Senate Bill S8353

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to establishing a loan forgiveness program for child care providers

download bill text pdf

Sponsored By

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
  • Signed By Governor

Do you support this bill?

Please enter your contact information

Home address is used to determine the senate district in which you reside. Your support or opposition to this bill is then shared immediately with the senator who represents you.

Optional services from the NY State Senate:

Create an account. An account allows you to officially support or oppose key legislation, sign petitions with a single click, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.

Include a custom message for your Senator? (Optional)

Enter a message to your senator. Many New Yorkers use this to share the reasoning behind their support or opposition to the bill. Others might share a personal anecdote about how the bill would affect them or people they care about.
Actions

co-Sponsors

2021-S8353 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A3655
Current Committee:
Senate Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §679-k, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A10243
2023-2024: S3214, A9077

2021-S8353 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes a loan forgiveness program for child care providers that have earned an undergraduate or graduate degree from a two or four year college or university in the state.

2021-S8353 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S8353 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8353
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 15, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  CLEARE -- 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  establishing  a  loan
   forgiveness program for child care providers
 
   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  679-k
 to read as follows:
   §  679-K.  THE  NEW  YORK  STATE  CHILD CARE PROVIDER LOAN FORGIVENESS
 PROGRAM.  1. PURPOSE. THE PRESIDENT SHALL GRANT STUDENT LOAN FORGIVENESS
 AWARDS FOR THE PURPOSE OF INCREASING THE NUMBER OF CHILD CARE PROVIDERS,
 AS DEFINED IN SECTION SIX HUNDRED NINETY-FIVE-B OF THE LABOR LAW,  SERV-
 ING  IN  THE STATE. SUCH AWARDS SHALL BE MADE ON A COMPETITIVE BASIS, IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH RULES AND REGULATIONS PROMULGATED BY THE CORPORATION FOR
 SUCH PURPOSES, TO APPLICANTS WHO MEET THE ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA.
   2. ELIGIBILITY. TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR AN AWARD PURSUANT TO THIS  SUBDIVI-
 SION, APPLICANTS SHALL:
   (A)  HAVE  GRADUATED  AND OBTAINED AN UNDERGRADUATE OR GRADUATE DEGREE
 FROM AN ACCREDITED TWO OR FOUR-YEAR COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY LOCATED IN NEW
 YORK STATE;
   (B) HAVE OUTSTANDING STUDENT LOAN DEBT FROM OBTAINING SUCH DEGREE;
   (C) COMPLY WITH SUBDIVISION FIVE OF SECTION SIX HUNDRED  SIXTY-ONE  OF
 THIS PART; AND
   (D) BE EMPLOYED FULL TIME IN THIS STATE AS A CHILD CARE PROVIDER.
   3.  AWARDS.  AWARDS  SHALL  BE  GRANTED TO QUALIFIED APPLICANTS IN THE
 AMOUNT OF UP TO TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS PER YEAR,  PER  APPLICANT,  NOT  TO
 EXCEED  A  DURATION  OF FOUR YEARS AND NOT TO EXCEED THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF
 SUCH APPLICANT'S STUDENT LOAN DEBT. THE  CORPORATION  SHALL  GRANT  SUCH
 AWARDS  WITHIN  AMOUNTS  APPROPRIATED FOR SUCH PURPOSES AND BASED ON THE
 AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS. NO ONE APPLICANT SHALL RECEIVE MORE THAN A  TOTAL
 OF FORTY THOUSAND DOLLARS UPON THE END OF A FOUR-YEAR PERIOD.
   4.  RULES AND REGULATIONS. THE CORPORATION IS AUTHORIZED TO PROMULGATE
 RULES AND REGULATIONS AND MAY PROMULGATE EMERGENCY REGULATIONS NECESSARY
 FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

Comments

Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.

Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.

Create an account. An account allows you to sign petitions with a single click, officially support or oppose key legislation, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.