Bill Text: NY S00258 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Requires that no scholarship, grant or award offered by a state university of New York college shall, as a condition of eligibility, require that the student reside on campus in campus housing.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-13 - PRINT NUMBER 258A [S00258 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S00258-Amended.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        258--A
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 5, 2011
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       Introduced  by  Sen. MAZIARZ -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education -- recom-
         mitted to the Committee on Higher Education in accordance with  Senate
         Rule  6,  sec.  8  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
         reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
       AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to prohibiting on  campus
         residency as a requirement for scholarships, grants and awards offered
         by the state 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. The education law is amended by adding a new section 141 to
    2  read as follows:
    3    S 141. SCHOLARSHIPS, GRANTS AND AWARDS; CAMPUS  RESIDENCY  REQUIREMENT
    4  PROHIBITED.  1.  NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, NO SCHOLAR-
    5  SHIP, GRANT, AWARD OR ANY OTHER FORM OF TUITION  ASSISTANCE  OFFERED  BY
    6  ANY  COLLEGE  OF  THE  UNIVERSITY, SHALL, AS A CONDITION OF ELIGIBILITY,
    7  REQUIRE THAT THE STUDENT RECEIVING SUCH  SCHOLARSHIP,  GRANT,  AWARD  OR
    8  ASSISTANCE  RESIDE ON CAMPUS IN CAMPUS HOUSING, EXCEPT WHERE SUCH SCHOL-
    9  ARSHIP, GRANT,  AWARD  OR  ASSISTANCE  IS  SPECIFICALLY  DESIGNATED  FOR
   10  ON-CAMPUS HOUSING OR BOARD.
   11    2.  NOTHING IN THIS SECTION SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO PROHIBIT ANY COLLEGE
   12  OF THE UNIVERSITY FROM REQUIRING THAT A STUDENT BE  A  RESIDENT  OF  THE
   13  STATE  OF  NEW  YORK  IN  ORDER TO BE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE A SCHOLARSHIP,
   14  GRANT, AWARD OR ANY OTHER FORM OF TUITION ASSISTANCE.
   15    S 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2012.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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