Assembly Bill A5479

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to providing loan forgiveness for agriculture educators

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly 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

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2023-A5479 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §679-k, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A7287
2017-2018: A7290
2019-2020: A5452
2021-2022: A4011

2023-A5479 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to providing loan forgiveness for agriculture educators who provide didactic instruction to students about agriculture, food, and natural resources.

2023-A5479 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5479
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 13, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. MAHER -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Higher Education
 
 AN ACT to amend  the  education  law,  in  relation  to  providing  loan
   forgiveness for agriculture educators
 
   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. NEW YORK STATE AGRICULTURE EDUCATORS LOAN FORGIVENESS INCEN-
 TIVE PROGRAM. 1. DEFINITION. THE TERM "AGRICULTURE  EDUCATOR"  MEANS  AN
 INSTRUCTOR  WHO PROVIDES DIDACTIC INSTRUCTION TO STUDENTS ABOUT AGRICUL-
 TURE, FOOD AND NATURAL RESOURCES DELIVERED THROUGH LESSONS  IN  SCIENCE,
 COMMUNICATIONS, LEADERSHIP, MANAGEMENT AND TECHNOLOGY.
   2.  PURPOSE. THE PRESIDENT SHALL GRANT STUDENT LOAN FORGIVENESS AWARDS
 FOR THE PURPOSE OF ALLEVIATING THE BURDEN OF STUDENT LOAN DEBT FOR AGRI-
 CULTURE EDUCATORS TEACHING IN THE FIELD OF AGRICULTURE EDUCATION IN  NEW
 YORK  STATE. SUCH AWARDS SHALL BE MADE ON A COMPETITIVE BASIS AS PROMUL-
 GATED BY THE CORPORATION FOR SUCH PURPOSES, TO APPLICANTS WHO  MEET  THE
 ELIGIBILITY   CRITERIA.   SUCH   RULES  AND  REGULATIONS  SHALL  INCLUDE
 PROVISIONS FOR THE CONSIDERATION  OF  APPLICANTS  WHO  ARE  ECONOMICALLY
 DISADVANTAGED.
   3.  ELIGIBILITY. TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR AN AWARD PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION,
 APPLICANTS SHALL:
   (A) HAVE GRADUATED AND OBTAINED A DEGREE FROM  AN  APPROVED  NEW  YORK
 STATE COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY;
   (B) HAVE AN OUTSTANDING STUDENT LOAN DEBT FROM OBTAINING SUCH DEGREE;
   (C)  BE EMPLOYED AS A FULL-TIME AGRICULTURE EDUCATOR IN NEW YORK STATE
 FOR AT LEAST TWO YEARS;
   (D) RESIDE IN NEW YORK STATE FOR AT LEAST TWO YEARS POST GRADUATION;
   (E) APPLY FOR THIS PROGRAM WITHIN TWO YEARS OF COLLEGE GRADUATION; AND
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09176-01-3
 A. 5479                             2

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