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                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 18, 2018
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 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  PELLEGRINO  -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Higher Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to  the  New  York  state
   part-time scholarship program
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Section 667-c-1 of the education law, as added by section 1
 of part KKK of chapter 59 of the laws of 2017, is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   §  667-c-1.  New York state part-time scholarship (PTS) award program.
 1.  The New York state part-time  scholarship  (PTS)  award  program  is
 hereby  established  for  the purpose of providing scholarship awards to
 students who attend a [community college at the state university of  New
 York  (SUNY)  or  the city University of New York (CUNY)] NEW YORK STATE
 PUBLIC INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION on a part-time basis.
   2. To be eligible, an applicant must meet the qualifications of subdi-
 visions three and five of section six hundred sixty-one of this article,
 enroll in at least six but less then twelve credit hours at a  [SUNY  or
 CUNY  community  college]  NEW  YORK  STATE PUBLIC INSTITUTION OF HIGHER
 EDUCATION in the 2017-2018 academic year, or thereafter, and maintain  a
 grade point average of 2.0.
   3.  a. Such awards shall be made to eligible applicants in the follow-
 ing priority:
   (i) first, to applicants who have received payment of an award  pursu-
 ant  to  this section in a prior year and remain in good academic stand-
 ing; and
   (ii) second, to applicants in descending order based on financial need
 as determined by the corporation and; provided that awards made shall be
 proportionate to the total applications received for  students  accepted
 for  undergraduate study at SUNY and CUNY respectively. Provided, howev-
 er, in the program's first year, first priority shall be  in  accordance
 with this subparagraph.
   b.  In  the  event  that  there  are more applicants who have the same
 priority than there are  remaining  scholarships,  the  president  shall
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 distribute  the  remaining  number  of  such  scholarships by means of a
 lottery or other form of random selection.
   4.  Within  amounts  appropriated  therefor, the president shall grant
 awards to eligible applicants to cover the cost  of  [six]  UP  TO  NINE
 credit  hours per semester at a SUNY or CUNY community college, provided
 however, that no such award shall exceed [fifteen hundred] TWO  THOUSAND
 TWO HUNDRED FIFTY dollars per semester.
   5.  PTS  awards  shall be granted pursuant to this section for no more
 than four consecutive academic semesters pursuant  to  future  appropri-
 ations for the continuation of this program.
   6.  The corporation is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations,
 and may promulgate emergency regulations, necessary for the  implementa-
 tion of the provisions of this section.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.