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                                  719--A
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 4, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  ORTT  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education -- recom-
   mitted to the Committee on Higher Education in accordance with  Senate
   Rule  6,  sec.  8  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
   reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the education  law,  in  relation  to  establishing  the
   community college merit and mobility scholarship
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section  669-i
 to read as follows:
   §  669-I.  THE  COMMUNITY  COLLEGE  MERIT AND MOBILITY SCHOLARSHIP. 1.
 PURPOSE.  THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE MERIT AND MOBILITY SCHOLARSHIP IS HEREBY
 ESTABLISHED FOR THE PURPOSE OF  GRANTING  MERIT  BASED  SCHOLARSHIPS  TO
 STUDENTS WHO ATTEND A NEW YORK STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE.
   2. ELIGIBILITY. TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR SUCH AWARDS, AN APPLICANT MUST HAVE
 GRADUATED  FROM  A  NEW  YORK  STATE  HIGH  SCHOOL WITHIN THE TOP TWENTY
 PERCENT OF HIS OR HER HIGH SCHOOL CLASS AND ACHIEVE THE FOLLOWING:
   A. REMAIN IN GOOD ACADEMIC STANDING, AND
   B. MAINTAIN A GRADE POINT AVERAGE OF 3.3 OR ABOVE.
   3. AWARDS. ONE THOUSAND SCHOLARSHIPS SHALL BE AWARDED IN THE TWO THOU-
 SAND EIGHTEEN -- TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN ACADEMIC  YEAR,  AND  THEREAFTER.
 THE  ANNUAL  SCHOLARSHIP  SHALL BE AWARDED TO ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS IN THE
 AMOUNT OF ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS PER YEAR FOR NOT MORE THAN  TWO  ACADEMIC
 YEARS.  THE  MAXIMUM  SCHOLARSHIP  AWARD  SHALL  NOT EXCEED TWO THOUSAND
 DOLLARS. THE PRESIDENT SHALL PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS  NECESSARY
 TO  MAKE  SUCH  SCHOLARSHIP  AVAILABLE  ON  AN ANNUAL BASIS TO FULL-TIME
 RECIPIENTS OR PER CREDIT  BASIS  TO  PART-TIME  RECIPIENTS.    PART-TIME
 STUDENTS SHALL NOT BE IMPACTED BY THE TWO-YEAR ACADEMIC YEAR AWARD LIMI-
 TATION. UP TO ONE THOUSAND SCHOLARSHIPS MAY BE GRANTED TO NEW RECIPIENTS
 ANNUALLY.  THE  RECEIPT  OF  SUCH  SCHOLARSHIPS SHALL NOT AFFECT TUITION
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 ASSISTANCE ELIGIBILITY.   IN NO EVENT SHALL THE  AMOUNT  OF  THE  ANNUAL
 AWARD  EXCEED  THE  RECIPIENT'S  COST  OF  ATTENDANCE AT THE INSTITUTION
 ATTENDED. COST OF ATTENDANCE SHALL MEAN TUITION, REQUIRED FEES,  LABORA-
 TORY  AND  OTHER INSTRUCTION RELATED TO EXPENSES, BOOKS, TRANSPORTATION,
 AND ROOM AND BOARD.
   4. PRIORITY. IN THE EVENT THAT THERE ARE MORE APPLICANTS WHO HAVE  THE
 SAME PRIORITY THAN THERE ARE REMAINING SCHOLARSHIPS, THE PRESIDENT SHALL
 DISTRIBUTE  THE  REMAINING  NUMBER  OF  SUCH  SCHOLARSHIPS BY MEANS OF A
 LOTTERY OR OTHER FORM OF RANDOM SELECTION.
   5. RULES. THE CORPORATION IS AUTHORIZED TO PROMULGATE RULES AND  REGU-
 LATIONS,  AND  MAY  PROMULGATE  EMERGENCY REGULATIONS, FOR THE NECESSARY
 IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law.