Bill Text: NY A05881 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to tuition assistance program awards.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 23-3)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-02-16 - referred to higher education [A05881 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-A05881-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5881 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 16, 2017 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. LUPINACCI -- read once and referred to the Committee on Higher Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to tuition assistance program awards The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraph a of subdivision 3 of section 667 of the educa- 2 tion law, as amended by section 1 of part B of chapter 60 of the laws of 3 2000, item 1 of clause (A) of subparagraph (i) as amended by section 1 4 of part H of chapter 58 of the laws of 2011, the opening paragraph of 5 item 1 of clause (A) of subparagraph (i) as amended by section 2 of part 6 X of chapter 56 of the laws of 2014, subitem (a) of item 1 of clause (A) 7 of subparagraph (i) as amended by section 2 of part U of chapter 56 of 8 the laws of 2014, subitem (b) of item 1 of clause (A) of subparagraph 9 (i) as amended by section 3 of part U of chapter 56 of the laws of 2014, 10 subitem (c) of item 1 of clause (A) of subparagraph (i) as amended by 11 section 1 of part U of chapter 56 of the laws of 2014, subitem (d) of 12 item 1 of clause (A) of subparagraph (i) as added by section 1 of part E 13 of chapter 58 of the laws of 2011, item 2 of clause (A) of subparagraph 14 (i) as amended by section 2 of part H of chapter 58 of the laws of 2011 15 and subparagraph (iii) as amended by section 3 of part H of chapter 58 16 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows: 17 a. Amount. The president shall make awards to students enrolled in 18 degree-granting institutions or registered not-for-profit business 19 schools qualified for tax exemption under § 501(c)(3) of the internal 20 revenue code for federal income tax purposes in the following amounts: 21 (i) For each year of undergraduate study, assistance shall be provided 22 as computed on the basis of the amount which is the lesser of the 23 following: 24 (A) (1) In the case of students who have not been granted an exclusion 25 of parental income, who have qualified as an orphan, foster child, or EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD02997-01-7A. 5881 2 1 ward of the court for the purposes of federal student financial aid 2 programs authorized by Title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as 3 amended, or had a dependent for income tax purposes during the tax year 4 next preceding the academic year for which application is made, except 5 for those students who have been granted exclusion of parental income 6 who have a spouse but no other dependent: 7 (a) For students first receiving aid after nineteen hundred ninety- 8 three--nineteen hundred ninety-four and before two thousand--two thou- 9 sand one, four thousand two hundred ninety dollars; or 10 (b) For students first receiving aid in nineteen hundred ninety-three- 11 -nineteen hundred ninety-four or earlier, three thousand seven hundred 12 forty dollars; or 13 (c) For students first receiving aid in two thousand--two thousand one 14 and thereafter, five thousand dollars, except starting in two thousand 15 fourteen-two thousand fifteen and thereafter such students shall receive 16 five thousand one hundred sixty-five dollars; or 17 (d) For students first receiving aid in two thousand seventeen--two 18 thousand eighteen and thereafter, six thousand four hundred seventy 19 dollars; or 20 (e) For undergraduate students enrolled in a program of study at a 21 non-public degree-granting institution that does not offer a program of 22 study that leads to a baccalaureate degree, or at a registered not-for- 23 profit business school qualified for tax exemption under section 24 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code for federal income tax purposes 25 that does not offer a program of study that leads to a baccalaureate 26 degree, four thousand dollars. Provided, however, that this subitem 27 shall not apply to students enrolled in a program of study leading to a 28 certificate or degree in nursing. 29 (2) In the case of students receiving awards pursuant to subparagraph 30 (iii) of this paragraph and those students who have been granted exclu- 31 sion of parental income who have a spouse but no other dependent. 32 (a) For students receiving aid in two thousand seventeen--two thousand 33 eighteen and thereafter, six thousand four hundred seventy dollars, or 34 (b) For students first receiving aid in nineteen hundred ninety-four 35 --nineteen hundred ninety-five and nineteen hundred ninety-five--nine- 36 teen hundred ninety-six and thereafter, three thousand twenty-five 37 dollars, or 38 [(b)] (c) For students first receiving aid in nineteen hundred nine- 39 ty-two--nineteen hundred ninety-three and nineteen hundred ninety-three- 40 -nineteen hundred ninety-four, two thousand five hundred seventy-five 41 dollars, or 42 [(c)] (d) For students first receiving aid in nineteen hundred nine- 43 ty-one--nineteen hundred ninety-two or earlier, two thousand four 44 hundred fifty dollars; or 45 (B) (1) Ninety-five percent of the amount of tuition (exclusive of 46 educational fees) charged and, if applicable, the college fee levied by 47 the state university of New York pursuant to the April first, nineteen 48 hundred sixty-four financing agreement with the New York state dormitory 49 authority. 