Bill Text: NY A04311 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended

New York Assembly Bill 4311 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Enacts the New York state DREAM ACT by creating the New York DREAM fund commission and amends eligibility requirements and conditions governing certain awards.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 78-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2016-06-06 - REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION [A04311 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A04311-Amended.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         4311--A
                                                                Cal. No. 176
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 30, 2015
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        Introduced  by  M. of A. MOYA, HEASTIE, GLICK, MORELLE, FARRELL, CRESPO,
          RODRIGUEZ, ORTIZ, AUBRY, GOTTFRIED, RAMOS, BRENNAN, O'DONNELL, LAVINE,
          QUART, KAVANAGH, THIELE, ROBINSON, BENEDETTO, ROSENTHAL, CLARK,  MILL-
          ER,  DenDEKKER,  ABINANTI, PAULIN, PERRY, JAFFEE, CAHILL, MOSLEY, KIM,
          WEPRIN,  SCHIMEL,  RIVERA,  ROZIC,  DINOWITZ,  SEPULVEDA,   SKARTADOS,
          ZEBROWSKI,  COLTON,  DAVILA,  FAHY,  ARROYO,  LINARES,  OTIS,  BARRON,
          BICHOTTE, BLAKE, BRINDISI, DILAN, GJONAJ, JEAN-PIERRE, JOYNER, PICHAR-
          DO, SEAWRIGHT, SIMON, TITUS, WALKER, WEINSTEIN, COOK, MAYER --  Multi-
          Sponsored  by -- M.  of A. BRAUNSTEIN, CYMBROWITZ, ENGLEBRIGHT, GALEF,
          HEVESI, HOOPER, LENTOL, LIFTON, MARKEY, NOLAN,  PEOPLES-STOKES,  PRET-
          LOW,  RUSSELL,  SIMOTAS,  SOLAGES,  STECK,  TITONE  --  read  once and
          referred to the Committee on Higher Education -- advanced to  a  third
          reading,  amended  and  ordered  reprinted, retaining its place on the
          order of third reading
        AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to creating the New  York
          DREAM fund commission; eligibility requirements and conditions govern-
          ing  general  awards,  academic  performance awards and student loans;
          eligibility requirements for assistance  under  the  higher  education
          opportunity  programs  and the collegiate science and technology entry
          program; financial aid opportunities for students of the state univer-
          sity of New York, the  city  university  of  New  York  and  community
          colleges;  and the program requirements for the New York state college
          choice tuition savings program; and to repeal subdivision 3 of section
          661 of such law relating thereto
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "New York
     2  state DREAM Act".
     3    § 2. The education law is amended by adding a new section 609 to  read
     4  as follows:
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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