S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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3810
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
January 30, 2025
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Introduced by Sen. STAVISKY -- 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 graduate tuition
assistance program awards
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 6 of section 661 of the education law is
amended by adding a new paragraph d to read as follows:
D. NO PROVISION OF THIS ARTICLE SHALL BE DEEMED TO RESTRICT ELIGIBLE
GRADUATE STUDENTS FROM RECEIVING AWARDS PURSUANT TO SECTION SIX HUNDRED
SIXTY-SEVEN-B OF THIS PART.
§ 2. The opening paragraph of subparagraph 1 of paragraph b of subdi-
vision 3 of section 663 of the education law, as amended by section 5 of
part J of chapter 58 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
The applicant is a student who was married on or before December thir-
ty-first of the calendar year prior to the beginning of the academic
year for which application is made or is an undergraduate OR GRADUATE
student who has reached the age of twenty-two on or before June thirti-
eth prior to the academic year for which application is made and who,
during the calendar year next preceding the semester, quarter or term of
attendance for which application is made and at all times subsequent
thereto up to and including the entire period for which application is
made:
§ 3. Paragraph d of subdivision 3 of section 663 of the education law,
as amended by section 6 of part J of chapter 58 of the laws of 2011, is
amended to read as follows:
d. Any undergraduate OR GRADUATE student who was allowed to exclude
parental income pursuant to the provisions of subdivision three of
section six hundred three of this chapter as they existed prior to July
first, nineteen hundred seventy-four may continue to exclude such income
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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for so long as [he] SUCH UNDERGRADUATE OR GRADUATE STUDENT continues to
comply with such provisions.
§ 4. The education law is amended by adding a new section 667-b to
read as follows:
§ 667-B. GRADUATE TUITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AWARDS. 1. RECIPIENT
QUALIFICATIONS. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW OR REGULATION
TO THE CONTRARY, GRADUATE TUITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AWARDS SHALL BE
AVAILABLE FOR ALL STUDENTS WHO ARE ENROLLED IN APPROVED POST-BACCALAU-
REATE PROGRAMS LEADING TO A GRADUATE, FIRST PROFESSIONAL, OR DOCTORAL
DEGREE IN SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, MATHEMATICS, EDUCATION OR A
LICENSED HEALTHCARE PROFESSION, AND WHO DEMONSTRATE THE ABILITY TO
COMPLETE SUCH COURSES, IN ACCORDANCE WITH STANDARDS ESTABLISHED BY THE
COMMISSIONER, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT NO AWARD SHALL EXCEED ONE HUNDRED
PERCENT OF THE AMOUNT OF TUITION CHARGED.
2. DURATION. NO GRADUATE STUDENT SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR AWARDS FOR MORE
THAN TWO YEARS OF POST-BACCALAUREATE STUDIES. A STUDENT MAY NOT RECEIVE
AWARDS UNDER THIS SECTION AT THE SAME TIME THEY RECEIVE AWARDS UNDER
SECTION SIX HUNDRED SIXTY-SEVEN OF THIS SUBPART, NOR WHILE THEY ARE
ENROLLED AS AN UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT.
3. GRADUATE TUITION ASSISTANCE AWARDS. THE PRESIDENT SHALL MAKE AWARDS
TO GRADUATE STUDENTS ENROLLED IN APPROVED PROGRAMS AT DEGREE GRANTING
INSTITUTIONS IN THE FOLLOWING AMOUNTS:
(A) FOR EACH YEAR OF GRADUATE STUDIES, AN ELIGIBLE GRADUATE STUDENT
MAY RECEIVE UP TO FIVE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED SIXTY-FIVE DOLLARS OR THE
COST OF THEIR TUITION, WHICHEVER IS LESS; AND
(B) THE BASE AMOUNT AS DETERMINED UNDER PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVI-
SION SHALL BE REDUCED IN RELATION TO INCOME AS FOLLOWS:
AMOUNT OF INCOME SCHEDULE OF REDUCTION
OF BASE AMOUNT
(I) LESS THAN SEVEN THOUSAND NONE
DOLLARS
(II) SEVEN THOUSAND DOLLARS OR SEVEN PER CENTUM OF EXCESS
MORE, BUT LESS THAN ELEVEN OVER SEVEN THOUSAND DOLLARS
THOUSAND DOLLARS
(III) ELEVEN THOUSAND DOLLARS OR TWO HUNDRED EIGHTY DOLLARS
MORE, BUT LESS THAN EIGHTEEN PLUS TEN PER CENTUM OF EXCESS
THOUSAND DOLLARS OVER ELEVEN THOUSAND DOLLARS
(IV) EIGHTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS OR NINE HUNDRED EIGHTY DOLLARS
MORE, BUT NOT MORE THAN EIGHTY PLUS TWELVE PER CENTUM OF
THOUSAND DOLLARS EXCESS OVER EIGHTEEN
THOUSAND DOLLARS.
(C) IF THE AMOUNT OF REDUCTION IS NOT A WHOLE DOLLAR, IT SHALL BE
REDUCED TO THE NEXT LOWEST WHOLE DOLLAR; AND
(D) THE MINIMUM AWARD PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL BE ONE THOUSAND
DOLLARS.
4. RESTRICTIONS. IN NO EVENT SHALL ANY AWARD:
(A) EXCEED THE AMOUNT OF ANNUAL TUITION CHARGED TO SUCH STUDENT AFTER
FEDERAL, STATE, OR OTHER EDUCATION AID IS RECEIVED OR RECEIVABLE BY SUCH
STUDENT DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR FOR WHICH SUCH AWARD IS APPLICABLE, THAT
IN THE JUDGEMENT OF THE PRESIDENT WOULD DUPLICATE THE PURPOSES OF THIS
AWARD. THE PRESIDENT SHALL PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS TO DISTIN-
GUISH BETWEEN DUPLICATIVE AID, AND NON-DUPLICATIVE AID SUCH AS RESEARCH
AND FELLOWSHIP FUNDING;
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(B) BE MADE WHEN INCOME EXCEEDS THE MAXIMUM INCOME SET FORTH IN THIS
SECTION; OR
(C) BE MADE FOR LESS THAN ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS, EXCEPT WHERE SUCH
AWARD IS REDUCED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
§ 5. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of
this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed
on or before such effective date.
