Assembly Bill A5913

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Extends the duration of tuition assistance awards to five years

download bill text pdf

Sponsored By

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly 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

Do you support this bill?

Please enter your contact information

Home address is used to determine the senate district in which you reside. Your support or opposition to this bill is then shared immediately with the senator who represents you.

Optional services from the NY State Senate:

Create an account. An account allows you to officially support or oppose key legislation, sign petitions with a single click, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.

Include a custom message for your Senator? (Optional)

Enter a message to your senator. Many New Yorkers use this to share the reasoning behind their support or opposition to the bill. Others might share a personal anecdote about how the bill would affect them or people they care about.
Actions

co-Sponsors

multi-Sponsors

2011-A5913 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง604, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A647
2013-2014: A2502
2015-2016: A265
2017-2018: A1227

2011-A5913 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Extends the duration of tuition assistance awards to five years.

2011-A5913 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  5913

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              March 2, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  KAVANAGH,  BENEDETTO, CAHILL, CLARK, COLTON,
  JAFFEE, PEOPLES-STOKES, PERRY, N. RIVERA -- Multi-Sponsored by  --  M.
  of  A.  COOK,  DESTITO, GOTTFRIED, GUNTHER, HEASTIE, MAGEE, MAYERSOHN,
  McENENY, MILLMAN, MOLINARO, PHEFFER,  J. RIVERA,  SWEENEY,  WRIGHT  --
  read once and referred to the Committee on Higher Education

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  education  law,  in relation to the duration of
  tuition assistance awards

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Section 604 of the education law is amended by adding a new
subdivision 1-a to read as follows:
  1-A. TUITION ASSISTANCE AWARDS PROVIDED FOR IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS
SECTION SHALL BE AVAILABLE TO STUDENTS ENROLLED IN APPROVED PROGRAMS FOR
FIVE ACADEMIC YEARS IN THE AGGREGATE.
  S  2.  This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding
the date on which it shall have become a law.






 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD00035-01-1

Comments

Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.

Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.

Create an account. An account allows you to sign petitions with a single click, officially support or oppose key legislation, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.