Bill Text: NY A07888 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Directs the New York state higher education services corporation to conduct an audit of the excelsior scholarship program to determine the financial need and diversity of scholarship applicants and recipients; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2024-01-03 - referred to higher education [A07888 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A07888-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7888

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                      July 19, 2023
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  CUNNINGHAM  -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Higher Education

        AN ACT directing the New York state  higher  education  services  corpo-
          ration  to  conduct an audit of the excelsior scholarship program; and
          providing for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration there-
          of

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

     1    Section 1. For the purposes of this section, the following terms shall
     2  have the following meanings:
     3    (a)  "Corporation"  shall  mean  the  New  York state higher education
     4  services corporation.
     5    (b) "Adjusted gross income" shall  mean  the  total  of  the  combined
     6  adjusted  gross  income  of the applicant and the applicant's parents or
     7  the applicant and the applicant's spouse, if married.
     8    (c) "Qualifying year" shall mean the adjusted gross income as reported
     9  on the federal income tax return, or as otherwise obtained by the corpo-
    10  ration, for the calendar year coinciding with the tax  year  established
    11  by  the  U.S.  department of education to qualify applicants for federal
    12  student financial aid programs authorized by  Title  IV  of  the  Higher
    13  Education Act of 1965, as amended, for the school year in which applica-
    14  tion for assistance is made.
    15    §  2. The corporation shall conduct an audit of the excelsior scholar-
    16  ship program, as established by section 669-h of the education law. Such
    17  audit shall include, but not be limited to:
    18    (a) the adjusted gross income for the qualifying year  of  scholarship
    19  applicants and recipients, respectively; and
    20    (b)  the  diversity  of scholarship applicants and recipients, respec-
    21  tively, including statistics on race and ethnicity, LGBTQ+ status, coun-
    22  try of origin, and disability status.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11846-01-3
        A. 7888                             2

     1    § 3. Such corporation shall make a  report  of  the  findings  of  its
     2  audit,  including  any  recommendations for legislative action as it may
     3  deem necessary or appropriate. Such report shall  be  delivered  to  the
     4  governor,  the temporary president of the senate, and the speaker of the
     5  assembly no later than one year after the effective date of this act.
     6    §  4.  This  act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
     7  deemed repealed two years after such effective date.