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Senate Bill S9127

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Clarifies the eligibility for the New York opportunity promise scholarship

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2025-S9127 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A10089
Current Committee:
Senate Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §6311, Ed L

2025-S9127 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Clarifies the eligibility for the New York opportunity promise scholarship to prevent people from applying if they previously received a postsecondary degree within a certain timeframe.

2025-S9127 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S9127 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9127
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 5, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  COONEY -- 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  eligibility  for
   the New York opportunity promise scholarship
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Paragraph (e) of subdivision  1  of  section  6311  of  the
 education law, as added by section 1 of part F of chapter 56 of the laws
 of 2025, is amended to read as follows:
   (e)  has  not  [already]  obtained any postsecondary degree WITHIN TWO
 HUNDRED FORTY MONTHS PRECEDING THE  SEMESTER  FOR  WHICH  THE  APPLICANT
 MAKES  AN  INITIAL  APPLICATION, provided that nothing in this paragraph
 shall be construed to prohibit the  eligibility  of  a  student  who  is
 already  enrolled  in an eligible associate degree program on the effec-
 tive date of this section  and  who  meets  all  the  other  eligibility
 requirements of this subdivision.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14645-01-6

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