Bill Text: NY A03887 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes and directs the commissioner of education to study and report on the effect the enhanced tuition award has on the growth rate and overall cost of tuition at New York's private institutions of higher learning over the next five years.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 18-2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - referred to higher education [A03887 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A03887-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          3887

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 28, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced   by   M.   of   A.   BYRNE,  BRABENEC,  DeSTEFANO,  DICKENS,
          J. M. GIGLIO, GOODELL, MANKTELOW, B. MILLER,  MORINELLO,  NORRIS,  RA,
          REILLY,  SALKA,  SAYEGH, SMULLEN, WALSH -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of
          A. BARCLAY, BYRNES, HAWLEY -- read once and referred to the  Committee
          on Higher Education

        AN  ACT  to  authorize and direct the commissioner of education to study
          and report on the effect the enhanced tuition award has on the  growth
          rate and overall cost of tuition at New York's private institutions of
          higher learning

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

     1    Section 1. The commissioner of  education  is  hereby  authorized  and
     2  directed to conduct a study to determine if the enhanced tuition award's
     3  requirement  that  recipient's  tuition rates be frozen by their college
     4  has an effect on non-recipient student's cost of  attending  college  in
     5  New York.
     6    § 2. The study shall include the collection and analysis of data on:
     7    (a)  tuition rates for all non-enhanced tuition award recipients as an
     8  aggregate;
     9    (b) tuition rates for in-state non-enhanced tuition award recipients;
    10    (c) tuition rates for out-of-state students;
    11    (d) increases of related costs of attending college, such as:
    12    (i) textbooks from school owned stores;
    13    (ii) meal plans;
    14    (iii) cost of living on campus;
    15    (iv) room and board;
    16    (v) extracurricular fees;
    17    (vi) student fees;
    18    (vii) overall average cost increases other than tuition; and
    19    (viii) any other fee or cost  associated  with  attending  college  or
    20  university; and

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD06273-01-1
        A. 3887                             2

     1    (e) tuition rate changes for all private colleges in New York state.
     2    §  3.  The data collected under section two of this act shall be gath-
     3  ered and studied over a 5 year timespan to ensure a  minimal  impact  of
     4  market  forces,  economic  shifts,  or any other major factor that would
     5  alter the cost of attending private colleges in New York.
     6    § 4. Not later than 6 years after the effective date of this act,  the
     7  commissioner  of education shall conclude this study and submit a report
     8  based on the study, including, but not limited to, any findings, results
     9  and recommendations, to each member of the legislature and the governor.
    10    § 5. This act shall take effect immediately.