Bill Text: NY S07348 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Allows colleges and universities participating in the higher education opportunity program to spend program funds on certain expenses beneficial to students: student travel for academic activities or conferences; expenses related to helping students apply for and prepare for graduate or professional school; the hiring of students participating in an Arthur O. Eve opportunity for higher education work-study program.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2016-11-28 - SIGNED CHAP.494 [S07348 Detail]

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7348
                    IN SENATE
                                     April 20, 2016
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        Introduced  by  Sen. VALESKY -- 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  contracts  for  the
          Arthur O.  Eve opportunity for higher education
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 6451  of  the  education  law,  as
     2  amended  by  chapter  149  of  the  laws  of 1972, is amended to read as
     3  follows:
     4    3. Moneys made available to institutions through  contracts  shall  be
     5  spent only for the following purposes:
     6    a.  Special testing, counseling and guidance services in the course of
     7  screening potential enrollees;
     8    b. Remedial courses, developmental or compensatory courses and  summer
     9  classes for such students;
    10    c.  Special  tutoring,  counseling  and  guidance  services  for  such
    11  enrolled students;
    12    d. Any necessary supplemental financial assistance, which may  include
    13  the  cost of books and necessary maintenance for such enrolled students;
    14  provided, however, that such supplemental financial assistance shall  be
    15  furnished  pursuant to criteria promulgated by the commissioner with the
    16  approval of the director of the budget[.];
    17    e. Partial reimbursement for  tuition  for  regular  academic  courses
    18  pursuant to criteria promulgated by the commissioner of education[.];
    19    f. Student travel for academic activities or conferences;
    20    g.  Expenses  related  to  helping  students apply for and prepare for
    21  graduate or professional school;
    22    h. The hiring of students participating in work-study programs;
    23    i. The hiring of clerical support staff; and
    24    j. Professional development activities and travel for program staff.
    25    § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of July  next  succeeding
    26  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.
                                                                   LBD13633-01-6