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STUDY NORMALLY REQUIRING FIVE YEARS. AN UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT ENROLLED
IN AN ELIGIBLE TWO YEAR PROGRAM OF STUDY APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER
SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR NO MORE THAN THREE ACADEMIC YEARS OF STUDY.
3. STUDENT TUITION RELIEF INITIATIVE FOR VALUED EDUCATION AWARDS. A.
THE PRESIDENT SHALL MAKE AWARDS TO STUDENTS ENROLLED IN DEGREE-GRANTING
INSTITUTIONS OR REGISTERED NOT-FOR-PROFIT BUSINESS SCHOOLS QUALIFIED FOR
TAX EXEMPTION UNDER SECTION 501(C)(3) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE FOR
FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES IN THE AMOUNTS SET FORTH IN THIS SUBDIVI-
SION.
B. FOR EACH YEAR OF UNDERGRADUATE STUDY, ASSISTANCE SHALL BE PROVIDED
AS COMPUTED ON THE BASIS OF THE FOLLOWING: FOR STUDENTS WITH AN ANNUAL
STUDENT INCOME EQUAL TO OR LESS THAN ONE HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS,
THE AWARD SHALL BE IN THE AMOUNT OF ANNUAL TUITION (INCLUSIVE OF EDUCA-
TIONAL FEES) AT THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AND SHALL BE REDUCED BY
THE AMOUNT OF AWARDS FROM ANY FEDERAL AND STATE STUDENT AID PROGRAM, AS
DEFINED IN THIS ARTICLE.
4. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AMOUNT OF TOTAL FEDERAL AND STATE AID THAT IS
RECEIVED BY THE APPLICANT DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR EXCEED THE COST OF
ANNUAL TUITION (INCLUSIVE OF TUITION AND FEES) AND, IF APPLICABLE, THE
COLLEGE FEE LEVIED BY THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK PURSUANT TO THE
APRIL FIRST, NINETEEN HUNDRED SIXTY-FOUR FINANCING AGREEMENT WITH THE
NEW YORK STATE DORMITORY AUTHORITY.
5. INSTITUTIONAL PARTICIPATION. A PARTICIPATING INSTITUTION MUST BE
LOCATED IN NEW YORK STATE. IF THE TOTAL FEDERAL AND STATE AID THAT IS
RECEIVED BY AN APPLICANT DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR DOES NOT EXCEED THE
ANNUAL COST OF TUITION (INCLUSIVE OF TUITION AND FEES), THE PARTICIPAT-
ING INSTITUTION MUST PROVIDE AID TO THE STUDENT IN AN AMOUNT EQUIVALENT
TO THE STUDENT TUITION RELIEF INITIATIVE FOR VALUED EDUCATION AWARD.
6. CONVERSION TO STUDENT LOAN. THE CORPORATION SHALL CONVERT TO A
STUDENT LOAN THE FULL AMOUNT OF THE AWARD GIVEN PURSUANT TO THIS
SECTION, PLUS INTEREST, ACCORDING TO A SCHEDULE TO BE DETERMINED BY THE
CORPORATION IF THE APPLICANT DOES NOT RESIDE IN NEW YORK STATE FOR AT
LEAST FIVE YEARS AFTER THE LAST AWARD HAS BEEN ADMINISTERED TO THE
APPLICANT IF FIVE YEARS AFTER THE COMPLETION OF THE DEGREE PROGRAM IT IS
FOUND THAT THE APPLICANT IS NOT EMPLOYED AFTER USING DUE DILIGENCE TO
FIND EMPLOYMENT, ABSENT OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES, TO BE DETERMINED BY THE
CORPORATION, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, FULL TIME ATTENDANCE IN A
PROGRAM OF STUDY APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER OR SERVING IN ACTIVE DUTY
IN THE UNITED STATES MILITARY.
