Senate Bill S5167

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Creates a volunteer firefighter scholarship program and a volunteer firefighter scholarship fund; appropriation

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Finance 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-S5167 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6036
Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Appropriations
Laws Affected:
Add §669-i, Ed L; add §91-e, St Fin L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S6283
2021-2022: S3656

2023-S5167 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Creates a volunteer firefighter scholarship program and a volunteer firefighter scholarship fund; rewards volunteer firefighters who respond to twenty-five percent of emergency calls for eight years with a student loan award equal to four times the SUNY tuition rate; makes an appropriation therefor.

2023-S5167 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S5167 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5167
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 23, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  ORTT  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law and the state finance law, in relation
   to creating a volunteer firefighter scholarship program and  a  volun-
   teer fire fighter scholarship fund; and making an appropriation relat-
   ing therefor
 
   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  669-i
 to read as follows:
   §  669-I.  VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM. 1.  ELIGIBILITY.
 (A) A VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER SCHOLARSHIP AWARD SHALL BE MADE TO AN APPLI-
 CANT WHO:
   (I) SERVES AS AN ACTIVE VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER AS DEFINED  IN  SUBDIVI-
 SION ONE OF SECTION TWO HUNDRED FIFTEEN OF THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW WHO
 HAS ATTENDED TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT OF EMERGENCY CALLS FOR EACH YEAR; AND
   (II)  COMPLIES  WITH THE APPLICABLE PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE AND ALL
 REQUIREMENTS PROMULGATED BY THE OFFICE OF HIGHER EDUCATION,  HEREINAFTER
 REFERRED TO AS THE "OFFICE", FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE PROGRAM.
   (B) STUDENT LOANS ELIGIBLE FOR THIS PROGRAM ARE:
   (I) STUDENT LOANS ACCRUED WHILE ATTENDING A PRIVATE OR PUBLIC INSTITU-
 TION  OF HIGHER EDUCATION WITHIN NEW YORK STATE FROM WHICH THE RECIPIENT
 RECEIVED CREDITS WHICH WERE USED TO ACQUIRE A BACHELOR'S  DEGREE  AT  AN
 APPROVED PROGRAM; OR
   (II)  STUDENT LOANS ACCRUED WHILE ATTENDING AN ACCREDITED TRADE SCHOOL
 OR VOCATIONAL PROGRAM WITHIN NEW YORK STATE  FROM  WHICH  THE  RECIPIENT
 RECEIVED A CERTIFICATE OR LICENSE.
   2.  AMOUNT.  WITHIN  AMOUNTS APPROPRIATED THEREFOR AND BASED ON AVAIL-
 ABILITY OF FUNDS, AWARDS SHALL BE GRANTED TO APPLICANTS THAT THE  OFFICE
 HAS  DETERMINED  ARE  ELIGIBLE  TO RECEIVE SUCH AWARDS. THE OFFICE SHALL
 GRANT SUCH AWARDS IN AN AMOUNT UP TO FOUR TIMES THE CURRENT TUITION RATE
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05500-01-3
              

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