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                                   7862
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 24, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. ROZIC -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Higher Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to authorizing the  board
   of  trustees of the state university of New York to offer certain non-
   resident undergraduate students separate tuition rates for  attendance
   at  selected state-operated institutions; and providing for the repeal
   of such provisions upon the expiration thereof
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Paragraph h of subdivision 2 of section 355 of the educa-
 tion law is amended by adding a new subparagraph 4-a to read as follows:
   (4-A) COMMENCING WITH THE TWO THOUSAND TWENTY--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE
 ACADEMIC YEAR AND ENDING IN THE TWO THOUSAND  TWENTY-FOUR--TWO  THOUSAND
 TWENTY-FIVE ACADEMIC YEAR, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY
 IS  AUTHORIZED  TO DESIGNATE SELECTED STATE-OPERATED INSTITUTIONS OF THE
 STATE UNIVERSITY FOR PARTICIPATION IN A PROGRAM ALLOWING  ELIGIBLE  NON-
 RESIDENT  UNDERGRADUATE  STUDENTS  TO  PAY  SEPARATE  TUITION  RATES FOR
 ATTENDANCE AT THOSE SELECTED INSTITUTIONS. IN SELECTING INSTITUTIONS FOR
 THIS PROGRAM, SUCH BOARD OF TRUSTEES SHALL CONSIDER OUT-OF-STATE  COMPE-
 TITION,  CURRENT  OR PROJECTED LEVELS OF HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES WITHIN AN
 INSTITUTION'S RECRUITMENT REGION, AND ENROLLMENT CAPACITY  AND  PHYSICAL
 LOCATION  OF  THESE  INSTITUTIONS.  THE  BOARD  OF TRUSTEES OF THE STATE
 UNIVERSITY IS FURTHER AUTHORIZED TO SET  SUCH  SEPARATE  TUITION  RATES,
 WHICH  SHALL  NOT BE SET BELOW AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO ONE AND ONE-HALF TIMES
 THE IN-STATE TUITION RATE AT THE DESIGNATED INSTITUTION.  SUCH  SEPARATE
 TUITION RATES MAY BE OFFERED ONLY TO ELIGIBLE NON-RESIDENT STUDENTS, THE
 TOTAL OF WHICH SHALL NOT EXCEED TEN PERCENT OF ENROLLMENT AT EACH DESIG-
 NATED  INSTITUTION.  RESIDENTS FROM THE STATES OF CONNECTICUT, MASSACHU-
 SETTS, NEW JERSEY, OHIO, PENNSYLVANIA  AND  VERMONT,  AND  THE  CANADIAN
 PROVINCES  OF  ONTARIO  AND  QUEBEC MAY BE ELIGIBLE FOR SEPARATE TUITION
 RATES AT THE DESIGNATED STATE-OPERATED INSTITUTIONS. EACH STATE-OPERATED
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

                                                            LBD11760-01-9

 A. 7862                             2
 
 INSTITUTION THAT IS SELECTED FOR PARTICIPATION  IN  THIS  PROGRAM  SHALL
 REPORT  ANNUALLY TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY ON THE
 IMPACT OF THIS PROGRAM.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
 deemed repealed August 31, 2025.