S 2. The education law is amended by adding a new section 669-f to
read as follows:
S 669-F. ENHANCED STUDENT TUITION RELIEF INITIATIVE FOR VALUED EDUCA-
TION AWARDS. 1. RECIPIENT QUALIFICATIONS. A. STUDENT TUITION RELIEF
INITIATIVE FOR VALUED EDUCATION AWARDS ARE AVAILABLE FOR ALL STUDENTS
WITH AN ANNUAL STUDENT INCOME, AS DEFINED IN THIS ARTICLE, OF LESS THAN
ONE HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS; AND
B. WHO MAINTAIN A MINIMUM GRADE POINT AVERAGE OF 2.0 AFTER THE FIRST
AND SECOND ACADEMIC YEARS AND A MINIMUM GRADE POINT AVERAGE OF 2.5 AFTER
THE THIRD AND FOURTH ACADEMIC YEARS, IF APPLICABLE; AND
C. WHO COMPLETE A MINIMUM OF TWENTY HOURS OF COMMUNITY SERVICE PER
ACADEMIC YEAR AND CERTIFY WITH THE INSTITUTION AT WHICH THE RECIPIENT IS
ATTENDING; AND
D. WHO ARE ENROLLED IN APPROVED PROGRAMS AND WHO DEMONSTRATE THE ABIL-
ITY TO COMPLETE SUCH COURSES, IN ACCORDANCE WITH STANDARDS ESTABLISHED
BY THE COMMISSIONER AND RULES AND REGULATIONS PROMULGATED BY THE PRESI-
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DENT, PROVIDED THAT NO AWARD CAN EXCEED TWELVE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED
DOLLARS.
2. DURATION. NO UNDERGRADUATE SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR MORE THAN FOUR
ACADEMIC YEARS OF STUDY, OR FIVE ACADEMIC YEARS IF THE PROGRAM OF STUDY
NORMALLY REQUIRES FIVE YEARS. STUDENTS ENROLLED IN A PROGRAM OF REMEDIAL
STUDY, APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER IN AN INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCA-
TION AND INTENDED TO CULMINATE IN A DEGREE IN UNDERGRADUATE STUDY SHALL,
FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, BE CONSIDERED AS ENROLLED IN A PROGRAM OF
STUDY NORMALLY REQUIRING FIVE YEARS. AN UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT ENROLLED
IN AN ELIGIBLE TWO YEAR PROGRAM OF STUDY APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER
SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR NO MORE THAN THREE ACADEMIC YEARS OF STUDY.
3. ENHANCED STUDENT TUITION RELIEF INITIATIVE FOR VALUED EDUCATION
AWARDS. A. THE PRESIDENT SHALL MAKE AWARDS TO STUDENTS ENROLLED IN
DEGREE-GRANTING INSTITUTIONS OR REGISTERED NOT-FOR-PROFIT BUSINESS
SCHOOLS QUALIFIED FOR TAX EXEMPTION UNDER SECTION 501(C)(3) OF THE
INTERNAL REVENUE CODE FOR FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES IN THE AMOUNTS SET
FORTH IN THIS SUBDIVISION.
B. FOR EACH YEAR OF UNDERGRADUATE STUDY, ASSISTANCE SHALL BE PROVIDED
AS COMPUTED ON THE BASIS OF THE FOLLOWING:
(I) FOR STUDENTS WITH AN ANNUAL STUDENT INCOME EQUAL TO OR LESS THAN
ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS, THE AWARD SHALL BE IN THE
AMOUNT OF TEN PERCENT OF THE ANNUAL STUDENT INCOME AND SHALL BE REDUCED
BY THE AMOUNT OF AWARDS FROM ANY FEDERAL STUDENT AID PROGRAM, AS DEFINED
IN THIS ARTICLE, AND AWARDS FROM THE TUITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, AS
DEFINED IN THIS ARTICLE. IF THE TOTAL OF ALL FEDERAL AND STATE AID DOES
NOT EQUAL THE ANNUAL TUITION (INCLUSIVE OF EDUCATIONAL FEES) AT THE
STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, THE AMOUNT OF THE STUDENT TUITION RELIEF
INITIATIVE FOR VALUED EDUCATION AWARD WILL BE INCREASED SO THAT THE
TOTAL OF FEDERAL AND STATE AID IS EQUIVALENT TO THE AMOUNT OF ANNUAL
TUITION (INCLUSIVE OF EDUCATIONAL FEES) AT THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW
YORK.
