Bill Text: NY A09628 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Clarifies that enhanced tuition awards are for attendance at private degree granting institutions of higher education.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 18-8)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-26 - referred to ways and means [A09628 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-A09628-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 9628 IN ASSEMBLY January 26, 2018 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. PICHARDO -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Ways and Means AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the enhanced tuition awards The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraphs a and d of subdivision 1 of section 667-d of the 2 education law, as added by section 1 of part III of chapter 59 of the 3 laws of 2017, are amended to read as follows: 4 a. Establishment. Enhanced tuition awards are available for students 5 who are enrolled in approved programs in private [not-for-profit] degree 6 granting institutions of higher education except those institutions set 7 forth in paragraph b of subdivision four of section six hundred sixty- 8 one of this part and who demonstrate the ability to complete such cours- 9 es, in accordance with standards established by the commissioner; 10 provided, that, no award shall exceed one hundred percent of the amount 11 of tuition charged. 12 d. Credit requirements. An award shall be made to an applicant who: 13 (i) if enrolled in (A) a private degree granting institution of higher 14 education prior to application, has completed at least thirty combined 15 credits per year following the student's start date, or its equivalent, 16 applicable to his or her program or programs of study or (B) a public 17 degree granting institution of higher education prior to application, 18 has completed at least thirty combined credits per year following the 19 student's start date, or its equivalent, applicable to his or her 20 program or programs of study and which were accepted upon transfer to a 21 private degree granting institution of higher education; (ii) enrolls in 22 at least twelve credits per semester and completes at least thirty 23 combined credits per year following the student's start date, or its 24 equivalent, applicable to his or her program or programs of study except 25 in limited circumstances as prescribed by the corporation in regulation. 26 Notwithstanding, in the student's last semester, the student may take at 27 least one course needed to meet his or her graduation requirements and 28 enroll in and complete at least twelve credit hours or its equivalent. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD11336-01-7A. 9628 2 1 For students who are disabled as defined by the Americans With Disabili- 2 ties Act of 1990, 42 USC 12101, the corporation shall prescribe rules 3 and regulations that allow applicants who are disabled to be eligible 4 for an award pursuant to this section based on modified criteria. 5 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.