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                                  6618

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             April 12, 2013
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Introduced  by  M. of A. FAHY -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Higher Education

AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to eligibility for  state
  aid for certain independent institutions of higher learning

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 6401  of  the  education  law,  as
amended  by  chapter  136  of  the  laws  of 2012, is amended to read as
follows:
  3. Degree awards. The amount of  such  annual  apportionment  to  each
institution  meeting the requirements of subdivision two of this section
shall be computed by multiplying by not to exceed  six  hundred  dollars
the  number  of  earned associate degrees, by not to exceed one thousand
five hundred dollars the number of earned bachelor's degrees, by not  to
exceed nine hundred fifty dollars the number of earned master's degrees,
and by not to exceed four thousand five hundred fifty dollars the number
of  earned  doctorate  degrees, conferred by such institution during the
twelve-month period next preceding the  annual  period  for  which  such
apportionment  is  made,  provided that there shall be excluded from any
such computation the number of degrees earned by students  with  respect
to whom state aid other than that established by this section or section
sixty-four  hundred  one-a  of  this  article is granted directly to the
institution, and provided further that, except as otherwise provided  in
this  subdivision,  the amount apportioned for an associate degree shall
be awarded only to two year institutions  qualifying  under  subdivision
two  of  this  section.  The regents shall promulgate rules defining and
classifying professional degrees  for  the  purposes  of  this  section.
Institutions  qualifying  for  state  aid  pursuant to the provisions of
paragraph (b) of subdivision two of this section shall, for purposes  of
this subdivision, be deemed to be the institutions which confer degrees.
For  purposes  of  this  subdivision,  a  two-year institution which has

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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received authority to confer  bachelor  degrees  shall  continue  to  be
considered  a  two-year  institution  until such time as it has actually
begun to confer the bachelor's degree. Thereafter,  notwithstanding  any
other provision of law to the contrary, an institution which was former-
ly a two-year institution for the purposes of this section and which was
granted  authority  by  the regents to confer bachelor degrees, (a) such
authority having been granted after the  first  day  of  June,  nineteen
hundred ninety-three, but before the first day of July, nineteen hundred
ninety-three,  [or]  (b)  such  authority  having been granted after the
first day of May, two thousand five, but before the first day  of  June,
two  thousand  five,  (C)  SUCH  AUTHORITY HAVING BEEN GRANTED AFTER THE
FIRST DAY OF APRIL, TWO THOUSAND NINE, BUT BEFORE THE FIRST DAY OF  MAY,
TWO THOUSAND NINE, or [(c)] (D) such authority having been granted after
the  first  day of December, two thousand nine, but before the first day
of January, two thousand ten, may elect to continue  to  receive  awards
for earned associate degrees. Should such institution so elect, it shall
not  be  eligible during the time of such election to receive awards for
earned bachelor's degrees.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.