(II) FOR STUDENTS WITH AN ANNUAL INCOME GREATER THAN ONE HUNDRED TWEN-
TY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS, THE AWARD SHALL BE TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND
DOLLARS REDUCED BY TEN PERCENT OF THE ANNUAL STUDENT INCOME.
4. STUDENT CONTRIBUTION FOR COST OF TUITION; LIMITATION. A. THE FAMILY
AND STUDENT CONTRIBUTION FOR THE COST OF TUITION AND EDUCATIONAL FEES
AFTER ANY FEDERAL STUDENT AID PROGRAM, AS DEFINED IN THIS ARTICLE,
TUITION ASSISTANCE AWARDS, AND STUDENT TUITION RELIEF INITIATIVE FOR
VALUED EDUCATION HAVE BEEN AWARDED SHALL NOT EXCEED TEN PERCENT OF THE
STUDENT ANNUAL INCOME.
B. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AMOUNT OF TOTAL FEDERAL AND STATE AID THAT IS
RECEIVED BY THE APPLICANT DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR EXCEED THE COST OF
ANNUAL TUITION (INCLUSIVE OF TUITION AND FEES) AND, IF APPLICABLE, THE
COLLEGE FEE LEVIED BY THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK PURSUANT TO THE
APRIL FIRST, NINETEEN HUNDRED SIXTY-FOUR FINANCING AGREEMENT WITH THE
NEW YORK STATE DORMITORY AUTHORITY.
5. INSTITUTIONAL PARTICIPATION. A PARTICIPATING INSTITUTION MUST BE
LOCATED IN NEW YORK STATE AND ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE HIGHER
EDUCATION SERVICES CORPORATION TO ENSURE THAT THE STUDENT CONTRIBUTION
FOR ANNUAL TUITION AND FEES FOR ANY APPLICANT RECEIVING AN ENHANCED
STUDENT TUITION RELIEF INITIATIVE FOR VALUED EDUCATION AWARD IS NOT MORE
THAN TEN PERCENT OF THE STUDENT NET ANNUAL INCOME.
6. CONVERSION TO STUDENT LOAN. THE CORPORATION SHALL CONVERT TO A
STUDENT LOAN THE FULL AMOUNT OF THE AWARD GIVEN PURSUANT TO THIS
SECTION, PLUS INTEREST, ACCORDING TO A SCHEDULE TO BE DETERMINED BY THE
CORPORATION IF THE APPLICANT DOES NOT RESIDE IN NEW YORK STATE FOR AT
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LEAST FIVE YEARS AFTER THE LAST AWARD HAS BEEN ADMINISTERED TO THE
APPLICANT IF FIVE YEARS AFTER THE COMPLETION OF THE DEGREE PROGRAM IT IS
FOUND THAT THE APPLICANT IS NOT EMPLOYED AFTER USING DUE DILIGENCE TO
FIND EMPLOYMENT, ABSENT OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES, TO BE DETERMINED BY THE
CORPORATION, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, FULL TIME ATTENDANCE IN A
PROGRAM OF STUDY APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER OR SERVING ACTIVE DUTY IN
THE UNITED STATES MILITARY.
S 3. Paragraph 3 of subsection (e) of section 697 of the tax law, as
separately amended by section 1 of part M of chapter 57 and section 45-f
of part C of chapter 58 of the laws of 2008, is amended to read as
follows:
(3) Nothing herein shall be construed to prohibit the department, its
officers or employees from furnishing information to the office of
temporary and disability assistance relating to the payment of the cred-
it for certain household and dependent care services necessary for gain-
ful employment under subsection (c) of section six hundred six of this
article and the earned income credit under subsection (d) of section six
hundred six of this article, or pursuant to a local law enacted by a
city having a population of one million or more pursuant to subsection
(f) of section thirteen hundred ten of this chapter, only to the extent
necessary to calculate qualified state expenditures under paragraph
seven of subdivision (a) of section four hundred nine of the federal
social security act or to document the proper expenditure of federal
temporary assistance for needy families funds under section four hundred
three of such act. The office of temporary and disability assistance may
redisclose such information to the United States department of health
and human services only to the extent necessary to calculate such quali-
fied state expenditures or to document the proper expenditure of such
federal temporary assistance for needy families funds. Nothing herein
shall be construed to prohibit the delivery by the commissioner to a
commissioner of jurors, appointed pursuant to section five hundred four
of the judiciary law, or, in counties within cities having a population
of one million or more, to the county clerk of such county, of a mailing
list of individuals to whom income tax forms are mailed by the commis-
sioner for the sole purpose of compiling a list of prospective jurors as
provided in article sixteen of the judiciary law. Provided, however,
such delivery shall only be made pursuant to an order of the chief
administrator of the courts, appointed pursuant to section two hundred
ten of the judiciary law. No such order may be issued unless such chief
administrator is satisfied that such mailing list is needed to compile a
proper list of prospective jurors for the county for which such order is
sought and that, in view of the responsibilities imposed by the various
laws of the state on the department, it is reasonable to require the
commissioner to furnish such list. Such order shall provide that such
list shall be used for the sole purpose of compiling a list of prospec-
tive jurors and that such commissioner of jurors, or such county clerk,
shall take all necessary steps to insure that the list is kept confiden-
tial and that there is no unauthorized use or disclosure of such list.
