NY State Senate Bill 2021-S8052

Senate Bill S8052

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Authorizes tuition assistance program awards for students enrolled in short-term credential programs offered by certain public institutions

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2021-S8052 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A9989
Current Committee:: Senate Higher Education
Law Section:: Education Law
Laws Affected:: Add §667-c-2, Ed L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:: S4145, A1185

2021-S8052 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes tuition assistance program awards for students enrolled in short-term credential programs offered by certain public institutions.

2021-S8052 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S8052

SPONSOR: REICHLIN-MELNICK
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the education law, in relation to authorizing tuition
assistance program awards for students enrolled in short-term credential
programs offered by certain public institutions

 
PURPOSE:

To allow the president of the higher education services corporation
(HESC) to expand the tuition assistance program (TAP) to include
students enrolled in an eligible short-term credential program offered
by offered by certain public institutions.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section one adds a new section, § 667-c-2, to the education law, author-
izing the president of HESC to expand the availability of the tuition
assistance program to students enrolled in eligible short-term creden-
tial programs offered by SUNY, community colleges, CUNY, or a board of

cooperative educational services. This section also defines a short-term
credential programs as a program:
a. between 150 to 600 hours of instructional time over a period of 8 to
15 weeks;
b. that provides training for a high-skill, high-wage, or in-demand
industry sectors or occupations in the state, as determined by the
commissioner of education, in consultation with the department of labor;
and
c. that provides students, once they successfully complete the program,
with a postsecondary credential recognized by industry leaders or sector
partnerships in the relevant industry or field.

Lastly, provides a formula for determining the value of the TAP award to
be given to a student enrolled in a short-term credential program as
compared to the award typically given to a student matriculating in a
degree-granting institution. The value of such award will be deducted
from the student's overall TAP eligibility.

Section two provides the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

This amendment to the education law will provide more pathways to higher
education, job opportunities, and a new way to lift people from absolute
poverty by expanding TAP to short-term credential programs. The expan-
sion of TAP will allow students better access to non-traditional postse-
condary educations and enable them to aquire the skills necessary to
gain employment in high demand fields.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New bill.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

To be determined.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2021-S8052 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8052
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 21, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. REICHLIN-MELNICK -- 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  authorizing  tuition
   assistance  program awards for students enrolled in short-term creden-
   tial programs offered by certain public institutions

   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
 667-c-2 to read as follows:
   § 667-C-2. SHORT-TERM CREDENTIAL TUITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AWARDS. 1.
 NOTWITHSTANDING ANY  LAW,  RULE OR REGULATION TO THE CONTRARY, THE PRES-
 IDENT OF THE HIGHER EDUCATION SERVICES CORPORATION IS AUTHORIZED TO MAKE
 TUITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AWARDS TO  STUDENTS  ENROLLED  IN  SHORT-TERM
 CREDENTIAL  PROGRAMS OFFERED BY THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK (SUNY),
 A COMMUNITY COLLEGE ESTABLISHED  PURSUANT TO ARTICLE ONE  HUNDRED  TWEN-
 TY-SIX  OF  THIS  CHAPTER, THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF  NEW YORK (CUNY), OR A
 BOARD OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO  ARTI-
 CLE FORTY OF THIS CHAPTER, WHO MEET ALL REQUIREMENTS FOR TUITION ASSIST-
 ANCE PROGRAM AWARDS.
   2.  FOR  PURPOSES  OF THIS SECTION, A SHORT-TERM CREDENTIAL PROGRAM IS
 ONE THAT:
   A. PROVIDES NOT LESS THAN ONE HUNDRED FIFTY, AND  NOT  MORE  THAN  SIX
 HUNDRED,  CLOCK  HOURS  OF  INSTRUCTIONAL TIME OVER A PERIOD OF NOT LESS
 THAN EIGHT WEEKS AND NOT MORE THAN FIFTEEN WEEKS;
    B. PROVIDES TRAINING ALIGNED WITH  THE  REQUIREMENTS  OF  HIGH-SKILL,
 HIGH-WAGE, OR IN-DEMAND INDUSTRY SECTORS OR OCCUPATIONS IN THE STATE, AS
 DETERMINED  BY  THE COMMISSIONER, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF
 LABOR; AND
   C. PROVIDES A STUDENT, UPON COMPLETION OF THE PROGRAM, WITH  A  RECOG-
 NIZED  POSTSECONDARY  CREDENTIAL  THAT IS RECOGNIZED BY EMPLOYERS IN THE
 RELEVANT INDUSTRY,  INCLUDING  CREDENTIALS  RECOGNIZED  BY  INDUSTRY  OR
 SECTOR PARTNERSHIPS IN THE RELEVANT INDUSTRY IN THE STATE;
   3.  A.  FOR  STUDENTS  ENROLLED  IN A SHORT-TERM CREDENTIAL PROGRAM AS
 DEFINED IN THIS SECTION, THE AWARD SHALL BE CALCULATED  AS  PROVIDED  IN
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD14379-02-2
 S. 8052                             2
 
 SECTION  SIX  HUNDRED  SIXTY-SEVEN  OF  THIS  ARTICLE AND SHALL BE IN AN
 AMOUNT EQUAL TO THE ENROLLMENT FACTOR PERCENT OF THE AWARD  THE  STUDENT
 WOULD HAVE BEEN ELIGIBLE FOR IF THE STUDENT WERE ENROLLED FULL-TIME AT A
 DEGREE-GRANTING INSTITUTION OR REGISTERED NOT-FOR-PROFIT BUSINESS SCHOOL
 QUALIFIED  FOR  TAX  EXEMPTION UNDER SECTION 501(C)(3)   OF THE INTERNAL
 REVENUE CODE FOR FEDERAL INCOME  TAX  PURPOSES.  THE  ENROLLMENT  FACTOR
 PERCENT  IS  THE PERCENTAGE OBTAINED BY DIVIDING THE NUMBER OF HOURS THE
 STUDENT IS ENROLLED IN, AS CERTIFIED BY THE SCHOOL,  BY  THE  NUMBER  OF
 HOURS  REQUIRED FOR FULL-TIME STUDY, AT A DEGREE-GRANTING INSTITUTION OR
 REGISTERED NOT-FOR-PROFIT  BUSINESS SCHOOL QUALIFIED FOR  TAX  EXEMPTION
 UNDER  SECTION  501(C)(3)    OF    THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE FOR FEDERAL
 INCOME TAX PURPOSES, FOR A SEMESTER, QUARTER, OR TERM, AS DEFINED BY THE
 COMMISSIONER.
   B. ANY AWARD A STUDENT RECEIVES PURSUANT  TO  THIS  SECTION  SHALL  BE
 COUNTED  AS THE ENROLLMENT FACTOR PERCENT OF A SEMESTER, QUARTER OR TERM
 TOWARD THE MAXIMUM TERM OF ELIGIBILITY  FOR  TUITION  ASSISTANCE  AWARDS
 PURSUANT  TO  SECTION SIX HUNDRED SIXTY-SEVEN OF THIS ARTICLE. THE TOTAL
 PERIOD OF STUDY FOR WHICH PAYMENT MAY  BE  MADE  SHALL  NOT  EXCEED  THE
 EQUIVALENT OF THE MAXIMUM PERIOD AUTHORIZED FOR THAT AWARD.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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