50 (2) For the two thousand one--two thousand two academic year and ther- 51 eafter one hundred percent of the amount of tuition (exclusive of educa- 52 tional fees) charged and, if applicable, the college fee levied by the 53 state university of New York pursuant to the April first, nineteen 54 hundred sixty-four financing agreement with the New York state dormitory 55 authority.A. 5881 3 1 (ii) Except for students as noted in subparagraph (iii) of this para- 2 graph, the base amount as determined from subparagraph (i) of this para- 3 graph, shall be reduced in relation to income as follows: 4 Amount of income Schedule of reduction 5 of base amount 6 (A) Less than [seven] eight None 7 thousand seven hundred 8 fifty dollars 9 (B) [Seven] Eight thousand Seven per centum of excess 10 seven hundred fifty over [seven] eight 11 dollars or more, but less than thousand seven hundred 12 [eleven] thirteen thousand fifty dollars 13 seven hundred fifty dollars 14 (C) [Eleven] Thirteen thousand [Two] Three 15 seven hundred fifty hundred [eighty] fifty 16 dollars or more, but less than dollars plus ten per centum of excess 17 [eighteen] twenty-two over [eleven] thirteen 18 thousand five hundred thousand seven hundred 19 dollars fifty dollars 20 (D) [Eighteen] Twenty-two [Nine] One thousand 21 thousand five hundred two hundred 22 dollars or more, but not more [eighty] twenty-five dollars 23 than [eighty] one plus twelve per centum of 24 hundred thousand dollars excess over [eighteen] 25 twenty-two thousand 26 five hundred dollars; 27 provided that dependent students whose parental income exceeds eighty 28 thousand dollars but not more than one hundred thousand dollars, or 29 students with a dependent and income in excess of eighty thousand 30 dollars, but not more than one hundred thousand dollars, shall only be 31 eligible for awards if he or she first receives an award beginning with 32 the two thousand seventeen--two thousand eighteen academic year. 33 (iii) (A) For students who have been granted exclusion of parental 34 income and were single with no dependent for income tax purposes during 35 the tax year next preceding the academic year for which application is 36 made, the base amount, as determined in subparagraph (i) of this para- 37 graph, shall be reduced in relation to income as follows: 38 Amount of income Schedule of reduction 39 of base amount 40 (1) Less than [three] ten thousand None 41 five hundred dollars 42 (2) [Three] Ten thousand Thirty-one per centum of 43 five hundred dollars or more, amount in excess of 44 but not more than [ten] [three] ten thousand 45 thirty-five thousand dollars five hundred 46 dollars; 47 provided that students with incomes in excess of ten thousand dollars 48 but not more than thirty-five thousand dollars, shall only be eligibleA. 5881 4 1 for awards if he or she first receives an award beginning with the two 2 thousand seventeen--two thousand eighteen academic year. 3 (B) For those students who have been granted exclusion of parental 4 income who have a spouse but no other dependent, for income tax purposes 5 during the tax year next preceding the academic year for which applica- 6 tion is made, the base amount, as determined in subparagraph (i) of this 7 paragraph, shall be reduced in relation to income as follows: 8 Amount of income Schedule of reduction 9 of base amount 10 (1) Less than [seven] eight None 11 thousand seven hundred fifty 12 dollars 13 (2) [Seven] Eight thousand Seven per centum of excess 14 seven hundred fifty over [seven] 15 dollars or more, but less than eight thousand 16 [eleven] thirteen seven hundred fifty 17 thousand seven hundred dollars 18 fifty dollars 19 (3) [Eleven] Thirteen [Two] Three 20 thousand seven hundred hundred [eighty] 21 fifty dollars or fifty dollars plus 22 more, but less than ten per centum of excess 23 [eighteen] twenty-two over [eleven] 24 thousand five hundred thirteen thousand 25 dollars seven hundred fifty dollars 26 (4) [Eighteen] Twenty-two [Nine] One 27 thousand five hundred thousand two 28 dollars or more, but not hundred [eighty] twenty-five 29 more than [forty] fifty dollars plus twelve per centum 30 thousand dollars of excess over [eighteen] twenty-two 31 thousand five hundred dollars; 32 provided that students with incomes in excess of forty thousand dollars 33 but not more than fifty thousand dollars, shall only be eligible for 34 awards if he or she first receives an award beginning with the two thou- 35 sand seventeen--two thousand eighteen academic year. 36 (iv) If the amount of reduction is not a whole dollar, it shall be 37 reduced to the next lowest whole dollar. In the case of any student who 38 has received four or more payments pursuant to any and all awards 39 provided for in this subdivision, for the two thousand--two thousand one 40 academic year the base amount shall be reduced by an additional one 41 hundred fifty dollars for the two thousand one--two thousand two academ- 42 ic year and thereafter the base amount shall be reduced by an additional 43 one hundred dollars. 44 (v) The award shall be the net amount of the base amount determined 45 pursuant to subparagraph (i) of this paragraph reduced pursuant to 46 subparagraph (ii) or (iii) of this paragraph but the award shall not be 47 reduced for the two thousand--two thousand one and two thousand one--two 48 thousand two academic years below two hundred seventy-five dollars if 49 the amount of income is eighty thousand dollars or less and more than 50 seventy thousand dollars, three hundred twenty-five dollars if the 51 amount of income is seventy thousand dollars or less and more than sixty 52 thousand dollars and four hundred twenty-five dollars if the amount of 53 income is sixty thousand dollars or less.A. 5881 5 1 (vi) For the two thousand two--two thousand three academic year and 2 thereafter, the award shall be the net amount of the base amount deter- 3 mined pursuant to subparagraph (i) of this paragraph reduced pursuant to 4 subparagraph (ii) or (iii) of this paragraph but the award shall not be 5 reduced below five hundred dollars. 6 § 2. This act shall take effect April 1, 2018, provided that the addi- 7 tion, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for 8 the implementation of this act on its effective date is authorized and 9 directed to be made and completed by the president of the higher educa- 10 tion services corporation on or before such effective date.