Furthermore, nothing herein shall be construed to prohibit the delivery
to a taxpayer or his or her duly authorized representative of a certi-
fied copy of any return or report filed in connection with his or her
tax or to prohibit the publication of statistics so classified as to
prevent the identification of particular reports or returns and the
items thereof, or the inspection by the attorney general or other legal
representatives of the state of the report or return of any taxpayer or
of any employer filed under section one hundred seventy-one-h of this
S. 2551 5
chapter, where such taxpayer or employer shall bring action to set aside
or review the tax based thereon, or against whom an action or proceeding
under this chapter or under this chapter and article eighteen of the
labor law has been recommended by the commissioner, the commissioner of
labor with respect to unemployment insurance matters, or the attorney
general or has been instituted, or the inspection of the reports or
returns required under this article by the comptroller or duly desig-
nated officer or employee of the state department of audit and control,
for purposes of the audit of a refund of any tax paid by a taxpayer
under this article, or the furnishing to the state department of labor
of unemployment insurance information obtained or derived from quarterly
combined withholding, wage reporting and unemployment insurance returns
required to be filed by employers pursuant to paragraph four of
subsection (a) of section six hundred seventy-four of this article, for
purposes of administration of such department's unemployment insurance
program, employment services program, federal and state employment and
training programs, employment statistics and labor market information
programs, worker protection programs, federal programs for which the
department has administrative responsibility or for other purposes
deemed appropriate by the commissioner of labor consistent with the
provisions of the labor law, and redisclosure of such information in
accordance with the provisions of sections five hundred thirty-six and
five hundred thirty-seven of the labor law or any other applicable law,
or the furnishing to the state office of temporary and disability
assistance of information obtained or derived from New York state
personal income tax returns as described in paragraph (b) of subdivision
two of section one hundred seventy-one-g of this chapter for the purpose
of reviewing support orders enforced pursuant to title six-A of article
three of the social services law to aid in the determination of whether
such orders should be adjusted, or the furnishing of information
obtained from the reports required to be submitted by employers regard-
ing newly hired or re-hired employees pursuant to section one hundred
seventy-one-h of this chapter to the state office of temporary and disa-
bility assistance, the state department of health, the state department
of labor and the workers' compensation board for purposes of adminis-
tration of the child support enforcement program, verification of indi-
viduals' eligibility for one or more of the programs specified in
subsection (b) of section eleven hundred thirty-seven of the federal
social security act and for other public assistance programs authorized
by state law, and administration of the state's employment security and
workers' compensation programs, and to the national directory of new
hires established pursuant to section four hundred fifty-three-A of the
federal social security act for the purposes specified in such section,
or the furnishing to the state office of temporary and disability
assistance of the amount of an overpayment of income tax and interest
thereon certified to the comptroller to be credited against past-due
support pursuant to section one hundred seventy-one-c of this chapter
and of the name and social security number of the taxpayer who made such
overpayment, or the disclosing to the commissioner of finance of the
city of New York, pursuant to section one hundred seventy-one-l of this
chapter, of the amount of an overpayment and interest thereon certified
to the comptroller to be credited against a city of New York tax warrant
judgment debt and of the name and social security number of the taxpayer
who made such overpayment, or the furnishing to the New York state high-
er education services corporation of the amount of an overpayment of
income tax and interest thereon certified to the comptroller to be cred-
S. 2551 6
ited against the amount of a default in repayment of any education loan
debt, including judgments, owed to the federal or New York state govern-
ment that is being collected by the New York state higher education
services corporation, and of the name and social security number of the
taxpayer who made such overpayment, or the furnishing to the state
department of health of the information required by paragraph (f) of
subdivision two and subdivision two-a of section [two thousand five]
TWENTY-FIVE hundred eleven of the public health law and by subdivision
eight of section three hundred sixty-six-a and paragraphs (b) and (d) of
subdivision two of section three hundred sixty-nine-ee of the social
services law, or the furnishing to the state university of New York or
the city university of New York respectively or the attorney general on
