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                                   5083
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 22, 2023
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 Introduced by Sen. FERNANDEZ -- 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 allowing cadets
   enrolled at SUNY Maritime college to use scholarship money on any cost
   associated with attendance

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivisions 2, 5 and 6 of section 352-a of the education
 law, as added by section 1 of part F of chapter 83 of the laws of  2002,
 are amended to read as follows:
   2.  (a) Maritime college shall have a total of two hundred eighty-four
 vacancy positions set aside for applicants  who  are  nominated  by  the
 governor,  a  state  senator  or  a member of the assembly. Such vacancy
 nominations shall increase or decrease based upon the number  of  senate
 districts  authorized  pursuant  to  article three of the New York state
 constitution. An applicant who receives such a nomination,  is  accepted
 for  admission  into  the  college  and  participates  in the regimental
 program shall receive a [tuition] scholarship equal to the amount of the
 state tuition charge [after the deduction of any  available  grant  aid]
 for  the  four consecutive years following his or her admission into the
 program  provided,  however,   that   the   student   remains   in   the
 regimental/cadet degree program and remains at all times in good academ-
 ic standing as determined by the maritime college administration.  In no
 event shall a student lose his or her scholarship based upon legislative
 reapportionment  or  changes  in  legislative composition or membership.
 Nothing herein shall be construed to  limit  or  reduce  the  number  of
 vacancies available to the general population.
   (b)  To  be eligible to receive such nomination and [tuition] scholar-
 ship, the applicant must be a resident of the  state.  For  purposes  of
 this  section,  a  state  resident  shall be defined as a person who has
 resided in the state of New York for a period of at least one year prior
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09597-01-3
              

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 to the time of nomination, is a graduate or within one  year  of  gradu-
 ation from an approved high school or has attained a New York state high
 school  equivalency  diploma  or  its  equivalent  as  determined by the
 commissioner.
   5. The [tuition] scholarships authorized by this section shall be made
 available so long as funds are made available for such purposes.
   6.  Any  individual receiving a [tuition] scholarship pursuant to this
 section shall apply for all other available  state,  federal,  or  other
 educational grant aid at the time of enrollment. Any grant aid or finan-
 cial assistance received shall be utilized to offset the cost of tuition
 to  the maximum extent possible[, except that nothing shall require that
 aid or assistance received which]. MARITIME ADMISSIONS SCHOLARSHIPS  may
 be  used  towards EDUCATIONAL costs other than that of tuition [shall be
 applied toward the cost of tuition].
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.