL
 RELATIONSHIP  OR  A  PERSON  WHO  HAS  A LEGAL MARRIAGE WITH A QUALIFIED
 VETERAN PERMITTED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE AND CITY OF NEW YORK,  AND
 (III)  WHOSE  QUALIFIED  VETERAN  HAS  NOT ELECTED TO UTILIZE HIS OR HER
 BENEFIT.
   J. "SURVIVOR" MEANS: (I) A PERSON WHO IS A  RESIDENT  OF  THIS  STATE,
 (II)  MARRIED  TO  A  QUALIFIED VETERAN WHO DIED AS A RESULT OF MILITARY
 SERVICE, (III) MARRIED THE QUALIFIED VETERAN  WITHIN  FIFTEEN  YEARS  OF
 DISCHARGE  FROM HIS OR HER MILITARY SERVICE IN WHICH THE CAUSE OF DEATH,
 DISEASE OR INJURY STARTED OR WAS  AGGRAVATED,  OR  WAS  MARRIED  TO  THE
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01348-01-3

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