NY State Senate Bill 2023-S6571

Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Higher Education Committee

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Jan 03, 2024	referred to higher education
Apr 27, 2023	referred to higher education

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2023-S6571 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A5826
Current Committee:: Senate Higher Education
Law Section:: Education Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §669-a, Ed L

2023-S6571 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Expands the veterans tuition awards program to include all persons who were honorably discharged and were residents of the state before and after serving in the armed forces of the United States; provides veterans an award equal to the in-state tuition paid at a state university for each semester the veteran is engaged in undergraduate, graduate or vocational study.

2023-S6571 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S6571

SPONSOR: ASHBY
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the education law, in relation to expanding eligibility
under the veterans tuition awards program

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

This bill will provide the means for all New York resident veterans of
the armed services of the United States, who by virtue of that service,
have earned the right, regardless of socio-economic status, to receive a
college education at a New York public or private institution of higher
learning and the opportunity to succeed in our global economy.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section one amends subdivision 1 of section 669-a of the education law
to add a new paragraph d-1 which establishes the definition of "veteran"
to mean a person who (i) is a resident of the state; (ii) served in the
armed forces of the United States; (iii) was a resident of the state

immediately prior to his or her entry into such armed forces; and (iv)
received an honorable discharge from the branch of the armed forces of
the United States in which he or she served.

Section two amends paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section 669-a of
the education law to include veterans, as defined in paragraph d-1 of
subdivision 1 of section 669-a of the education law, amongst those
eligible to receive veterans tuition awards program.

Section three establishes the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

In 2017, New York enacted the Excelsior Scholarship program, which
expanded the Tuition Assistance Program by more than $1 billion, in an
effort to make college more affordable for New York State students.
Absent from the adopted program are provisions which would expand eligi-
bility to include all military veterans. These men and women have sacri-
ficed so much to defend our freedom, and it is only fitting that they
have an opportunity to further their education to better compete in the
global economy. This bill would expand the eligibility of the newly
established scholarship program to those proud men and women who serve
in the Armed Forces.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2017-2018: A8367A/ S6312B

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:

To be Determined

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
Immediately

2023-S6571 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6571
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 27, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  ASHBY  -- 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 expanding  eligibility
   under the veterans tuition awards program
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 669-a  of  the  education  law  is
 amended by adding a new paragraph d-1 to read as follows:
   D-1.  "VETERAN"  MEANS  A  PERSON WHO: (I) IS A RESIDENT OF THE STATE;
 (II)  SERVED IN THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES; (III) WAS A RESI-
 DENT OF THE STATE IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO HIS OR HER ENTRY INTO SUCH  ARMED
 FORCES;  AND (IV) RECEIVED AN HONORABLE DISCHARGE FROM THE BRANCH OF THE
 ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES IN WHICH HE OR SHE SERVED.
   § 2. Paragraph a of subdivision 2 of section 669-a  of  the  education
 law,  as  amended  by  section  3 of part N of chapter 57 of the laws of
 2008, is amended to read as follows:
   a. Tuition awards are available for all Vietnam VETERANS, Persian Gulf
 VETERANS, Afghanistan [and] VETERANS, other  eligible  combat  veterans,
 [as  defined  in  subdivision one of this section] AND VETERANS, who are
 enrolled, pursuant to paragraph a of subdivision  four  of  section  six
 hundred  sixty-one  of  this part, in approved undergraduate or graduate
 programs at degree granting institutions or enrolled in  approved  voca-
 tional  training programs and who apply for a tuition assistance program
 award pursuant to section six hundred sixty-seven of this subpart.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09806-01-3

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Senate Bill S6571

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Higher Education Committee

co-Sponsors

2023-S6571 (ACTIVE) - Details

2023-S6571 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2023-S6571 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S6571 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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Sponsored By

Jacob Ashby

Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Higher Education Committee

co-Sponsors

James Tedisco

2023-S6571 (ACTIVE) - Details

2023-S6571 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2023-S6571 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S6571 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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