Assembly Bill A5621

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Allows disabled students to increase duration limits for student financial aid awards

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  • 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

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2015-A5621 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5119
Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง661, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A7613, S1171
2019-2020: S130
2021-2022: S4533

2015-A5621 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Allows disabled students to increase duration limits for student financial aid awards.

2015-A5621 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  5621

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              March 2, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ZEBROWSKI  --  read once and referred to the
  Committee on Higher Education

AN ACT to amend the education law,  in  relation  to  disabled  students
  seeking to increase duration limits for student financial aid awards

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

  Section 1. Paragraph g of subdivision 4 of section 661 of  the  educa-
tion law, as amended by section 1 of part Z of chapter 58 of the laws of
2011, is amended to read as follows:
  g.  For  students  who  are  disabled as defined by the Americans With
[Disability] DISABILITIES Act of  1990,  42  USC  12101,  the  full-time
attendance requirement is eliminated AND THE DURATION LIMIT, AS PROVIDED
IN  SECTION SIX HUNDRED SIXTY-SEVEN OF THIS ARTICLE, MAY BE INCREASED UP
TO A PERIOD NOT TO EXCEED SIX YEARS AS  APPROVED  BY  THE  COMMISSIONER.
Such disabled students may be in part-time attendance, as defined by the
commissioner in order to be eligible to receive payments from the presi-
dent.    THE  DISABLED  STUDENT SEEKING ASSISTANCE FOR A DURATION PERIOD
LONGER THAN ALLOWABLE BY LAW MUST DEMONSTRATE TO THE  COMMISSIONER  THAT
THEIR DISABILITY PREVENTED THE COMPLETION OF THE ENROLLED PROGRAM WITHIN
THE MAXIMUM AWARD PERIOD.
  S 2. The commissioner of education shall have the authority to promul-
gate  rules  and regulations as necessary to implement the provisions of
this act.
  S 3. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
have become a law.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD03788-01-5

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