Directs the New York state higher education services corporation to conduct an audit of the excelsior scholarship program to determine the financial need and diversity of scholarship applicants and recipients; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof.
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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4290
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
February 4, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. CUNNINGHAM -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Higher Education
AN ACT directing the New York state higher education services corpo-
ration to conduct an audit of the excelsior scholarship program; and
providing for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration there-
of
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. For the purposes of this section, the following terms shall
have the following meanings:
(a) "Corporation" shall mean the New York state higher education
services corporation.
(b) "Adjusted gross income" shall mean the total of the combined
adjusted gross income of the applicant and the applicant's parents or
the applicant and the applicant's spouse, if married.
(c) "Qualifying year" shall mean the adjusted gross income as reported
on the federal income tax return, or as otherwise obtained by the corpo-
ration, for the calendar year coinciding with the tax year established
by the U.S. department of education to qualify applicants for federal
student financial aid programs authorized by Title IV of the Higher
Education Act of 1965, as amended, for the school year in which applica-
tion for assistance is made.
§ 2. The corporation shall conduct an audit of the excelsior scholar-
ship program, as established by section 669-h of the education law. Such
audit shall include, but not be limited to:
(a) the adjusted gross income for the qualifying year of scholarship
applicants and recipients, respectively; and
(b) the diversity of scholarship applicants and recipients, respec-
tively, including statistics on race and ethnicity, LGBTQ+ status, coun-
try of origin, and disability status.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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