Bill Text: NY S07654 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides that tuition for the state university of New York and the city university of New York shall not be increased for certain academic years.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-03-04 - PRINT NUMBER 7654A [S07654 Detail]

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          7654

                    IN SENATE

                                    February 4, 2020
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen. LAVALLE -- 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 providing that tuition
          for the state university of New York and the city  university  of  New
          York shall not be increased for certain academic years

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Clause (ii) of subparagraph 4 of paragraph h of subdivision
     2  2 of section 355 of the education law, as amended by section 1  of  part
     3  JJJ of chapter 59 of the laws of 2017, is amended to read as follows:
     4    (ii) Commencing with the two thousand seventeen--two thousand eighteen
     5  academic  year and ending in the two thousand twenty--two thousand twen-
     6  ty-one academic year the state university of New York board of  trustees
     7  shall  be  empowered  to  increase  the  resident  undergraduate rate of
     8  tuition by not more than two hundred dollars over  the  resident  under-
     9  graduate  rate  of tuition adopted by the board of trustees in the prior
    10  academic year, provided, however, that beginning in  academic  year  two
    11  thousand twenty--two thousand twenty-one and ending in academic year two
    12  thousand  twenty-four--two  thousand  twenty-five,  the  annual  rate of
    13  tuition shall not be increased, provided further, however, that  if  the
    14  annual resident undergraduate rate of tuition would exceed five thousand
    15  dollars,  then a tuition credit for each eligible student, as determined
    16  and calculated by the New York state higher  education  services  corpo-
    17  ration  pursuant  to  section  six  hundred eighty-nine-a of this title,
    18  shall be applied toward the tuition charged for each  semester,  quarter
    19  or term of study and such cost shall be provided to the state university
    20  of  New  York  through state general fund operating support. Tuition for
    21  each semester, quarter or term of study shall not be due for any student
    22  eligible to receive such tuition credit  until  the  tuition  credit  is
    23  calculated and applied against the tuition charged for the corresponding
    24  semester, quarter or term. [Provided, further that the revenue resulting
    25  from  an  increase  in  the  rate  of tuition shall be allocated to each
    26  campus pursuant to a plan approved by the board of trustees  to  support
    27  investments  in  new  classroom  faculty,  instruction,  initiatives  to

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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        S. 7654                             2

     1  improve student success and on-time completion and a tuition credit  for
     2  each eligible student.]
     3    §  2.  Subparagraph  (ii) of paragraph (a) if subdivision 7 of section
     4  6206 to the education law, as amended by section 2 of part JJJ of  chap-
     5  ter 59 of the laws of 2017, is amended to read as follows:
     6    (ii) Commencing with the two thousand seventeen--two thousand eighteen
     7  academic  year and ending in the two thousand twenty--two thousand twen-
     8  ty-one academic year the city university of New York board  of  trustees
     9  shall  be  empowered  to  increase  the  resident  undergraduate rate of
    10  tuition by not more than two hundred dollars over  the  resident  under-
    11  graduate  rate  of tuition adopted by the board of trustees in the prior
    12  academic year, provided however, that beginning  in  academic  year  two
    13  thousand twenty--two thousand twenty-one and ending in academic year two
    14  thousand  twenty-four--two  thousand  twenty-five,  the  annual  rate of
    15  tuition shall not be increased, provided further, however, that  if  the
    16  annual resident undergraduate rate of tuition would exceed five thousand
    17  dollars,  then a tuition credit for each eligible student, as determined
    18  and calculated by the New York state higher  education  services  corpo-
    19  ration  pursuant  to  section  six  hundred eighty-nine-a of this title,
    20  shall be applied toward the tuition charged for each  semester,  quarter
    21  or term of study and such cost shall be provided to the state university
    22  of  New  York through state general fund operating support.  Tuition for
    23  each semester, quarter or term of study shall not be due for any student
    24  eligible to receive such tuition credit  until  the  tuition  credit  is
    25  calculated and applied against the tuition charged for the corresponding
    26  semester, quarter or term. [Provided, further that the revenue resulting
    27  from  an  increase  in  the  rate  of tuition shall be allocated to each
    28  campus pursuant to a plan approved by the board of trustees  to  support
    29  investments  in  new  classroom  faculty,  instruction,  initiatives  to
    30  improve student success and on-time completion and a tuition credit  for
    31  each eligible student.]
    32    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, that:
    33    1.  the  amendments to clause (ii) of subparagraph 4 of paragraph h of
    34  subdivision 2 of section 355 of the education law made by section one of
    35  this act shall not affect the expiration of such subparagraph and  shall
    36  expire therewith; and
    37    2. the amendments to subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (a) of subdivision
    38  7  of  section 6206 of the education law made by section two of this act
    39  shall not affect the expiration of such paragraph and shall expire ther-
    40  ewith.