NY State Senate Bill 2021-S4533

Senate Bill S4533

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to permitting disabled students to increase duration limits for student financial aid awards

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Higher Education Committee

Introduced
- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
Delivered to Governor
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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jan 05, 2022	referred to higher education
Mar 02, 2021	reported and committed to finance
Feb 05, 2021	referred to higher education

Votes

- Mar 2, 2021 - Higher Education Committee Vote
  S4533
  
  11
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Higher Education Committee Vote: Mar 2, 2021
      
      aye (11)
      
      Boyle
      
      Cooney
      
      Gaughran
      
      Gounardes
      
      Griffo
      
      Jackson
      
      Liu
      
      Oberacker
      
      Parker
      
      Rivera
      
      Stavisky

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2021-S4533 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Higher Education
Law Section:: Education Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §661, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2015-2016: S5119
2017-2018: S1171
2019-2020: S130

2021-S4533 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Allows disabled students to increase duration limits for student financial aid awards.

2021-S4533 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S4533

SPONSOR: BROUK
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the education law, in relation to disabled students
seeking to increase duration limits for student financial aid awards

 
PURPOSE OF BILL:

This bill would give authority to the commissioner of education to
extend student financial aid awards for disabled students.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 of the bill amends section 661 of the education law, as it
relates to extending financial aid for students who are unable to gradu-
ate within four years due to their disability.

Section 2 of the bill relates to authorizing the commissioner of educa-
tion to promulgate rules and regulations as necessary to implement the

provisions of this act.

Section 3 of the bill relates to the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Currently, New York State financial aid is only awarded for a maximum of
four years with no exceptions. A number of disabled students are unable
to graduate within four years due to difficulties associated with their
disability. This creates financial challenges for these students who,
although have a strong desire to graduate within the four years, are
prevented by their limitations.

This bill would create a process in which the commissioner of education
can extend financial aid for up to six years if a disabled student can
demonstrate the need. This encourages disabled students to complete
their education and pursue jobs they wouldn't have been able to achieve
without graduating

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2019-20: S130 (Carlucci) Referred to Education/Higher Education.

2017-18: S1171 (Carlucci) - Passed Senate/A7613 (Zebrowski) - Referred
to Higher Education.

2015-16: S5119 (Carlucci) - Passed Senate/A5621 (Zebrowksi) - Referred
to Higher Education.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

To be determined.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall have
become law.

2021-S4533 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4533
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 5, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  BROUK  -- 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  disabled  students
   seeking to increase duration limits for student financial aid awards
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph g of subdivision 4 of section 661 of  the  educa-
 tion law, as amended by section 1 of part Z of chapter 58 of the laws of
 2011, is amended to read as follows:
   g.  For  students  who  are  disabled as defined by the Americans With
 [Disability] DISABILITIES Act of  1990,  42  USC  12101,  the  full-time
 attendance requirement is eliminated AND THE DURATION LIMIT, AS PROVIDED
 IN  SECTION SIX HUNDRED SIXTY-SEVEN OF THIS PART, MAY BE INCREASED UP TO
 A PERIOD NOT TO EXCEED SIX YEARS AS APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER.   Such
 disabled  students  may  be  in  part-time attendance, as defined by the
 commissioner in order to be eligible to receive payments from the presi-
 dent.  THE DISABLED STUDENT SEEKING ASSISTANCE  FOR  A  DURATION  PERIOD
 LONGER  THAN  ALLOWABLE BY LAW MUST DEMONSTRATE TO THE COMMISSIONER THAT
 THEIR DISABILITY PREVENTED THE COMPLETION OF THE ENROLLED PROGRAM WITHIN
 THE MAXIMUM AWARD PERIOD.
   § 2. The commissioner of education shall have the authority to promul-
 gate rules and regulations as necessary to implement the  provisions  of
 this act.
   §  3.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 have become a law.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08235-01-1

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Samra G. Brouk