behalf of such state or city university the amount of an overpayment of
income tax and interest thereon certified to the comptroller to be cred-
ited against the amount of a default in repayment of a state university
loan pursuant to section one hundred seventy-one-e of this chapter and
of the name and social security number of the taxpayer who made such
overpayment, or the disclosing to a state agency, pursuant to section
one hundred seventy-one-f of this chapter, of the amount of an overpay-
ment and interest thereon certified to the comptroller to be credited
against a past-due legally enforceable debt owed to such agency and of
the name and social security number of the taxpayer who made such over-
payment, or the furnishing of employee and employer information obtained
through the wage reporting system, pursuant to section one hundred
seventy-one-a of this chapter, as added by chapter five hundred forty-
five of the laws of nineteen hundred seventy-eight, to the state office
of temporary and disability assistance, the department of health or to
the state office of the medicaid inspector general for the purpose of
verifying eligibility for and entitlement to amounts of benefits under
the social services law or similar law of another jurisdiction, locating
absent parents or other persons legally responsible for the support of
applicants for or recipients of public assistance and care under the
social services law and persons legally responsible for the support of a
recipient of services under section one hundred eleven-g of the social
services law and, in appropriate cases, establishing support obligations
pursuant to the social services law and the family court act or similar
provision of law of another jurisdiction for the purpose of evaluating
the effect on earnings of participation in employment, training or other
programs designed to promote self-sufficiency authorized pursuant to the
social services law by current recipients of public assistance and care
and by former applicants and recipients of public assistance and care,
(except that with regard to former recipients, information which relates
to a particular former recipient shall be provided with client identify-
ing data deleted), and to the state department of labor, or other indi-
viduals designated by the commissioner of labor, for the purpose of the
administration of such department's unemployment insurance program,
employment services program, federal and state employment and training
programs, employment statistics and labor market information programs,
worker protection programs, federal programs for which the department
has administrative responsibility or for other purposes deemed appropri-
ate by the commissioner of labor consistent with the provisions of the
labor law, and redisclosure of such information in accordance with the
provisions of sections five hundred thirty-six and five hundred thirty-
seven of the labor law, or the furnishing of information, which is
obtained from the wage reporting system operated pursuant to section one
hundred seventy-one-a of this chapter, as added by chapter five hundred
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forty-five of the laws of nineteen hundred seventy-eight, to the state
office of temporary and disability assistance so that it may furnish
such information to public agencies of other jurisdictions with which
the state office of temporary and disability assistance has an agreement
pursuant to paragraph (h) or (i) of subdivision three of section twenty
of the social services law, and to the state office of temporary and
disability assistance for the purpose of fulfilling obligations and
responsibilities otherwise incumbent upon the state department of labor,
under section one hundred twenty-four of the federal family support act
of nineteen hundred eighty-eight, by giving the federal parent locator
service, maintained by the federal department of health and human
services, prompt access to such information as required by such act, or
to the state department of health to verify eligibility under the child
health insurance plan pursuant to subdivisions two and two-a of section
[two thousand five] TWENTY-FIVE hundred eleven of the public health law,
to verify eligibility under the medical assistance and family health
plus programs pursuant to subdivision eight of section three hundred
sixty-six-a and paragraphs (b) and (d) of subdivision two of section
three hundred sixty-nine-ee of the social services law, and to verify
eligibility for the program for elderly pharmaceutical insurance cover-
age under title three of article two of the elder law, or to the office
of vocational and educational services for individuals with disabilities
of the education department, the commission for the blind and visually
handicapped and any other state vocational rehabilitation agency, for
purposes of obtaining reimbursement from the federal social security
administration for expenditures made by such office, commission or agen-
cy on behalf of disabled individuals who have achieved economic self-
sufficiency or TO THE HIGHER EDUCATION SERVICES CORPORATION FOR THE
ADMINISTRATION OF THE STUDENT TUITION RELIEF INITIATIVE FOR VALUED
EDUCATION PROGRAM AND THE ENHANCED STUDENT TUITION RELIEF INITIATIVE FOR
