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Senate Bill S8568

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Expands eligibility under the veterans tuition awards program to include recipients of the award of the Purple Heart

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2025-S8568 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §669-a, Ed L

2025-S8568 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Expands eligibility under the veterans tuition awards program to include recipients of the award of the Purple Heart.

2025-S8568 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S8568 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8568
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             November 7, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  ASHBY  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to expanding  eligibility
   under the veterans tuition awards program to include recipients of the
   award of the Purple Heart

   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-a  of  the  education  law  is
 amended by adding a new paragraph g to read as follows:
   G. "PURPLE HEART RECIPIENT" SHALL MEAN A RECIPIENT OF THE AWARD OF THE
 PURPLE HEART UNDER 10 U.S.C. § 1129 OR 10 U.S.C. § 1129-A.
   §  2.  Paragraph  a of subdivision 2 of section 669-a of the education
 law, as amended by chapter 75 of the laws of 2025, is amended to read as
 follows:
   a. Tuition awards are available for all Vietnam, Persian Gulf, Afghan-
 istan and other  eligible  veterans  AND  PURPLE  HEART  RECIPIENTS,  as
 defined  in  subdivision one of this section, who are enrolled, pursuant
 to paragraph a of subdivision four of section six hundred  sixty-one  of
 this  part,  in  approved  undergraduate  or graduate programs at degree
 granting  institutions  or  enrolled  in  approved  vocational  training
 programs and who apply for a tuition assistance program award, for up to
 the  equivalent  of  eight  full-time semesters, pursuant to section six
 hundred sixty-seven of this subpart.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13658-01-5

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