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                                   4389
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 4, 2021
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 Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- 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 state college  attend-
   ance  awards  for  students  who maintain a certain minimum cumulative
   average throughout high school

   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 670-c
 to read as follows:
   § 670-C. STATE COLLEGE ATTENDANCE AWARDS. 1. IN ADDITION TO ANY  OTHER
 ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE AWARD GRANTED PURSUANT TO THIS CHAPTER, AN ELIGIBLE
 STUDENT  SHALL  RECEIVE  ONE  THOUSAND  DOLLARS  ANNUALLY, PROVIDED SUCH
 STUDENT ENROLLS IN AN ASSOCIATE OR BACCALAUREATE  DEGREE  PROGRAM  AT  A
 PUBLIC  POSTSECONDARY  INSTITUTION LOCATED IN THIS STATE WITHIN ONE YEAR
 OF SUCH STUDENT'S COMPLETION OF THE  CORE  REQUIREMENTS  FOR  GRADUATION
 FROM A PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL LOCATED IN THIS STATE.
   2. ELIGIBILITY. AN ELIGIBLE STUDENT SHALL BE A STUDENT WHO:
   (A)  HAS  ATTENDED  AN  APPROVED PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAM LOCATED IN
 THIS STATE FROM GRADES NINE THROUGH TWELVE; AND
   (B) HAS MAINTAINED A MINIMUM 3.0 CUMULATIVE AVERAGE FOR  EACH  OF  ALL
 SEMESTERS  OF  SUCH  STUDENT'S  ATTENDANCE  IN SUCH APPROVED HIGH SCHOOL
 PROGRAM LOCATED IN THIS STATE.
   3. DURATION. A STATE COLLEGE ATTENDANCE AWARD SHALL ENTITLE THE RECIP-
 IENT TO AN ANNUAL AWARD FOR NOT MORE THAN FOUR ACADEMIC YEARS OF  UNDER-
 GRADUATE  STUDY,  PROVIDED  SUCH  STUDENT MAINTAINS THE MINIMUM ACADEMIC
 STANDARDS FOR SUCH POSTSECONDARY INSTITUTION; AND PROVIDED FURTHER  SUCH
 STUDENT REMAINS ENROLLED IN A PUBLIC POSTSECONDARY INSTITUTION UNTIL THE
 COMPLETION OF HIS OR HER TERMINAL DEGREE.
   4.  AMOUNT.  (A) ELIGIBLE STUDENTS ENTERING A COMMUNITY COLLEGE WITH A
 TWO YEAR DEGREE PROGRAM SHALL RECEIVE ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR  EACH  OF
 TWO YEARS, OR A MAXIMUM OF TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS; AND
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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   (B) ELIGIBLE STUDENTS ENTERING A PUBLIC FOUR YEAR COLLEGE OR UNIVERSI-
 TY SHALL RECEIVE ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR EACH OF FOUR YEARS, OR A MAXI-
 MUM OF FOUR THOUSAND DOLLARS.
   (C)  IN  NO  EVENT  SHALL  THE  AMOUNT OF THE ANNUAL AWARDS EXCEED THE
 RECIPIENT'S COST OF ATTENDANCE AT  THE  INSTITUTION  ATTENDED.  COST  OF
 ATTENDANCE  SHALL  MEAN  TUITION,  REQUIRED  FEES,  LABORATORY AND OTHER
 INSTRUCTION RELATED EXPENSES, BOOKS, TRANSPORTATION, AND ROOM AND BOARD.
 ANYTHING IN THIS ARTICLE TO THE CONTRARY NOTWITHSTANDING, A RECIPIENT OF
 A SCHOLARSHIP PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION  MAY  CONCURRENTLY  RECEIVE  WITH
 SUCH  AWARD  ANY OTHER ACADEMIC OR GENERAL AWARD FOR WHICH HE OR SHE MAY
 BE ELIGIBLE; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, IN NO EVENT SHALL A RECIPIENT BE AWARDED
 A SCHOLARSHIP IN ANY AMOUNT WHERE THE COMBINATION  OF  ALL  SUCH  AWARDS
 WOULD EXCEED THE RECIPIENT'S COST OF ATTENDANCE AT THE INSTITUTION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it  shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
 tation of this act on its effective date is authorized to  be  made  and
 completed on or before such effective date.