VALUED EDUCATION FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONVERTING AWARDS TO LOANS PURSUANT
TO SUBDIVISION SIX OF SECTION SIX HUNDRED SIXTY-NINE-E OF THE EDUCATION
LAW OR to the higher education services corporation for the purpose of
assisting the corporation in default prevention and default collection
of education loan debt, including judgments, owed to the federal or New
York state government; provided, however, that such information shall be
limited to the names, social security numbers, home and/or business
addresses, and employer names of defaulted or delinquent student loan
borrowers.
Provided, however, that with respect to employee information the
office of temporary and disability assistance shall only be furnished
with the names, social security account numbers and gross wages of those
employees who are (A) applicants for or recipients of benefits under the
social services law, or similar provision of law of another jurisdiction
(pursuant to an agreement under subdivision three of section twenty of
the social services law) or, (B) absent parents or other persons legally
responsible for the support of applicants for or recipients of public
assistance and care under the social services law or similar provision
of law of another jurisdiction (pursuant to an agreement under subdivi-
sion three of section twenty of the social services law), or (C) persons
legally responsible for the support of a recipient of services under
section one hundred eleven-g of the social services law or similar
provision of law of another jurisdiction (pursuant to an agreement under
subdivision three of section twenty of the social services law), or (D)
employees about whom wage reporting system information is being
furnished to public agencies of other jurisdictions, with which the
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state office of temporary and disability assistance has an agreement
pursuant to paragraph (h) or (i) of subdivision three of section twenty
of the social services law, or (E) employees about whom wage reporting
system information is being furnished to the federal parent locator
service, maintained by the federal department of health and human
services, for the purpose of enabling the state office of temporary and
disability assistance to fulfill obligations and responsibilities other-
wise incumbent upon the state department of labor, under section one
hundred twenty-four of the federal family support act of nineteen
hundred eighty-eight, and, only if, the office of temporary and disabil-
ity assistance certifies to the commissioner that such persons are such
applicants, recipients, absent parents or persons legally responsible
for support or persons about whom information has been requested by a
public agency of another jurisdiction or by the federal parent locator
service and further certifies that in the case of information requested
under agreements with other jurisdictions entered into pursuant to
subdivision three of section twenty of the social services law, that
such request is in compliance with any applicable federal law. Provided,
further, that where the office of temporary and disability assistance
requests employee information for the purpose of evaluating the effects
on earnings of participation in employment, training or other programs
designed to promote self-sufficiency authorized pursuant to the social
services law, the office of temporary and disability assistance shall
only be furnished with the quarterly gross wages (excluding any refer-
ence to the name, social security number or any other information which
could be used to identify any employee or the name or identification
number of any employer) paid to employees who are former applicants for
or recipients of public assistance and care and who are so certified to
the commissioner by the commissioner of the office of temporary and
disability assistance. Provided, further, that with respect to employee
information, the department of health shall only be furnished with the
information required pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (f) of
subdivision two and subdivision two-a of section [two thousand five]
TWENTY-FIVE hundred eleven of the public health law and subdivision
eight of section three hundred sixty-six-a and paragraphs (b) and (d) of
subdivision two of section three hundred sixty-nine-ee of the social
services law, with respect to those individuals whose eligibility under
the child health insurance plan, medical assistance program, and family
health plus program is to be determined pursuant to such provisions and
with respect to those members of any such individual's household whose
income affects such individual's eligibility and who are so certified to
the commissioner or by the department of health. Provided, further, that
wage reporting information shall be furnished to the office of voca-
tional and educational services for individuals with disabilities of the
education department, the commission for the blind and visually hand-
icapped and any other state vocational rehabilitation agency only if
such office, commission or agency, as applicable, certifies to the
commissioner that such information is necessary to obtain reimbursement
from the federal social security administration for expenditures made on
behalf of disabled individuals who have achieved self-sufficiency.
