Bill Text: NY S01224 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Extends the duration of tuition assistance awards to five years.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION [S01224 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S01224-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         1224
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                    January 9, 2015
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       Introduced  by Sen. CARLUCCI -- 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  the  duration  of
         tuition assistance awards
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Section 604 of the education law is amended by adding a new
    2  subdivision 1-a to read as follows:
    3    1-A. TUITION ASSISTANCE AWARDS PROVIDED FOR IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS
    4  SECTION SHALL BE AVAILABLE TO STUDENTS ENROLLED IN APPROVED PROGRAMS FOR
    5  FIVE ACADEMIC YEARS IN THE AGGREGATE.
    6    S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of July  next  succeeding
    7  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.
                                                                  LBD00406-01-5