Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jan 06, 2010 |
referred to higher education |
Sep 03, 2009 |
referred to rules |
Senate Bill S6155
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Higher Education Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2009-S6155 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A9890
- Current Committee:
- Senate Higher Education
- Law Section:
- Education Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd ยง663, Ed L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2011-2012:
S184, A3497
2013-2014: A6297
2009-S6155 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S6155 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the education law, in relation to eliminating the use of certain pensions in the determination of the amount of student financial aid PURPOSE : To eliminate the use of income from pensions of New York state, local governments and the federal government from the calculation of income for the purposes of financial aid. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : Section 1 eliminates income from pension of New York state, local governments and the federal government from the equation when determining TAP awards. JUSTIFICATION : Children of public service employees who have retired should not be penalized when determining TAP award criteria when children from other pensions plans are not. BILL HISTORY : New Bill.
2009-S6155 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6155 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E September 3, 2009 ___________ Introduced by Sen. MAZIARZ -- 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 eliminating the use of certain pensions in the determination of the amount of student finan- cial aid THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 663 of the education law, as amended by section 1 of part F of chapter 57 of the laws of 2009, is amended to read as follows: 1. Income defined. Except as otherwise provided in this section, "income" shall be the total of the combined net taxable income [and income from pensions of New York state, local governments and the feder- al government] of the applicant, the applicant's spouse, and the appli- cant's parents as reported in New York state income tax returns for the calendar year next preceding the beginning of the school year for which application for assistance is made, except that any amount received by an applicant as a scholarship at an educational institution or as a fellowship grant, including the value of contributed services and accom- modations, shall not be included within the definition of "income" for the purposes of this article. The term "parent" shall include birth parents, stepparents, adoptive parents and the spouse of an adoptive parent. Income, if not a whole dollar amount, shall be assumed to be equal to the next lowest whole dollar amount. Any change in the status of an applicant with regard to the persons responsible for the appli- cant's support occurring after the beginning of any semester shall not be considered to change the applicant's award for that semester. S 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD14641-01-9
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