Reports and returns shall be preserved for three years and thereafter
until the commissioner orders them to be destroyed.
S 4. Paragraph c of subdivision 1 of section 664 of the education law,
as added by section 2 of part C of chapter 60 of the laws of 2000, is
amended to read as follows:
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c. A person may receive concurrently a tuition assistance award, A
STUDENT TUITION RELIEF INITIATIVE FOR VALUED EDUCATION AWARD, AN
ENHANCED STUDENT TUITION RELIEF INITIATIVE FOR VALUED EDUCATION AWARD
and a scholarship for academic achievement pursuant to subdivision eigh-
teen of section three hundred fifty-five of this chapter.
S 5. The opening paragraph of paragraph d of subdivision 3 of section
667 of the education law, as added by chapter 83 of the laws of 1995, is
amended to read as follows:
In no [even shall] EVENT shall any award:
S 6. Section 92-ee of the state finance law, as added by section 1 of
part LL of chapter 57 of the laws of 2008, is amended to read as
follows:
S 92-ee. New York state higher education endowment. There is hereby
established in the custody of the comptroller a fund to be known as the
New York state higher education endowment. Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, all of the assets and income of the endowment shall be
held and invested by the comptroller as trustee of such endowment,
except such income as may be allocated or distributed by the comptroller
pursuant to appropriation. The endowment shall consist of amounts trans-
ferred into such endowment, and any other amounts as may be deposited in
the endowment from other public or private sources. Amounts transferred
to or deposited into the endowment shall be dedicated to the city
university of New York [and], the state university of New York, and THE
STUDENT TUITION RELIEF INITIATIVE FOR VALUED EDUCATION AWARDS AS DEFINED
IN SECTION SIX HUNDRED SIXTY-NINE-E OF THE EDUCATION LAW AND THE
ENHANCED STUDENT TUITION RELIEF INITIATIVE FOR VALUED EDUCATION AWARDS
AS DEFINED IN SECTION SIX HUNDRED SIXTY-NINE-F OF THE EDUCATION LAW, AND
shall be used for no other purpose and distributions from the endowment
shall be used to supplement, rather than supplant, appropriations from
the state in support of the city university of New York [and], the state
university of New York, AND THE STUDENT TUITION RELIEF INITIATIVE FOR
VALUED EDUCATION AWARDS AS DEFINED IN SECTION SIX HUNDRED SIXTY-NINE-E
OF THE EDUCATION LAW AND THE ENHANCED STUDENT TUITION RELIEF INITIATIVE
FOR VALUED EDUCATION AWARDS AS DEFINED IN SECTION SIX HUNDRED
SIXTY-NINE-F OF THE EDUCATION LAW. The full amount of the principal of
the endowment shall be preserved and annual payments shall be made from
the investment earnings of the endowment in support of the city univer-
sity of New York and the state university of New York, THE STUDENT
TUITION RELIEF INITIATIVE FOR VALUED EDUCATION AWARDS AS DEFINED IN
SECTION SIX HUNDRED SIXTY-NINE-E OF THE EDUCATION LAW AND THE ENHANCED
STUDENT TUITION RELIEF INITIATIVE FOR VALUED EDUCATION AWARDS AS DEFINED
IN SECTION SIX HUNDRED SIXTY-NINE-F OF THE EDUCATION LAW, to provide
funding for purposes including, but not limited to, employment of addi-
tional full-time faculty members, student financial aid to improve
access, grants for research and development, and for additional higher
education purposes as may be authorized.
S 7. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010 for students entering the
first academic year of study at a higher education institution, and July
1, 2011 for students entering the first and second academic years of
study at a higher education institution, and July 1, 2012 for students
entering the first, second, and third academic years of study at a high-
er education institution, and July 1, 2013 for all students.
