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Senate Bill S216

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to the New York state science, technology, engineering and mathematics incentive program

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2025-S216 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §669-e, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S4727
2021-2022: S2600
2023-2024: S4462

2025-S216 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Extends scholarship eligibility for certain scholarships to students who have a certificate of graduation from a recognized high school within New York state from the two thousand thirteen--fourteen school year or after, or the recognized equivalent of such certificate, or received a passing score on a federally approved ability to benefit test that has been identified by the board of regents as satisfying the eligibility requirements and has been independently administered and evaluated as defined by the commissioner of education.

2025-S216 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S216 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    216
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. HELMING -- 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  the  New  York  state
   science, technology, engineering and mathematics incentive program

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 669-e of  the  education  law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  329  of  the  laws  of 2018, is amended to read as
 follows:
   1. Undergraduate students who are matriculated in an  approved  under-
 graduate program leading to a career in science, technology, engineering
 or  mathematics  at a New York state public institution of higher educa-
 tion for the purpose of subdivision two of this section, or a  New  York
 state  private  degree  granting institution of higher education for the
 purpose of subdivision two-a of this section, shall be eligible  for  an
 award  under this section, provided the applicant: (a) [graduates from a
 high school located in New York state during or after the  two  thousand
 thirteen--fourteen school year] IS A RESIDENT OF NEW YORK STATE; AND (B)
 HAS A CERTIFICATE OF GRADUATION FROM A RECOGNIZED HIGH SCHOOL WITHIN NEW
 YORK  STATE  FROM  THE  TWO  THOUSAND  THIRTEEN--FOURTEEN SCHOOL YEAR OR
 AFTER, OR THE RECOGNIZED EQUIVALENT OF SUCH CERTIFICATE, OR  RECEIVED  A
 PASSING  SCORE  ON A FEDERALLY APPROVED ABILITY TO BENEFIT TEST THAT HAS
 BEEN IDENTIFIED BY THE BOARD OF REGENTS AS  SATISFYING  THE  ELIGIBILITY
 REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SECTION AND HAS BEEN INDEPENDENTLY ADMINISTERED AND
 EVALUATED AS DEFINED BY THE COMMISSIONER; and [(b)] (C) graduates within
 the  top  ten  percent  of  [his  or her] THEIR high school class OR THE
 RECOGNIZED EQUIVALENT, AS DEFINED BY THE  COMMISSIONER;  and  [(c)]  (D)
 enrolls  in  full-time  study each term beginning in the fall term after
 [his or her] high school graduation in an approved undergraduate program
 in science, technology, engineering or mathematics, as  defined  by  the
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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