Bill Text: NY A04472 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to state aid for resident students; defines resident student and provides for annual apportionments to institutions based on the number of degrees conferred to certain medical, nursing and dentistry resident students.
Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-05-15 - reported referred to ways and means [A04472 Detail]
Download: New_York-2011-A04472-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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4472
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
February 3, 2011
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Introduced by M. of A. GLICK, PEOPLES-STOKES, MILLMAN -- Multi-Sponsored
by -- M. of A. CALHOUN, CASTRO, GIBSON, GOTTFRIED, O'DONNELL, SCAR-
BOROUGH -- read once and referred to the Committee on Higher Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to basing the state aid
to certain institutions of higher learning on the number of resident
students; and to repeal section 6403 of the education law relating
thereto
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. The opening paragraph of paragraph (b) of subdivision 2 and
2 subdivision 3 of section 6401 of the education law, the opening para-
3 graph of paragraph (b) of subdivision 2 as amended by chapter 717 of the
4 laws of 1981 and subdivision 3 as amended by chapter 507 of the laws of
5 2008, are amended and a new subdivision 6 is added to read as follows:
6 An institution of higher education located in this state, at least
7 one-half of the RESIDENT students of which are economically disadvan-
8 taged, and the course credits and degrees of which are offered by a
9 consortium of sponsoring colleges, each of which sponsoring colleges
10 satisfies the following requirements, shall qualify for state aid appor-
11 tionments pursuant to this section:
12 3. Degree awards. The amount of such annual apportionment to each
13 institution meeting the requirements of subdivision two of this section
14 shall be computed by multiplying by not to exceed six hundred dollars
15 the number of [earned] associate degrees EARNED BY RESIDENT STUDENTS, by
16 not to exceed one thousand five hundred dollars the number of [earned]
17 bachelor's degrees EARNED BY RESIDENT STUDENTS, by not to exceed nine
18 hundred fifty dollars the number of [earned] master's degrees EARNED BY
19 RESIDENT STUDENTS, and by not to exceed four thousand five hundred fifty
20 dollars the number of [earned] doctorate degrees EARNED BY RESIDENT
21 STUDENTS, conferred by such institution during the twelve-month period
22 next preceding the annual period for which such apportionment is made,
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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1 provided that there shall be excluded from any such computation the
2 number of degrees earned by students with respect to whom state aid
3 other than that established by this section or section sixty-four
4 hundred one-a of this article is granted directly to the institution,
5 and provided further that, except as otherwise provided in this subdivi-
6 sion, the amount apportioned for an associate degree shall be awarded
7 only to two year institutions qualifying under subdivision two of this
8 section. The regents shall promulgate rules defining and classifying
9 professional degrees for the purposes of this section. Institutions
10 qualifying for state aid pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (b) of
11 subdivision two of this section shall, for purposes of this subdivision,
12 be deemed to be the institutions which confer degrees. For purposes of
13 this subdivision, a two-year institution which has received authority to
14 confer bachelor degrees shall continue to be considered a two-year
15 institution until such time as it has actually begun to confer the bach-
16 elor's degree. Thereafter, notwithstanding any other provision of law to
17 the contrary, an institution which was formerly a two-year institution
18 for the purposes of this section and which was granted authority by the
19 regents to confer bachelor degrees, (a) such authority having been
20 granted after the first day of June, nineteen hundred ninety-three, but
21 before the first day of July, nineteen hundred ninety-three, or (b) such
22 authority having been granted after the first day of May, two thousand
23 five, but before the first day of June, two thousand five, may elect to
24 continue to receive awards for earned associate degrees. Should such
25 institution so elect, it shall not be eligible during the time of such
26 election to receive awards for earned bachelor's degrees.
27 6. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS ARTICLE, THE TERM "RESIDENT STUDENT" SHALL
28 MEAN ANY STUDENT WHO QUALIFIES AS A RESIDENT UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF
29 PARAGRAPH B OF SUBDIVISION FIVE OF SECTION SIX HUNDRED SIXTY-ONE OF THIS
30 CHAPTER.
31 S 2. Paragraphs (a) and (b) of subdivision 3 of section 6401-a of the
32 education law, as added by section 1 of part E-4 of chapter 57 of the
33 laws of 2007, are amended to read as follows:
34 (a) Two hundred fifty dollars per RESIDENT student enrolled in an
35 earned degree program in nursing at a two year degree granting institu-
36 tion;
37 (b) Five hundred dollars per RESIDENT student enrolled in an earned
38 degree program in nursing at a four year degree granting institution.
39 S 3. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 and subdivision 2 of section 6402
40 of the education law, paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 as amended by chap-
41 ter 439 of the laws of 1988 and subdivision 2 as amended by chapter 85
42 of the laws of 1984, are amended to read as follows:
43 (a) Two thousand one hundred fifty dollars shall be apportioned for
44 each full-time RESIDENT student enrolled.
45 2. The commissioner shall apportion each year to each non-public
46 institution of higher education offering an approved program in dentis-
47 try the sum of fifty-eight hundred dollars for each full-time RESIDENT
48 student enrolled, except that aid distributed under this program shall
49 not exceed a sum based upon a total enrollment of eight hundred thirty-
50 five RESIDENT students at New York University and two hundred forty
51 RESIDENT students at Columbia University.
52 S 4. Section 6403 of the education law is REPEALED.
53 S 5. Severability clause. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivi-
54 sion, section or part of this act shall be adjudged by any court of
55 competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment shall not affect,
56 impair, or invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in
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1 its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, section
2 or part thereof directly involved in the controversy in which such
3 judgement shall have been rendered. It is hereby declared to be the
4 intent of the legislature that this act would have been enacted even if
5 such invalid provisions had not been included herein.
6 S 6. This act shall take effect immediately.
