Bill Text: NY S01920 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Relates to providing loan forgiveness for agriculture educators who provide didactic instruction to students about agriculture, food, and natural resources.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-22 - REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE [S01920 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S01920-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         1920--B
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    January 11, 2017
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        Introduced by Sens. RITCHIE, GALLIVAN, HELMING -- read twice and ordered
          printed,  and  when printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher
          Education -- reported favorably from said committee and  committed  to
          the  Committee  on  Finance  --  committee  discharged,  bill amended,
          ordered reprinted as amended and  recommitted  to  said  committee  --
          recommitted  to  the  Committee on Higher Education in accordance with
          Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill  amended,  ordered
          reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  education  law,  in  relation to providing loan
          forgiveness for agriculture educators
          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 679-j
     2  to read as follows:
     3    § 679-j. New York state agriculture educators loan forgiveness  incen-
     4  tive  program.  1.  Definition. The term "agriculture educator" means an
     5  instructor who provides didactic instruction to students about  agricul-
     6  ture,  food  and natural resources delivered through lessons in science,
     7  communications, leadership, management and technology.
     8    2. Purpose. The president shall grant student loan forgiveness  awards
     9  for the purpose of alleviating the burden of student loan debt for agri-
    10  culture  educators teaching in the field of agriculture education in New
    11  York state. Such awards shall be made on a competitive basis as  promul-
    12  gated  by  the corporation for such purposes, to applicants who meet the
    13  eligibility  criteria.  Such  rules  and   regulations   shall   include
    14  provisions  for  the  consideration  of  applicants who are economically
    15  disadvantaged.
    16    3. Eligibility. To be eligible for an award pursuant to this  section,
    17  applicants shall:
    18    (a)  have  graduated  and  obtained a degree from an approved New York
    19  state college or university;
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD07618-04-8
        S. 1920--B                          2
     1    (b) have an outstanding student loan debt from obtaining such degree;
     2    (c)  be employed as a full-time agriculture educator in New York state
     3  for at least two years;
     4    (d) reside in New York state for at least two years post graduation;
     5    (e) apply for this program within two years of college graduation; and
     6    (f) comply with subdivisions three and five  of  section  six  hundred
     7  sixty-one of this part.
     8    4.  Awards.  The  corporation  shall  grant such awards within amounts
     9  appropriated for such purposes and based on the availability of funds.
    10    § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
    11  have become a law.