Bill Text: NY S01889 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Increases the minimum tuition assistance program award and increases the tuition assistance program income threshold.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-1)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION [S01889 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S01889-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1889
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    January 17, 2019
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        Introduced by Sens. SKOUFIS, STAVISKY -- read twice and ordered printed,
          and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education
        AN ACT to amen the education law, in relation to  increasing the minimum
          tuition assistance program award and increasing the tuition assistance
          program income threshold
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Clause (D) of subparagraph (ii) of paragraph a of  subdivi-
     2  sion  3  of section 667 of the education law, as amended by section 1 of
     3  part B of chapter 60 of the laws of 2000, is amended to read as follows:
     4  (D) Eighteen thousand dollars or    Nine hundred eighty dollars
     5      more, but not more than         plus twelve per centum of
     6      [eighty] ninety-five            excess over eighteen
     7      thousand dollars                thousand dollars
     8    § 2. Subparagraph (vi) of paragraph a of subdivision 3 of section  667
     9  of the education law, as amended by section 1 of part B of chapter 60 of
    10  the laws of 2000, is amended to read as follows:
    11    (vi)  For  the  two thousand two--two thousand three academic year and
    12  thereafter, the award shall be the net amount of the base amount  deter-
    13  mined pursuant to subparagraph (i) of this paragraph reduced pursuant to
    14  subparagraph  (ii) or (iii) of this paragraph but the award shall not be
    15  reduced below [five hundred] seven hundred fifty dollars.
    16    § 3. This act shall take effect June 1, 2019.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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