Bill Text: NY A00709 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Establishes a Haitian Earthquake victims survivor college scholarship program for persons and children and spouses of persons injured in the January twelfth, two thousand ten earthquake in Haiti.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - referred to higher education [A00709 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-A00709-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 709 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 9, 2017 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. PERRY -- read once and referred to the Committee on Higher Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to establishing a Haitian Earthquake victims survivor college scholarship program for children and spouses of persons injured in the January twelfth, two thousand ten earthquake in Haiti 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 609-a 2 to read as follows: 3 § 609-a. Haitian earthquake victims survivor college scholarship. 1. 4 Notwithstanding subdivisions three and five of section six hundred 5 sixty-one of this title, children and spouses of innocent victims who 6 have died or have been severely and permanently disabled, or those inno- 7 cent victims who have become severely and permanently disabled as a 8 direct result of an injury sustained on the island nation of Haiti due 9 to the January twelfth, two thousand ten earthquake, or the aftershocks 10 of the earthquake, occurring on that island nation, shall be eligible to 11 receive a scholarship in an annual amount determined pursuant to subdi- 12 vision two of section six hundred sixty-eight-h of this title. 13 2. Awards under this section shall be payable for each of not more 14 than four academic years of undergraduate study or five academic years 15 if a program normally requires five years, as defined by the commission- 16 er pursuant to this article. 17 § 2. The education law is amended by adding a new section 668-h to 18 read as follows: 19 § 668-h. Haitian earthquake victims survivor college scholarship 20 program. 1. Eligible groups. Notwithstanding subdivisions three and 21 five of section six hundred sixty-one of this part, children and spouses 22 of innocent victims who have died or have been severely and permanently 23 disabled, or those innocent victims who have become severely and perma- EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD06424-01-7A. 709 2 1 nently disabled as a direct result of an injury sustained on the island 2 nation of Haiti in the impact area of the January twelfth, two thousand 3 ten earthquake occurring on that island nation, shall be eligible to 4 receive a memorial scholarship as provided in this section. 5 2. Amount. The president shall grant up to ten annual scholarships to 6 recipients attending an institution of the city university of New York 7 or an institution of the state university of New York other than the 8 statutory colleges at Cornell, the college of environmental science and 9 forestry at Syracuse and the college of ceramics at Alfred, in an amount 10 equal to the sum of the tuition charged at such institution provided 11 that, notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the tuition 12 charged to award recipients shall not exceed that charged to state resi- 13 dent students attending such institution and the mandatory fees charged 14 at such institution; provided, however, that the scholarship shall not 15 exceed an amount that is equal to the total cost of attendance deter- 16 mined for federal Title IV student financial aid purposes, less all 17 other scholarships and grants provided by New York state, other states, 18 the federal government, or other governments, and the amount of educa- 19 tional benefits paid under any program that would duplicate the purposes 20 of this program, provided that any scholarships or grants provided to a 21 recipient by the institution which are intended to fund any portion of 22 the difference between the annual state award and the actual costs of 23 attendance at any such institution shall not be considered to duplicate 24 the purposes of this program. In no event shall the combination of all 25 student financial aid received by a student exceed a recipient's total 26 cost of attendance at the institution being attended. 27 3. Duration. Awards under this section shall be payable for each of 28 not more than four academic years of undergraduate study or five academ- 29 ic years if a program normally requires five years, as defined by the 30 commissioner pursuant to article thirteen of this title. 31 § 3. Section 604 of the education law is amended by adding a new 32 subdivision 13 to read as follows: 33 13. Haitian earthquake victims survivor college scholarship. 34 § 4. Subdivision 5 of section 601 of the education law, as amended by 35 chapter 305 of the laws of 2008, is amended to read as follows: 36 5. "Children" as referenced in subdivision four of section six hundred 37 four and sections six hundred eight, six hundred eight-a, six hundred 38 sixty-eight-a, six hundred sixty-eight-b, six hundred sixty-eight-d 39 [and], six hundred sixty-eight-e and six hundred sixty-eight-h of this 40 title shall mean: (a) birth children, adopted children, stepchildren who 41 survive an individual, or children for whom an individual was a legal 42 guardian, and (b) other children related by blood, adoption or marriage 43 to an individual for whom such individual had assumed and was exercising 44 custody and care as of the date of such individual's death. 45 § 5. This act shall take effect immediately and shall be deemed to 46 have been in full force and effect on and after February 1, 2018, and 47 shall be applicable for awards made for the 2018-2019 academic year and 48 all subsequent academic years.
