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                                   1648
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 11, 2021
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 Introduced  by M. of A. PERRY -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Higher Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to directing the board of
   trustees of the state university of New York and the board of trustees
   of the city university of New York to freeze tuition at  the  rate  of
   such  tuition  for  the  two  thousand twenty--two thousand twenty-one
   academic year
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subparagraph 4 of paragraph h of subdivision 2 of section
 355 of the education law, as amended by section 1 of part JJJ of chapter
 59 of the laws of 2017, is amended by adding a new subparagraph (vii) to
 read as follows:
   (VII) COMMENCING WITH THE TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE--TWO THOUSAND  TWEN-
 TY-TWO  ACADEMIC YEAR AND THEREAFTER, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES SHALL FREEZE
 THE AMOUNT OF TUITION PER CREDIT HOUR PER ACADEMIC YEAR AT THE  RATE  OF
 SUCH  TUITION  FOR  THE  TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY--TWO  THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE
 ACADEMIC YEAR. THIS FREEZE SHALL APPLY  TO  TUITION  FOR  FULL-TIME  AND
 PART-TIME  STUDENTS  AND TO TUITION FOR NEW YORK RESIDENTS, OUT-OF-STATE
 RESIDENTS AND ON-LINE STUDENTS.
   § 2. Subparagraph 4 of paragraph h of subdivision 2 of section 355  of
 the  education  law,  as  amended by chapter 437 of the laws of 2015, is
 amended to read as follows:
   (4) The trustees shall not impose a differential tuition charge  based
 upon  need  or income. All students enrolled in programs leading to like
 degrees at state-operated institutions of the state university shall  be
 charged  a uniform rate of tuition except for differential tuition rates
 based on state residency.  Provided,  however,  that  the  trustees  may
 authorize  the presidents of the colleges of technology and the colleges
 of agriculture and technology to set differing rates of tuition for each
 of the colleges for students enrolled in degree-granting programs  lead-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 ing  to  an associate degree and non-degree granting programs so long as
 such tuition rate does not exceed the tuition rate charged  to  students
 who  are enrolled in like degree programs or degree-granting undergradu-
 ate  programs  leading to a baccalaureate degree at other state-operated
 institutions of the state university of New York.   Notwithstanding  any
 other  provision  of  this  subparagraph, the trustees may authorize the
 setting of a separate category of tuition rate, that  shall  be  greater
 than  the  tuition  rate for resident students and less than the tuition
 rate for non-resident students, only for students enrolled  in  distance
 learning courses who are not residents of the state. [The trustees shall
 not  adopt  changes  affecting tuition charges prior to the enactment of
 the annual budget.] COMMENCING WITH  THE  TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-ONE--TWO
 THOUSAND  TWENTY-TWO ACADEMIC YEAR AND THEREAFTER, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
 SHALL FREEZE THE AMOUNT OF TUITION PER CREDIT HOUR PER ACADEMIC YEAR  AT
 THE RATE OF SUCH TUITION FOR THE TWO THOUSAND TWENTY--TWO THOUSAND TWEN-
 TY-ONE  ACADEMIC  YEAR. THIS FREEZE SHALL APPLY TO TUITION FOR FULL-TIME
 AND PART-TIME STUDENTS AND TO TUITION FOR NEW  YORK  RESIDENTS,  OUT-OF-
 STATE RESIDENTS AND ON-LINE STUDENTS.
   §  3.  Paragraph (a) of subdivision 7 of section 6206 of the education
 law, as amended by section 2 of part JJJ of chapter 59 of  the  laws  of
 2017, is amended by adding a new subparagraph (vi) to read as follows:
   (VI)  COMMENCING  WITH THE TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE--TWO THOUSAND TWEN-
 TY-TWO ACADEMIC YEAR AND THEREAFTER, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES SHALL  FREEZE
 THE  AMOUNT  OF TUITION PER CREDIT HOUR PER ACADEMIC YEAR AT THE RATE OF
 SUCH TUITION  FOR  THE  TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY--TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-ONE
 ACADEMIC  YEAR.  THIS  FREEZE  SHALL  APPLY TO TUITION FOR FULL-TIME AND
 PART-TIME STUDENTS AND TO TUITION FOR NEW YORK  RESIDENTS,  OUT-OF-STATE
 RESIDENTS AND ON-LINE STUDENTS.
   §  4.  Paragraph (a) of subdivision 7 of section 6206 of the education
 law, as amended by chapter 327 of the laws of 2002,  the  opening  para-
 graph  as  amended  by  chapter  437  of the laws of 2015, is amended by
 adding a new subparagraph (iv) to read as follows:
   (IV) COMMENCING WITH THE TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE--TWO  THOUSAND  TWEN-
 TY-TWO  ACADEMIC YEAR AND THEREAFTER, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES SHALL FREEZE
 THE AMOUNT OF TUITION PER CREDIT HOUR PER ACADEMIC YEAR AT THE  RATE  OF
 SUCH  TUITION  FOR  THE  TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY--TWO  THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE
 ACADEMIC YEAR. THIS FREEZE SHALL APPLY  TO  TUITION  FOR  FULL-TIME  AND
 PART-TIME  STUDENTS  AND TO TUITION FOR NEW YORK RESIDENTS, OUT-OF-STATE
 RESIDENTS AND ON-LINE STUDENTS.
   § 5. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to academ-
 ic years commencing on and after July 1, 2021; provided, however, that:
   a. the amendments to subparagraph 4 of paragraph h of subdivision 2 of
 section 355 of the education law made by section one of this  act  shall
 be subject to the expiration and reversion of such subparagraph pursuant
 to  section 16 of chapter 260 of the laws of 2011, as amended, when upon
 such date the provisions of section two of this act shall  take  effect;
 and
   b. the amendments to paragraph (a) of subdivision 7 of section 6206 of
 the  education law made by section three of this act shall be subject to
 the expiration and reversion of such paragraph pursuant to section 16 of
 chapter 260 of the laws of 2011, as amended, when  upon  such  date  the
 provisions of section four of this act shall take effect.