Bill Text: NY A04283 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Expands eligibility in the New York state part-time scholarship program to certain students.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to higher education [A04283 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A04283-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4283
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    February 4, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by M. of A. WALLACE -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Higher Education
        AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to  the  New  York  state
          part-time scholarship program
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Section 667-c-1 of the education law, as added by section 1
     2  of part KKK of chapter 59 of the laws of 2017, is  amended  to  read  as
     3  follows:
     4    §  667-c-1.  New York state part-time scholarship (PTS) award program.
     5  1.  The New York state part-time  scholarship  (PTS)  award  program  is
     6  hereby  established  for  the purpose of providing scholarship awards to
     7  students who attend a [community college at the state university of  New
     8  York  (SUNY)  or  the city University of New York (CUNY)] New York state
     9  public institution of higher education on a part-time basis.
    10    2. To be eligible, an applicant must meet the qualifications of subdi-
    11  visions three and five of section six hundred sixty-one of this article,
    12  enroll in at least six but less then twelve credit hours at a  [SUNY  or
    13  CUNY  community  college]  New  York  state public institution of higher
    14  education in the 2017-2018 academic year, or thereafter, and maintain  a
    15  grade point average of 2.0.
    16    3.  a. Such awards shall be made to eligible applicants in the follow-
    17  ing priority:
    18    (i) first, to applicants who have received payment of an award  pursu-
    19  ant  to  this section in a prior year and remain in good academic stand-
    20  ing; and
    21    (ii) second, to applicants in descending order based on financial need
    22  as determined by the corporation and; provided that awards made shall be
    23  proportionate to the total applications received for  students  accepted
    24  for  undergraduate study at SUNY and CUNY respectively. Provided, howev-
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  er, in the program's first year, first priority shall be  in  accordance
     2  with this subparagraph.
     3    b.  In  the  event  that  there  are more applicants who have the same
     4  priority than there are  remaining  scholarships,  the  president  shall
     5  distribute  the  remaining  number  of  such  scholarships by means of a
     6  lottery or other form of random selection.
     7    4. Within amounts appropriated therefor,  the  president  shall  grant
     8  awards  to  eligible  applicants  to  cover the cost of [six] up to nine
     9  credit hours per semester at a SUNY or CUNY community college,  provided
    10  however,  that no such award shall exceed [fifteen hundred] two thousand
    11  two hundred fifty dollars per semester.
    12    5. PTS awards shall be granted pursuant to this section  for  no  more
    13  than  four  consecutive  academic semesters pursuant to future appropri-
    14  ations for the continuation of this program.
    15    6. The corporation is authorized to promulgate rules and  regulations,
    16  and  may promulgate emergency regulations, necessary for the implementa-
    17  tion of the provisions of this section.
    18    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.