Bill Text: NY S00314 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Grants in-state tuition for community college for individuals who have received letters of acceptance to the military.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION [S00314 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S00314-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           314
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                       (Prefiled)
                                     January 9, 2019
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  ORTT  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education
        AN ACT to amend the education law, in  relation  to  providing  in-state
          tuition for community college for certain members of the military
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Subdivision 8 of section 6305  of  the  education  law,  as
     2  amended  by  section  3 of part B of chapter 328 of the laws of 2014, is
     3  amended to read as follows:
     4    8. Part-time and out-of-state students shall be charged  such  tuition
     5  and  fees  as  may  be  approved  by  the state university trustees. Any
     6  student attending a community college who is a member or the  spouse  or
     7  the  dependent  of  a member of the armed forces of the United States on
     8  full-time active duty and stationed in this state, or who have  received
     9  letters of acceptance to the military, whether or not a resident of this
    10  state,  shall  be  charged the tuition rate for residents as approved by
    11  the state university trustees. Any student attending a community college
    12  in accordance with the federal GI  bills  and  in  compliance  with  all
    13  applicable  eligibility  requirements thereof, whether or not a resident
    14  of this state, shall be  charged  the  tuition  rate  for  residents  as
    15  approved by the state university trustees.
    16    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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