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                                  7573

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              May 10, 2016
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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. Subparagraph (ii)  of  paragraph  a  of  subdivision  3  of
section  667  of the education law, as amended by section 1 of part B of
chapter 60 of the laws of 2000, is amended to read as follows:
  (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:
  FOR THE 2016-2017 ACADEMIC YEAR:

Amount of income                    Schedule of reduction
                                    of base amount

(A) Less than seven thousand        None
    dollars
(B) Seven thousand dollars or       Seven per centum of excess
    more, but less than eleven      over seven thousand dollars
    thousand dollars
(C) Eleven thousand dollars or      Two hundred eighty dollars
    more, but less than eighteen    plus [ten] NINE per centum
    thousand dollars                of excess over eleven
                                    thousand dollars
(D) Eighteen thousand dollars or    Nine hundred eighty dollars
    more, but not more than         plus [twelve] TEN
                                    per centum of
    [eighty] ONE HUNDRED thousand   excess over eighteen
    dollars                          thousand dollars
  FOR THE 2017-2018 ACADEMIC YEAR:

AMOUNT OF INCOME                    SCHEDULE OF REDUCTION

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

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                                    OF BASE AMOUNT
(A) LESS THAN TEN THOUSAND          NONE
    DOLLARS
(B) TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS OR         3.19 PERCENT
    MORE BUT LESS THAN FIFTEEN
    THOUSAND DOLLARS
(C) FIFTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS        12.88 PERCENT
    OR MORE BUT LESS THAN
    TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS
(D) TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS         22.56 PERCENT
    OR MORE BUT LESS THAN
    TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND
    DOLLARS
(E) TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND            32.24 PERCENT
    DOLLARS OR MORE BUT
    LESS THAN THIRTY THOUSAND
    DOLLARS
(F) THIRTY THOUSAND DOLLARS         41.92 PERCENT
    OR MORE BUT LESS THAN
    THIRTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS
(G) THIRTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS    51.60 PERCENT
    OR MORE BUT LESS THAN
    FORTY THOUSAND DOLLARS
(H) FORTY THOUSAND DOLLARS OR       61.28 PERCENT
    MORE BUT LESS THAN FORTY-FIVE
    THOUSAND DOLLARS
(I) FORTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS     70.96 PERCENT
    OR MORE BUT LESS THAN
    FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS
(J) FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS OR       80.64 PERCENT
    MORE BUT LESS THAN ONE HUNDRED
    THOUSAND DOLLARS
  S  2.  This  act  shall take effect immediately and shall apply to all
awards commencing with the 2016-2017 academic year.