Bill Text: NY S00615 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

---

Bill Title: Relates to tuition assistance program award determinations for institutions and schools not offering a baccalaureate degree; provides the same award as institutions and schools offering a baccalaureate degree.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION [S00615 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S00615-Introduced.html

---

                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
                                           615
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                       (Prefiled)
                                     January 9, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced by Sens. BOYLE, BROOKS -- 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 tuition assistance
          program award determinations for certain institutions and schools
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1. Subitem (d) of item 1 of clause (A) of subparagraph (i) of
     2  paragraph (a) of subdivision 3 of section 667 of the education  law,  as
     3  added  by  section  1  of  part  E of chapter 58 of the laws of 2011, is
     4  amended to read as follows:
     5    (d) For undergraduate students enrolled in a program  of  study  at  a
     6  non-public degree-granting institution [that does not offer a program of
     7  study],  regardless  of  whether  that institution offers a program that
     8  leads to a baccalaureate degree, or at a registered not-for-profit busi-
     9  ness school qualified for tax exemption under section 501(c)(3)  of  the
    10  internal  revenue  code  for  federal income tax purposes [that does not
    11  offer a program of study], regardless of whether that  school  offers  a
    12  program that leads to a baccalaureate degree, [four thousand] five thou-
    13  sand one hundred sixty-five dollars. [Provided, however, that this subi-
    14  tem  shall  not apply to students enrolled in a program of study leading
    15  to a certificate or degree in nursing.]
    16    § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of July  next  succeeding
    17  the date on which it shall have become a law.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD04335-01-9