Assembly Actions -
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Jan 05, 2022 |
referred to higher education |
Oct 20, 2021 |
referred to rules |
Senate Bill S7458
2021-2022 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) 14th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Higher Education Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2021-S7458 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A7050
- Current Committee:
- Senate Higher Education
- Law Section:
- Education Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §663, Ed L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2023-2024:
S1220, A9641
2025-2026: S2565
2021-S7458 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Allows the higher education services corporation to consider an applicant's change in income due to the loss of employment in determining eligibility and award amount for the tuition assistance program; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof.
2021-S7458 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S7458 SPONSOR: COMRIE TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the education law, in relation to allowing the higher education services corporation to consider an applicant's change in income due to the loss of employment in determining eligibility and award amount for the tuition assistance program; and to provide for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof PURPOSE OF THE BILL: THIS BILL WOULD ALLOW HESC TO CONSIDER A TUITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM APPLICANT'S MORE RECENT INCOME IN MAKING ADJUSTMENTS TO ELIGIBILITY AND AWARD AMOUNTS IF THE APPLICANT'S CHANGE IN INCOME IS DUE TO LOSS OF EMPLOYMENT. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section one of the bill amends section 663 of education law as it relates to allowing the higher education services corporation to consid-
2021-S7458 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7458 2021-2022 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E October 20, 2021 ___________ Introduced by Sen. COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to allowing the higher education services corporation to consider an applicant's change in income due to the loss of employment in determining eligibility and award amount for the tuition assistance program; and to provide 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. Subdivision 5 of section 663 of the education law, as amended by section 3 of part J of chapter 58 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows: 5. A. Adjustments of income. In the determination of income for purposes of paragraphs a and b of subdivision three of section six hundred sixty-seven of this part if, during the academic year in which the applicant will receive an award, one of either the parents of the applicant or other dependent child of such parents, the spouse of the applicant, or one or more dependent children of the applicant, in addi- tion to the applicant, will be in full-time attendance in an approved program, the combined net taxable income determined under subdivision one of this section shall be reduced by three thousand dollars and an additional two thousand dollars for each other such person additional to the aforesaid persons (including the applicant) who will be in such attendance, and the resulting amount shall be deemed the applicable income in determining the applicant's award for the academic year. B. FOR THE TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO ACADEMIC YEAR, THE CORPORATION, PURSUANT TO RULES AND REGULATIONS, SHALL CONSIDER AN APPLICANT'S CHANGE IN INCOME DUE TO THE LOSS OF EMPLOYMENT OF THE APPLICANT OR PARENT OF THE APPLICANT AND UTILIZE THE APPLICANT'S INCOME REPORTED IN NEW YORK STATE INCOME TAX RETURNS FOR THE PRIOR CALENDAR YEAR IN MAKING ADJUSTMENTS TO ELIGIBILITY AND THE AMOUNT OF THE AWARD EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD10667-01-1
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