Bill Text: NY S08237 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes the trustees of the state university of New York, the city university of New York and community colleges to provide state-aided programs, scholarships or other financial assistance to students who are without lawful immigration status or who are undocumented persons if such student attended an approved NY high school for two or more years, attended an approved NY state program for general equivalency diploma exam preparation, or was enrolled in an institution or educational unit of the state university during the 2010-2011 academic year.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-06-17 - REFERRED TO RULES [S08237 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-S08237-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         8237
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                     June 17, 2010
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  ESPADA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
       AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to  scholarship  opportu-
         nities  for  certain students of the state university of New York, the
         city university of New York and community colleges
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Paragraph h of subdivision 2 of section 355 of the educa-
    2  tion law is amended by adding a new subparagraph 10 to read as follows:
    3    (10) SUCH REGULATIONS SHALL FURTHER PROVIDE THAT ANY  STUDENT  WHO  IS
    4  WITHOUT  LAWFUL IMMIGRATION STATUS OR IS AN UNDOCUMENTED PERSON MAY HAVE
    5  THE PAYMENT OF TUITION AND OTHER FEES AND CHARGES REDUCED BY STATE-AIDED
    6  PROGRAMS, SCHOLARSHIPS OR OTHER FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AWARDED  UNDER  THE
    7  PROVISIONS  OF ARTICLES THIRTEEN, THIRTEEN-A, FOURTEEN AND FOURTEEN-A OF
    8  THIS CHAPTER, IF SUCH STUDENT:
    9    (I) IS OTHERWISE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE SUCH AWARD; AND
