Bill Text: NY A02075 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides that part-time enrolled students shall be eligible for world trade center memorial scholarships and memorial scholarships for children, spouses and financial dependents of deceased firefighters, volunteer firefighters, police officers, peace officers, and emergency medical service workers.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - referred to higher education [A02075 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A02075-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          2075

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 23, 2023
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        Introduced  by M. of A. STERN -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Higher Education

        AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation  to  world  trade  center
          memorial  scholarships and memorial scholarships for children, spouses
          and financial dependents of  deceased  firefighters,  volunteer  fire-
          fighters,  police  officers,  peace  officers,  and  emergency medical
          service workers

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

     1    Section  1.  Subdivision  2  of section 668-b of the education law, as
     2  amended by chapter 176 of the laws  of  2002,  is  amended  to  read  as
     3  follows:
     4    2.  Notwithstanding  the provisions of subdivision four of section six
     5  hundred sixty-one of this part, students otherwise eligible may  receive
     6  an  award  under this section for part-time attendance as defined by the
     7  commissioner.
     8    3. Awards under this section shall be payable for  each  of  not  more
     9  than  four  academic years of undergraduate study or five academic years
    10  if a program normally requires five years, as defined by the commission-
    11  er pursuant to article thirteen of this title;  provided,  however  that
    12  such  period  shall  be  extended for recipients who attend part-time as
    13  defined by the commissioner.
    14    § 2. Subdivision 3 of section 668-d of the education law, as added  by
    15  chapter 176 of the laws of 2002, is amended to read as follows:
    16    3.  Part-time attendance.   Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivi-
    17  sion four of section six hundred sixty-one of this part, students other-
    18  wise eligible may receive an award  under  this  section  for  part-time
    19  attendance as defined by the commissioner.
    20    4.  Duration.  Awards  under this section shall be payable for each of
    21  not more than four academic years of undergraduate study or five academ-
    22  ic years if a program normally requires five years, as  defined  by  the

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  commissioner  pursuant  to  article  thirteen  of  this title; provided,
     2  however that such period shall be extended  for  recipients  who  attend
     3  part-time as defined by the commissioner.
     4    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.