Bill Text: NY A09599 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides an annual scholarship of $1,000 for students with a minimum 3.0 high school GPA who attend a New York state public postsecondary institution.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-03-26 - referred to higher education [A09599 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A09599-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          9599

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                     March 26, 2024
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by M. of A. HYNDMAN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Higher Education

        AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to state college  attend-
          ance  awards  for  students  who maintain a certain minimum cumulative
          average throughout high school

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 670-c
     2  to read as follows:
     3    § 670-c. State college attendance awards. 1. In addition to any  other
     4  academic performance award granted pursuant to this chapter, an eligible
     5  student  shall  receive  one  thousand  dollars  annually, provided such
     6  student enrolls in an associate or baccalaureate  degree  program  at  a
     7  public  postsecondary  institution located in this state within one year
     8  of such student's completion of the  core  requirements  for  graduation
     9  from a public high school located in this state.
    10    2. Eligibility. An eligible student shall be a student who:
    11    (a)  has  attended  an  approved public high school program located in
    12  this state from grades nine through twelve; and
    13    (b) has maintained a minimum 3.0 cumulative average for  each  of  all
    14  semesters  of  such  student's  attendance  in such approved high school
    15  program located in this state.
    16    3. Duration. A state college attendance award shall entitle the recip-
    17  ient to an annual award for not more than four academic years of  under-
    18  graduate  study,  provided  such  student maintains the minimum academic
    19  standards for such postsecondary institution; and provided further  such
    20  student remains enrolled in a public postsecondary institution until the
    21  completion of his or her terminal degree.
    22    4.  Amount.  (a) Eligible students entering a community college with a
    23  two year degree program shall receive one thousand dollars for  each  of
    24  two years, or a maximum of two thousand dollars; and
    25    (b) Eligible students entering a public four year college or universi-
    26  ty shall receive one thousand dollars for each of four years, or a maxi-
    27  mum of four thousand dollars.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1    (c)  In  no  event  shall  the  amount of the annual awards exceed the
     2  recipient's cost of attendance at  the  institution  attended.  Cost  of
     3  attendance  shall  mean  tuition,  required  fees,  laboratory and other
     4  instruction related expenses, books, transportation, and room and board.
     5  Anything in this article to the contrary notwithstanding, a recipient of
     6  a  scholarship  pursuant  to  this section may concurrently receive with
     7  such award any other academic or general award for which he or  she  may
     8  be eligible; provided, however, in no event shall a recipient be awarded
     9  a  scholarship  in  any  amount where the combination of all such awards
    10  would exceed the recipient's cost of attendance at the institution.
    11    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
    12  it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition,  amend-
    13  ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
    14  tation  of  this  act on its effective date is authorized to be made and
    15  completed on or before such effective date.