   10    (II) ATTENDED AN APPROVED NEW YORK HIGH SCHOOL FOR TWO OR MORE  YEARS,
   11  GRADUATED  FROM AN APPROVED NEW YORK HIGH SCHOOL AND APPLIED FOR ATTEND-
   12  ANCE AT AN INSTITUTION OR EDUCATIONAL UNIT OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY WITH-
   13  IN FIVE YEARS OF RECEIVING A NEW YORK STATE HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA; OR
   14    (III) ATTENDED AN APPROVED NEW YORK STATE PROGRAM FOR  GENERAL  EQUIV-
   15  ALENCY  DIPLOMA EXAM PREPARATION, RECEIVED A GENERAL EQUIVALENCY DIPLOMA
   16  ISSUED WITHIN NEW YORK STATE AND APPLIED FOR ATTENDANCE AT  AN  INSTITU-
   17  TION  OR  EDUCATIONAL  UNIT OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY WITHIN FIVE YEARS OF
   18  RECEIVING A GENERAL EQUIVALENCY DIPLOMA ISSUED WITHIN NEW YORK STATE; OR
   19    (IV) WAS ENROLLED IN AN INSTITUTION OR EDUCATIONAL UNIT OF  THE  STATE
   20  UNIVERSITY  IN THE FALL SEMESTER OR QUARTER OF THE TWO THOUSAND TEN--TWO
   21  THOUSAND ELEVEN ACADEMIC YEAR AND WAS AUTHORIZED BY SUCH INSTITUTION  OR
   22  EDUCATIONAL  UNIT  TO  PAY  TUITION  AT  THE  RATE OR CHARGE IMPOSED FOR
   23  STUDENTS WHO ARE RESIDENTS OF THE STATE.
   24    A STUDENT WITHOUT LAWFUL IMMIGRATION STATUS SHALL ALSO BE REQUIRED  TO
   25  FILE AN AFFIDAVIT WITH SUCH INSTITUTION OR EDUCATIONAL UNIT STATING THAT
   26  THE  STUDENT HAS FILED AN APPLICATION TO LEGALIZE HIS OR HER IMMIGRATION
   27  STATUS, OR WILL FILE SUCH AN APPLICATION AS SOON AS HE OR SHE IS  ELIGI-
   28  BLE TO DO SO.
   29    S  2. Subdivision 7 of section 6206 of the education law is amended by
   30  adding a new paragraph (d) to read as follows:
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD08399-04-0
       S. 8237                             2
    1    (D) THE TRUSTEES SHALL FURTHER PROVIDE THAT ANY STUDENT WHO IS WITHOUT
    2  LAWFUL IMMIGRATION STATUS OR IS AN  UNDOCUMENTED  PERSON  MAY  HAVE  THE
    3  PAYMENT  OF  TUITION  AND  OTHER FEES AND CHARGES REDUCED BY STATE-AIDED
    4  PROGRAMS, SCHOLARSHIPS OR OTHER FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AWARDED  UNDER  THE
    5  PROVISIONS  OF ARTICLES THIRTEEN, THIRTEEN-A, FOURTEEN AND FOURTEEN-A OF
    6  THIS CHAPTER, IF SUCH STUDENT:
    7    (I) IS OTHERWISE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE SUCH AWARD; AND
    8    (II) ATTENDED AN APPROVED NEW YORK HIGH SCHOOL FOR TWO OR MORE  YEARS,
    9  GRADUATED  FROM AN APPROVED NEW YORK HIGH SCHOOL AND APPLIED FOR ATTEND-
   10  ANCE AT AN INSTITUTION OR EDUCATIONAL UNIT OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY WITH-
   11  IN FIVE YEARS OF RECEIVING A NEW YORK STATE HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA; OR
   12    (III) ATTENDED AN APPROVED NEW YORK STATE PROGRAM FOR  GENERAL  EQUIV-
   13  ALENCY  DIPLOMA EXAM PREPARATION, RECEIVED A GENERAL EQUIVALENCY DIPLOMA
   14  ISSUED WITHIN NEW YORK STATE AND APPLIED FOR ATTENDANCE AT  AN  INSTITU-
   15  TION  OR  EDUCATIONAL  UNIT OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY WITHIN FIVE YEARS OF
   16  RECEIVING A GENERAL EQUIVALENCY DIPLOMA ISSUED WITHIN NEW YORK STATE; OR
   17    (IV) WAS ENROLLED IN AN INSTITUTION OR EDUCATIONAL UNIT OF  THE  STATE
   18  UNIVERSITY  IN THE FALL SEMESTER OR QUARTER OF THE TWO THOUSAND TEN--TWO
   19  THOUSAND ELEVEN ACADEMIC YEAR AND WAS AUTHORIZED BY SUCH INSTITUTION  OR
   20  EDUCATIONAL  UNIT  TO  PAY  TUITION  AT  THE  RATE OR CHARGE IMPOSED FOR
   21  STUDENTS WHO ARE RESIDENTS OF THE STATE.
   22    A STUDENT WITHOUT LAWFUL IMMIGRATION STATUS SHALL ALSO BE REQUIRED  TO
   23  FILE AN AFFIDAVIT WITH SUCH INSTITUTION OR EDUCATIONAL UNIT STATING THAT
   24  THE  STUDENT HAS FILED AN APPLICATION TO LEGALIZE HIS OR HER IMMIGRATION
   25  STATUS, OR WILL FILE SUCH AN APPLICATION AS SOON AS HE OR SHE IS  ELIGI-
   26  BLE TO DO SO.
   27    S  3.  Section  6305  of  the education law is amended by adding a new
   28  subdivision 8-a to read as follows:
   29    8-A. THE PAYMENT OF TUITION AND OTHER FEES AND CHARGES  OF  A  STUDENT
   30  WHO  IS  ATTENDING  A  COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND WHO IS WITHOUT LAWFUL IMMI-
   31  GRATION STATUS OR IS AN UNDOCUMENTED PERSON MAY BE REDUCED BY STATE-AID-
   32  ED PROGRAMS, SCHOLARSHIPS AND OTHER FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE  AWARDED  UNDER
   33  THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLES THIRTEEN, THIRTEEN-A, FOURTEEN AND FOURTEEN-A
   34  OF THIS CHAPTER, IF SUCH STUDENT:
   35    (I) IS OTHERWISE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE SUCH AWARD; AND
   36    (II)  ATTENDED AN APPROVED NEW YORK HIGH SCHOOL FOR TWO OR MORE YEARS,
   37  GRADUATED FROM AN APPROVED NEW YORK HIGH SCHOOL AND APPLIED FOR  ATTEND-
   38  ANCE AT AN INSTITUTION OR EDUCATIONAL UNIT OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY WITH-
   39  IN FIVE YEARS OF RECEIVING A NEW YORK STATE HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA; OR
   40    (III)  ATTENDED  AN APPROVED NEW YORK STATE PROGRAM FOR GENERAL EQUIV-
   41  ALENCY DIPLOMA EXAM PREPARATION, RECEIVED A GENERAL EQUIVALENCY  DIPLOMA
   42  ISSUED  WITHIN  NEW YORK STATE AND APPLIED FOR ATTENDANCE AT AN INSTITU-
   43  TION OR EDUCATIONAL UNIT OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY WITHIN  FIVE  YEARS  OF
   44  RECEIVING A GENERAL EQUIVALENCY DIPLOMA ISSUED WITHIN NEW YORK STATE; OR
   45    (IV)  WAS  ENROLLED IN AN INSTITUTION OR EDUCATIONAL UNIT OF THE STATE
   46  UNIVERSITY IN THE FALL SEMESTER OR QUARTER OF THE TWO THOUSAND  TEN--TWO
   47  THOUSAND  ELEVEN ACADEMIC YEAR AND WAS AUTHORIZED BY SUCH INSTITUTION OR
   48  EDUCATIONAL UNIT TO PAY TUITION  AT  THE  RATE  OR  CHARGE  IMPOSED  FOR
   49  STUDENTS WHO ARE RESIDENTS OF THE STATE.
   50    A  STUDENT WITHOUT LAWFUL IMMIGRATION STATUS SHALL ALSO BE REQUIRED TO
   51  FILE AN AFFIDAVIT WITH SUCH INSTITUTION OR EDUCATIONAL UNIT STATING THAT
   52  THE STUDENT HAS FILED AN APPLICATION TO LEGALIZE HIS OR HER  IMMIGRATION
   53  STATUS,  OR WILL FILE SUCH AN APPLICATION AS SOON AS HE OR SHE IS ELIGI-
   54  BLE TO DO SO.
   55    S 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 2011.