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Jan 04, 2012 |
referred to higher education |
Jan 25, 2011 |
referred to higher education |
Assembly Bill A3497
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
GABRYSZAK
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly 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
2011-A3497 (ACTIVE) - Details
2011-A3497 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 3497 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 25, 2011 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. GABRYSZAK -- read once and referred to the Committee on Higher Education 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. LBD01179-01-1
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