Bill Text: NY S03232 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Establishes tuition awards for members of the reserved armed forces of the United States; eligibility for such tuition benefit shall be determined by the education services offices of the division of military and naval affairs; restricts such tuition benefit to legal residents of the state; establishes a tuition award account.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-15 - PRINT NUMBER 3232A [S03232 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S03232-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         3232--A
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    February 3, 2015
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by Sens. ORTT, FUNKE, YOUNG -- read twice and ordered print-
          ed, and when printed to be committed to  the  Committee  on  Veterans,
          Homeland Security and Military Affairs -- recommitted to the Committee
          on Veterans, Homeland Security and Military Affairs 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 and the state finance law, in relation
          to tuition awards for active members of the reserve  armed  forces  of
          the United States and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon
          expiration thereof
          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-h
     2  to read as follows:
     3    § 669-h. Tuition awards for members of the reserve armed forces of the
     4  United States.  1. The division of military and naval affairs is author-
     5  ized,  within  amounts appropriated or otherwise lawfully available from
     6  any other source, to establish a tuition award program.
     7    2. As used in this section, the term:
     8    a. "Active member" shall mean a member of  a  branch  of  the  reserve
     9  armed forces of the United States who meets the minimum requirements for
    10  satisfactory  active  membership  as set forth in the regulations of the
    11  United States departments of the army, coast guard, navy and air  force,
    12  as applicable.
    13    b.  "Degree  producing  curriculum"  shall  mean  a  series of courses
    14  programmed to culminate in a specific post-secondary degree  or  diploma
    15  when successfully completed.
    16    c. "Tuition" shall mean the total semester, quarter, or classroom hour
    17  cost  of  instruction  to  the  student as periodically published in the
    18  catalogue of the institution,  specifically  excluding  mandatory  fees,
    19  book charges, and room and board.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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