Senate Bill S2424

                             
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                                   2424
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 17, 2025
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 Introduced  by  Sen.  ORTT  --  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  establishing  the
   community college merit and mobility scholarship
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section  669-i
 to read as follows:
   §  669-I.  THE  COMMUNITY  COLLEGE  MERIT AND MOBILITY SCHOLARSHIP. 1.
 PURPOSE.  THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE MERIT AND MOBILITY SCHOLARSHIP IS HEREBY
 ESTABLISHED FOR THE PURPOSE OF  GRANTING  MERIT  BASED  SCHOLARSHIPS  TO
 STUDENTS WHO ATTEND A NEW YORK STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE.
   2. ELIGIBILITY. TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR SUCH AWARDS, AN APPLICANT MUST HAVE
 GRADUATED  FROM  A  NEW  YORK  STATE  HIGH  SCHOOL WITHIN THE TOP TWENTY
 PERCENT OF THEIR HIGH SCHOOL CLASS AND ACHIEVE THE FOLLOWING:
   A. REMAIN IN GOOD ACADEMIC STANDING, AND
   B. MAINTAIN A GRADE POINT AVERAGE OF 3.3 OR ABOVE.
   3. AWARDS. ONE THOUSAND SCHOLARSHIPS SHALL BE AWARDED IN THE TWO THOU-
 SAND TWENTY-FIVE--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SIX ACADEMIC YEAR, AND THEREAFTER.
 THE ANNUAL SCHOLARSHIP SHALL BE AWARDED TO ELIGIBLE  APPLICANTS  IN  THE
 AMOUNT  OF  ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS PER YEAR FOR NOT MORE THAN TWO ACADEMIC
 YEARS. THE MAXIMUM SCHOLARSHIP  AWARD  SHALL  NOT  EXCEED  TWO  THOUSAND
 DOLLARS.  THE PRESIDENT SHALL PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS NECESSARY
 TO MAKE SUCH SCHOLARSHIP AVAILABLE  ON  AN  ANNUAL  BASIS  TO  FULL-TIME
 RECIPIENTS  OR  PER  CREDIT  BASIS  TO PART-TIME RECIPIENTS.   PART-TIME
 STUDENTS SHALL NOT BE IMPACTED BY THE TWO-YEAR ACADEMIC YEAR AWARD LIMI-
 TATION. UP TO ONE THOUSAND SCHOLARSHIPS MAY BE GRANTED TO NEW RECIPIENTS
 ANNUALLY. THE RECEIPT OF SUCH  SCHOLARSHIPS  SHALL  NOT  AFFECT  TUITION
 ASSISTANCE  ELIGIBILITY.    IN  NO  EVENT SHALL THE AMOUNT OF THE ANNUAL
 AWARD EXCEED THE RECIPIENT'S  COST  OF  ATTENDANCE  AT  THE  INSTITUTION
 ATTENDED.  COST OF ATTENDANCE SHALL MEAN TUITION, REQUIRED FEES, LABORA-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05907-01-5
              

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 TORY AND OTHER INSTRUCTION RELATED TO EXPENSES,  BOOKS,  TRANSPORTATION,
 AND ROOM AND BOARD.
   4.  PRIORITY. IN THE EVENT THAT THERE ARE MORE APPLICANTS WHO HAVE THE
 SAME PRIORITY THAN THERE ARE REMAINING SCHOLARSHIPS, THE PRESIDENT SHALL
 DISTRIBUTE THE REMAINING NUMBER OF  SUCH  SCHOLARSHIPS  BY  MEANS  OF  A
 LOTTERY OR OTHER FORM OF RANDOM SELECTION.
   5.  RULES. THE CORPORATION IS AUTHORIZED TO PROMULGATE RULES AND REGU-
 LATIONS, AND MAY PROMULGATE EMERGENCY  REGULATIONS,  FOR  THE  NECESSARY
 IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law.