Bill Text: NY S00871 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Establishes the community college merit and mobility scholarship for the purpose of granting merit based scholarships to students who attend a New York state community college; provides for eligibility and awards.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION [S00871 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-S00871-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 871 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 6, 2023 ___________ 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 establishing the community college merit and mobility scholarship 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 669-i 2 to read as follows: 3 § 669-i. The community college merit and mobility scholarship. 1. 4 Purpose. The community college merit and mobility scholarship is hereby 5 established for the purpose of granting merit based scholarships to 6 students who attend a New York state community college. 7 2. Eligibility. To be eligible for such awards, an applicant must have 8 graduated from a New York state high school within the top twenty 9 percent of his or her high school class and achieve the following: 10 a. remain in good academic standing, and 11 b. maintain a grade point average of 3.3 or above. 12 3. Awards. One thousand scholarships shall be awarded in the two thou- 13 sand twenty-three--two thousand twenty-four academic year, and thereaft- 14 er. The annual scholarship shall be awarded to eligible applicants in 15 the amount of one thousand dollars per year for not more than two 16 academic years. The maximum scholarship award shall not exceed two thou- 17 sand dollars. The president shall promulgate rules and regulations 18 necessary to make such scholarship available on an annual basis to full- 19 time recipients or per credit basis to part-time recipients. Part-time 20 students shall not be impacted by the two-year academic year award limi- 21 tation. Up to one thousand scholarships may be granted to new recipients 22 annually. The receipt of such scholarships shall not affect tuition 23 assistance eligibility. In no event shall the amount of the annual 24 award exceed the recipient's cost of attendance at the institution 25 attended. Cost of attendance shall mean tuition, required fees, labora- EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD03709-01-3S. 871 2 1 tory and other instruction related to expenses, books, transportation, 2 and room and board. 3 4. Priority. In the event that there are more applicants who have the 4 same priority than there are remaining scholarships, the president shall 5 distribute the remaining number of such scholarships by means of a 6 lottery or other form of random selection. 7 5. Rules. The corporation is authorized to promulgate rules and regu- 8 lations, and may promulgate emergency regulations, for the necessary 9 implementation of the provisions of this section. 10 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after 11 it shall have become a law.
