Senate Bill S3629

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Provides for in-state tuition at colleges and universities of state university, the city university of New York and community colleges for honorably discharged veterans attending under the federal GI bills

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Higher Education 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

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2015-S3629 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยงยง355, 6206 & 6301, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: S5044
2017-2018: S1412

2015-S3629 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for in-state tuition at colleges and universities of the state university, the city university of New York and community colleges for honorably discharged veterans attending, within 12 months of their honorable discharge, under the federal GI bills.

2015-S3629 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S3629 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  3629

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 13, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced by Sen. PANEPINTO -- 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 in-state tuition at
  colleges and universities of the state university of New York and  the
  city university of New York

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

  Section 1. Clause (iii) of subparagraph 8 of paragraph h  of  subdivi-
sion  2  of section 355 of the education law, as added by chapter 327 of
the laws of 2002, is amended and a new clause (iv) is added to  read  as
follows:
  (iii)  was enrolled in an institution or educational unit of the state
university in the fall semester or quarter of the two thousand  one--two
thousand  two  academic  year  and was authorized by such institution or
educational unit to pay tuition  at  the  rate  or  charge  imposed  for
students who are residents of the state[.]; OR
  (IV)  WAS  HONORABLY  DISCHARGED  FROM  THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED
STATES AND IS ENROLLED, WITHIN TWELVE MONTHS OF SUCH  DISCHARGE,  IN  AN
INSTITUTION  OR EDUCATIONAL UNIT OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY, AND IS ATTEND-
ING SUCH INSTITUTION OR EDUCATIONAL UNIT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE  FEDERAL
GI BILLS.
  S 2. Subparagraph (iii) of paragraph (a-1) of subdivision 7 of section
6206  of  the  education  law,  as amended by chapter 260 of the laws of
2011, is amended and a  new  subparagraph  (iv)  is  added  to  read  as
follows:
  (iii)  was  enrolled in an institution or educational unit of the city
university in the fall semester or quarter of the two thousand  one--two
thousand  two  academic  year  and was authorized by such institution or
educational unit to pay tuition  at  the  rate  or  charge  imposed  for
students who are residents of the state[.]; OR

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD02211-01-5

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