Bill Text: NY A08340 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes a fee waiver for applications to SUNY and CUNY if a prospective student, either a high school senior, or a person completing a gap year, submits and completes the FAFSA form.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - referred to higher education [A08340 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A08340-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8340

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    December 13, 2023
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  CUNNINGHAM  -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Higher Education

        AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to fee waivers for appli-
          cations to the state university of New York and the city university of
          New York

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

     1    Section 1. Section 209-a of the education law, as added by chapter 926
     2  of the laws of 1968, is amended to read as follows:
     3    § 209-a.   Applications  for admission to college.  1. Notwithstanding
     4  any other provision of this chapter to the contrary, no  rule  or  regu-
     5  lation  shall  be  adopted by the school authorities, school officers or
     6  board of education of a school  district  which  limits  the  number  of
     7  requests  for the processing of college applications that may be submit-
     8  ted by the pupils in a secondary school under their or its jurisdiction.
     9  Nothing contained in this section  shall  prohibit  school  authorities,
    10  school officers or boards of education from establishing rules of proce-
    11  dure for the submission of such requests.
    12    2.  (a)  If  a pupil in the final year of high school or in a gap year
    13  completes and submits the  free  application  for  federal  student  aid
    14  (FAFSA), such pupil shall be awarded a fee waiver for application to the
    15  state university of New York.
    16    (b)  For  the  purposes of this subdivision, the term "gap year" shall
    17  mean the first year after high school graduation.
    18    3. The state university trustees shall adopt any rules and regulations
    19  necessary for the administration of this  section,  including,  but  not
    20  limited  to,  specifying  the  form and timelines for submitting the fee
    21  waiver for application.
    22    § 2. The education law is amended by adding a new  section  6303-b  to
    23  read as follows:

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13431-01-3
        A. 8340                             2

     1    § 6303-b. Fee waiver for application.  1. If a pupil in the final year
     2  of  high school or in a gap year completes and submits the free applica-
     3  tion for federal student aid (FAFSA), such pupil shall be awarded a  fee
     4  waiver for application to the city university of New York.
     5    2.  For  the  purposes of this section, the term "gap year" shall mean
     6  the first year after high school graduation.
     7    3. The state university trustees shall adopt any rules and regulations
     8  necessary for the administration of this  section,  including,  but  not
     9  limited  to,  specifying  the  form and timelines for submitting the fee
    10  waiver for application.
    11    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.