S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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7795
I N S E N A T E
June 9, 2014
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Introduced by Sen. LAVALLE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to tuition assistance
program awards
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Paragraph a of subdivision 3 of section 667 of the educa-
tion law, as amended by section 1 of part B of chapter 60 of the laws of
2000, item 1 of clause (A) of subparagraph (i) as amended by section 1
of part H of chapter 58 of the laws of 2011, the opening paragraph of
item 1 of clause (A) of subparagraph (i) as amended by section 2 of part
X of chapter 56 of the laws of 2014, subitem (a) of item 1 of clause (A)
of subparagraph (i) as amended by section 2 of part U of chapter 56 of
the laws of 2014, subitem (b) of item 1 of clause (A) of subparagraph
(i) as amended by section 3 of part U of chapter 56 of the laws of 2014,
subitem (c) of item 1 of clause (A) of subparagraph (i) as amended by
section 1 of part U of chapter 56 of the laws of 2014, subitem (d) of
item 1 of clause (A) of subparagraph (i) as added by section 1 of part E
of chapter 58 of the laws of 2011, item 2 of clause (A) of subparagraph
(i) as amended by section 2 of part H of chapter 58 of the laws of 2011
and subparagraph (iii) as amended by section 3 of part H of chapter 58
of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
a. Amount. The president shall make awards to students enrolled in
degree-granting institutions or registered not-for-profit business
schools qualified for tax exemption under S 501(c)(3) of the internal
revenue code for federal income tax purposes in the following amounts:
(i) For each year of undergraduate study, assistance shall be provided
as computed on the basis of the amount which is the lesser of the
following:
(A) (1) In the case of students who have not been granted an exclusion
of parental income, who have qualified as an orphan, foster child, or
ward of the court for the purposes of federal student financial aid
programs authorized by Title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as
amended, or had a dependent for income tax purposes during the tax year
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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next preceding the academic year for which application is made, except
for those students who have been granted exclusion of parental income
who have a spouse but no other dependent:
(a) For students first receiving aid after nineteen hundred ninety-
three--nineteen hundred ninety-four and before two thousand--two thou-
sand one, four thousand two hundred ninety dollars; or
(b) For students first receiving aid in nineteen hundred ninety-three-
-nineteen hundred ninety-four or earlier, three thousand seven hundred
forty dollars; or
(c) For students first receiving aid in two thousand--two thousand one
and thereafter, five thousand dollars, except starting in two thousand
fourteen-two thousand fifteen and thereafter such students shall receive
five thousand one hundred sixty-five dollars; or
(d) FOR STUDENTS FIRST RECEIVING AID IN TWO THOUSAND FIFTEEN--TWO
THOUSAND SIXTEEN AND THEREAFTER, SIX THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED SEVENTY
DOLLARS; OR
(E) For undergraduate students enrolled in a program of study at a
non-public degree-granting institution that does not offer a program of
study that leads to a baccalaureate degree, or at a registered not-for-
profit business school qualified for tax exemption under section
501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code for federal income tax purposes
that does not offer a program of study that leads to a baccalaureate
degree, four thousand dollars. Provided, however, that this subitem
shall not apply to students enrolled in a program of study leading to a
certificate or degree in nursing.
(2) In the case of students receiving awards pursuant to subparagraph
(iii) of this paragraph and those students who have been granted exclu-
sion of parental income who have a spouse but no other dependent.
(a) FOR STUDENTS RECEIVING AID IN TWO THOUSAND FIFTEEN--TWO THOUSAND
SIXTEEN AND THEREAFTER, SIX THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED SEVENTY DOLLARS, OR
(B) For students first receiving aid in nineteen hundred ninety-four
--nineteen hundred ninety-five and nineteen hundred ninety-five--nine-
teen hundred ninety-six and thereafter, three thousand twenty-five
dollars, or
[(b)] (C) For students first receiving aid in nineteen hundred nine-
ty-two--nineteen hundred ninety-three and nineteen hundred ninety-three-
-nineteen hundred ninety-four, two thousand five hundred seventy-five
dollars, or
[(c)] (D) For students first receiving aid in nineteen hundred nine-
ty-one--nineteen hundred ninety-two or earlier, two thousand four
hundred fifty dollars; or
(B) (1) Ninety-five percent of the amount of tuition (exclusive of
educational fees) charged 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.
(2) For the two thousand one--two thousand two academic year and ther-
eafter one hundred percent of the amount of tuition (exclusive of educa-
tional fees) charged 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.
