NY State Senate Bill 2019-S615

Senate Bill S615

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to tuition assistance program award determinations for certain institutions and schools

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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
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- Passed Assembly
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Delivered to Governor
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2019-S615 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Higher Education
Law Section:: Education Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §667, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2015-2016: S7233
2017-2018: S600

2019-S615 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to tuition assistance program award determinations for institutions and schools not offering a baccalaureate degree; provides the same award as institutions and schools offering a baccalaureate degree.

2019-S615 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S615

SPONSOR: BOYLE
 
TITLE OF BILL:  An act to amend the education law, in relation to
tuition assistance program award determinations for certain institutions
and schools

 
PURPOSE:

To allow students enrolled in associate degree programs to receive
tuition assistance program awards in the same amount as students
enrolled in bachelor degree programs.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1. This bill amends Section 667 of the education law to allow
undergraduate students enrolled in associate degree programs to receive
tuition assistance program awards in the same amount as students
enrolled in bachelor degree programs.

Section 2. Effective date.

 
EXISTING LAW:

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Currently, students enrolled at an institution offering a program of
study for an associate's degree are awarded $4,000 in tuition assistance
program (TAP) benefits. However, students enrolled at an institution
offering a program of study for a bachelor's degree are awarded $5,165
in TAP benefits. Of particular concern is that students enrolled at a 4
year school may have access to $5,165 in TAP benefits, even if they are
pursuing a 2 year degree at the institution. This bill will remediate
that issue by providing the same benefits to all students seeking
degrees in higher education, regardless of the type of institution the
student attends.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

04/08/16 REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

01/04/17 REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

01/03/18 REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

To be determined.

 
LOCAL FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding the date
on which it shall have become a law.
 
LOCAL FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall have
become law.
 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
To be determined.
 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
Immediately

2019-S615 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    615
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 9, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sens. BOYLE, BROOKS -- 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 award determinations for certain institutions and schools

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Subitem (d) of item 1 of clause (A) of subparagraph (i) of
 paragraph (a) of subdivision 3 of section 667 of the education  law,  as
 added  by  section  1  of  part  E of chapter 58 of the laws of 2011, is
 amended to read as follows:
   (d) For undergraduate students enrolled in a program  of  study  at  a
 non-public degree-granting institution [that does not offer a program of
 study],  REGARDLESS  OF  WHETHER  THAT INSTITUTION OFFERS A PROGRAM that
 leads to a baccalaureate degree, or at a registered not-for-profit busi-
 ness school qualified for tax exemption under section 501(c)(3)  of  the
 internal  revenue  code  for  federal income tax purposes [that does not
 offer a program of study], REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THAT  SCHOOL  OFFERS  A
 PROGRAM that leads to a baccalaureate degree, [four thousand] FIVE THOU-
 SAND ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-FIVE dollars. [Provided, however, that this subi-
 tem  shall  not apply to students enrolled in a program of study leading
 to a certificate or degree in nursing.]
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of July  next  succeeding
 the date on which it shall have become a law.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04335-01-9

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