Assembly Bill A7888

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Directs the New York state higher education services corporation to conduct an audit of the excelsior scholarship program to determine the financial need and diversity of scholarship applicants and recipients

download bill text pdf

Sponsored By

Archive: Last 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

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

2023-A7888 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Education
Versions Introduced in 2025-2026 Legislative Session:
A4290

2023-A7888 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the New York state higher education services corporation to conduct an audit of the excelsior scholarship program to determine the financial need and diversity of scholarship applicants and recipients; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof.

2023-A7888 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7888
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               July 19, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  CUNNINGHAM  -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Higher Education
 
 AN ACT directing the New York state  higher  education  services  corpo-
   ration  to  conduct an audit of the excelsior scholarship program; and
   providing for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration there-
   of

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. For the purposes of this section, the following terms shall
 have the following meanings:
   (a)  "Corporation"  shall  mean  the  New  York state higher education
 services corporation.
   (b) "Adjusted gross income" shall  mean  the  total  of  the  combined
 adjusted  gross  income  of the applicant and the applicant's parents or
 the applicant and the applicant's spouse, if married.
   (c) "Qualifying year" shall mean the adjusted gross income as reported
 on the federal income tax return, or as otherwise obtained by the corpo-
 ration, for the calendar year coinciding with the tax  year  established
 by  the  U.S.  department of education to qualify applicants for federal
 student financial aid programs authorized by  Title  IV  of  the  Higher
 Education Act of 1965, as amended, for the school year in which applica-
 tion for assistance is made.
   §  2. The corporation shall conduct an audit of the excelsior scholar-
 ship program, as established by section 669-h of the education law. Such
 audit shall include, but not be limited to:
   (a) the adjusted gross income for the qualifying year  of  scholarship
 applicants and recipients, respectively; and
   (b)  the  diversity  of scholarship applicants and recipients, respec-
 tively, including statistics on race and ethnicity, LGBTQ+ status, coun-
 try of origin, and disability status.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11846-01-3
 A. 7888                             2

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.