(ii) Except for students as noted in subparagraph (iii) of this para-
graph, the base amount as determined from subparagraph (i) of this para-
graph, shall be reduced in relation to income as follows:
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Amount of income Schedule of reduction
of base amount
(A) Less than [seven] EIGHT None
thousand SEVEN HUNDRED
FIFTY dollars
(B) [Seven] EIGHT thousand Seven per centum of excess
SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY over [seven] EIGHT
dollars or more, but less than thousand SEVEN HUNDRED
[eleven] THIRTEEN thousand FIFTY dollars
SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS
(C) [Eleven] THIRTEEN thousand [Two] THREE
SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY hundred [eighty] FIFTY
dollars or more, but less than dollars plus ten per centum of excess
[eighteen] TWENTY-TWO over [eleven] THIRTEEN
thousand FIVE HUNDRED thousand SEVEN HUNDRED
dollars FIFTY dollars
(D) [Eighteen] TWENTY-TWO [Nine] ONE THOUSAND
thousand FIVE HUNDRED TWO hundred
dollars or more, but not more [eighty] TWENTY-FIVE dollars
than [eighty] ONE plus twelve per centum of
HUNDRED thousand dollars excess over [eighteen]
TWENTY-TWO thousand
FIVE HUNDRED dollars;
PROVIDED THAT DEPENDENT STUDENTS WHOSE PARENTAL INCOME EXCEEDS EIGHTY
THOUSAND DOLLARS BUT NOT MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, OR
STUDENTS WITH A DEPENDENT AND INCOME IN EXCESS OF EIGHTY THOUSAND
DOLLARS, BUT NOT MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, SHALL ONLY BE
ELIGIBLE FOR AWARDS IF HE OR SHE FIRST RECEIVES AN AWARD BEGINNING WITH
THE TWO THOUSAND FIFTEEN--TWO THOUSAND SIXTEEN ACADEMIC YEAR.
(iii) (A) For students who have been granted exclusion of parental
income and were single with no dependent for income tax purposes during
the tax year next preceding the academic year for which application is
made, the base amount, as determined in subparagraph (i) of this para-
graph, shall be reduced in relation to income as follows:
Amount of income Schedule of reduction
of base amount
(1) Less than [three] TEN thousand None
FIVE HUNDRED dollars
(2) [Three] TEN thousand Thirty-one per centum of
FIVE HUNDRED dollars or more, amount in excess of
but not more than [ten] [three] TEN thousand
THIRTY-FIVE thousand dollars FIVE HUNDRED
dollars;
PROVIDED THAT STUDENTS WITH INCOMES IN EXCESS OF TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS
BUT NOT MORE THAN THIRTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS, SHALL ONLY BE ELIGIBLE
FOR AWARDS IF HE OR SHE FIRST RECEIVES AN AWARD BEGINNING WITH THE TWO
THOUSAND FIFTEEN--TWO THOUSAND SIXTEEN ACADEMIC YEAR.
(B) For those students who have been granted exclusion of parental
income who have a spouse but no other dependent, for income tax purposes
during the tax year next preceding the academic year for which applica-
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tion is made, the base amount, as determined in subparagraph (i) of this
paragraph, shall be reduced in relation to income as follows:
Amount of income Schedule of reduction
of base amount
(1) Less than [seven] EIGHT None
thousand SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY
dollars
(2) [Seven] EIGHT thousand Seven per centum of excess
SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY over [seven]
dollars or more, but less than EIGHT thousand
[eleven] THIRTEEN SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY
thousand SEVEN HUNDRED dollars
FIFTY dollars
(3) [Eleven] THIRTEEN [Two] THREE
thousand SEVEN HUNDRED hundred [eighty]
FIFTY dollars or FIFTY dollars plus
more, but less than ten per centum of excess
[eighteen] TWENTY-TWO over [eleven]
thousand FIVE HUNDRED THIRTEEN thousand
dollars SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY dollars
(4) [Eighteen] TWENTY-TWO [Nine] ONE
thousand FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND TWO
dollars or more, but not hundred [eighty] TWENTY-FIVE
more than [forty] FIFTY dollars plus twelve per centum
thousand dollars of excess over [eighteen] TWENTY-TWO
thousand FIVE HUNDRED dollars;
PROVIDED THAT STUDENTS WITH INCOMES IN EXCESS OF FORTY THOUSAND DOLLARS
BUT NOT MORE THAN FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS, SHALL ONLY BE ELIGIBLE FOR
AWARDS IF HE OR SHE FIRST RECEIVES AN AWARD BEGINNING WITH THE TWO THOU-
SAND FIFTEEN--TWO THOUSAND SIXTEEN ACADEMIC YEAR.
(iv) If the amount of reduction is not a whole dollar, it shall be
reduced to the next lowest whole dollar. In the case of any student who
has received four or more payments pursuant to any and all awards
provided for in this subdivision, for the two thousand--two thousand one
academic year the base amount shall be reduced by an additional one
hundred fifty dollars for the two thousand one--two thousand two academ-
ic year and thereafter the base amount shall be reduced by an additional
one hundred dollars.
(v) The award shall be the net amount of the base amount determined
pursuant to subparagraph (i) of this paragraph reduced pursuant to
subparagraph (ii) or (iii) of this paragraph but the award shall not be
reduced for the two thousand--two thousand one and two thousand one--two
thousand two academic years below two hundred seventy-five dollars if
the amount of income is eighty thousand dollars or less and more than
seventy thousand dollars, three hundred twenty-five dollars if the
amount of income is seventy thousand dollars or less and more than sixty
thousand dollars and four hundred twenty-five dollars if the amount of
income is sixty thousand dollars or less.
(vi) For the two thousand two--two thousand three academic year and
thereafter, the award shall be the net amount of the base amount deter-
mined pursuant to subparagraph (i) of this paragraph reduced pursuant to
subparagraph (ii) or (iii) of this paragraph but the award shall not be
reduced below five hundred dollars.
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S 2. This act shall take effect April 1, 2015, provided that the addi-
tion, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for
the implementation of this act on its effective date is authorized and
directed to be made and completed by the president of the higher educa-
tion services corporation on or before such effective date.