Senate Bill S7713A

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to student refunds

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Higher Education Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2023-S7713 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8191
Current Committee:
Senate Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §665, Ed L

2023-S7713 - Summary

Relates to student refunds; provides that no student shall demand repayment of funds where the error was an inadvertent or administrative error on the part of the corporation or other state agency.

2023-S7713 - Sponsor Memo

2023-S7713 - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7713
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             October 18, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. STAVISKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT in relation to prohibiting the higher education  services  corpo-
   ration  from  revoking  or  seeking remittance of awards made in error
   during certain academic years  due  to  misclassification  of  certain
   students

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Notwithstanding section 662 of the education  law,  or  any
 other  law,  rule,  or  regulation to the contrary, the higher education
 services corporation shall not revoke or seek remittance for  any  award
 made  under  article  14  of  the  education  law  for  the  2020--2021,
 2021--2022, or 2022--2023 academic years,  where  such  award  was  made
 through  error due to the misclassification of a student who was granted
 exclusion of parental income with no dependent, as  a  student  who  was
 granted  exclusion  of parental income with a dependent, pursuant to the
 award schedule under section 667 of the education law.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13304-01-3

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2023-S7713A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8191
Current Committee:
Senate Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §665, Ed L

2023-S7713A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to student refunds; provides that no student shall demand repayment of funds where the error was an inadvertent or administrative error on the part of the corporation or other state agency.

2023-S7713A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S7713A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  7713--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             October 18, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sens. STAVISKY, FERNANDEZ -- read twice and ordered print-
   ed,  and  when  printed  to  be committed to the Committee on Rules --
   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 student refunds
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Paragraph a of subdivision 4 of section 665 of the educa-
 tion law, as added by chapter 195 of the laws of  1980,  is  amended  to
 read as follows:
   a.  Student  refunds.  If  a  student  receives payment as a result of
 administrative error by the institution or the corporation or a false or
 erroneous statement on [his] SUCH  STUDENT'S  application  or  financial
 form,  or  any  other  act  of omission or commission on the part of the
 student, [his] SUCH STUDENT'S spouse, or [his] SUCH  STUDENT'S  parents,
 such  that  the  recipient  would  otherwise have been considered by the
 president ineligible to receive such payment,  the  recipient  shall  be
 required  to  refund the improper payment to the state. PROVIDED THAT NO
 REPAYMENT SHALL BE DEMANDED OR OCCUR FROM A STUDENT, FORMER  STUDENT  OR
 INSTITUTION  WHERE  THE ERROR WAS AN INADVERTENT OR ADMINISTRATIVE ERROR
 ON THE PART OF THE CORPORATION OR OTHER STATE AGENCY.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and be deemed to have been
 in full force and effect for academic years beginning 2020--2021.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13304-02-4

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