| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| May 07, 2026 |
print number 6399a |
| May 07, 2026 |
amend and recommit to higher education |
| Jan 07, 2026 |
referred to higher education |
| Mar 13, 2025 |
referred to higher education |
Senate Bill S6399A
2025-2026 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) 31st Senate District
Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Higher Education Committee
Actions
Bill Amendments
2025-S6399 - Details
2025-S6399 - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S6399
SPONSOR: JACKSON
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the education law, in relation to expanding eligibility
for the tuition assistance program
PURPOSE:
The purpose of this legislation is to expand tuition assistance program
(TAP) eligibility to make it available year-round, including summer and
winter academic programs; and making TAP available for graduate
students.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1 amends subdivision 2 of Section 667 of the Education Law to
provide TAP eligibility for graduate students which should not exceed a
total of eight years of combined undergraduate and graduate study. In
addition, an academic year includes any optional academic semester,
quarter or term and any award made for such optional academic semester.
2025-S6399 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
6399
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
March 13, 2025
___________
Introduced by Sen. JACKSON -- 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 expanding eligibility
for the tuition assistance program
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 667 of the education law, as
amended by chapter 376 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as
follows:
2. Duration. No undergraduate STUDENT shall be eligible for more than
four academic years of study, or five academic years if the program of
study normally requires five years. Students enrolled in a program of
remedial study, approved by the commissioner in an institution of higher
education and intended to culminate in a degree in undergraduate study
shall, for purposes of this section, be considered as enrolled in a
program of study normally requiring five years. An undergraduate student
enrolled in an eligible two year program of study approved by the
commissioner shall be eligible for no more than three academic years of
study. An undergraduate student enrolled in an approved two or four-year
program of study approved by the commissioner who must transfer to
another institution as a result of permanent college closure shall be
eligible for up to two additional semesters, or their equivalent, to the
extent credits necessary to complete [his or her] SUCH UNDERGRADUATE
STUDENT'S program of study were deemed non-transferable from the closed
institution or were deemed not applicable to such student's program of
study by the new institution. NO GRADUATE STUDENT SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR
MORE THAN FOUR ACADEMIC YEARS OF STUDY PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT NO GRAD-
UATE STUDENT SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR MORE THAN ONE DEGREE PROGRAM AT THE
MASTER'S, FIRST PROFESSIONAL OR DOCTORATE LEVEL. NO STUDENT SHALL BE
ELIGIBLE FOR A TOTAL OF MORE THAN THE EQUIVALENT OF EIGHT YEARS OF
COMBINED UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE STUDY. Any semester, quarter, or
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD04328-01-5
2025-S6399A (ACTIVE) - Details
2025-S6399A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S6399A
SPONSOR: JACKSON
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the education law, in relation to expanding eligibility
for the tuition assistance program
PURPOSE:
The purpose of this legislation is to expand tuition assistance program
(TAP) eligibility to make it available year-round, including summer and
winter academic programs; and making TAP available for graduate
students.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1 amends subdivision 2 of Section 667 of the Education Law to
provide TAP eligibility for graduate students which should not exceed a
total of eight years of combined undergraduate and graduate study. In
addition, an academic year includes any optional academic semester,
quarter or term and any award made for such optional academic semester.
2025-S6399A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
6399--A
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
March 13, 2025
___________
Introduced by Sen. JACKSON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education -- recom-
mitted to the Committee on Higher Education in accordance with Senate
Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to expanding eligibility
for the tuition assistance program
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 667 of the education law, as
amended by section 5 of part D of chapter 56 of the laws of 2025, is
amended to read as follows:
2. Duration. No undergraduate shall be eligible for more than four
academic years of study, or five academic years if the program of study
normally requires five years. Students enrolled in a program of remedial
study, approved by the commissioner in an institution of higher educa-
tion and intended to culminate in a degree in undergraduate study shall,
for purposes of this section, be considered as enrolled in a program of
study normally requiring five years. An undergraduate student enrolled
in an eligible two year program of study approved by the commissioner
shall be eligible for no more than three academic years of study. An
undergraduate student enrolled in an approved two or four-year program
of study approved by the commissioner who must transfer to another
institution as a result of permanent college closure shall be eligible
for up to two additional semesters, or their equivalent, to the extent
credits necessary to complete the student's program of study were deemed
non-transferable from the closed institution or were deemed not applica-
ble to such student's program of study by the new institution. NO GRAD-
UATE STUDENT SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR MORE THAN FOUR ACADEMIC YEARS OF
STUDY PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT NO GRADUATE STUDENT SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR
MORE THAN ONE DEGREE PROGRAM AT THE MASTER'S, FIRST PROFESSIONAL OR
DOCTORATE LEVEL. NO STUDENT SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR A TOTAL OF MORE THAN
THE EQUIVALENT OF EIGHT YEARS OF COMBINED UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE
STUDY. Any semester, quarter, or term of attendance during which a
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