New York Assembly Bill 5234 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-0)
Status: Introduced on February 11 2009 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2010-06-17 - print number 5234a
Pending: Assembly Higher Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]

Provides state-aided scholarship oppor- tunities for SUNY, CUNY or community college students who are without lawful immigration status or who are undocumented.

Authorizes the trustees of the state university of New York, the city university of New York and community colleges to provide state-aided programs, scholarships or other financial assistance to students who are without lawful immigration status or who are undocumented persons if such student attended an approved NY high school for two or more years, attended an approved NY state program for general equivalency diploma exam preparation, or was enrolled in an institution or educational unit of the state university during the 2010-2011 academic year.

Asm. Inez Barron [D]	Asm. William Boyland [D]	Asm. Kevin Cahill [D]	Asm. Ronald Canestrari [D]
Asm. William Colton [D]	Sen. Adriano Espaillat [D]	Asm. Herman Farrell [D]	Asm. Richard Gottfried [D]
Asm. Vito Lopez [D]	Asm. Nick Perry [D]	Asm. Naomi Rivera [D]	Asm. Linda Rosenthal [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2010-06-17		print number 5234a
2010-06-17		amend and recommit to higher education
2010-05-04		held for consideration in higher education
2010-01-06		referred to higher education
2009-02-11		referred to higher education

S08237 (Same As) 2010-06-17 - REFERRED TO RULES

Type	Source
Summary	https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=A05234&term=2009&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y
Text	https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=A05234&term=2009&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y#A05234A