Assembly Bill A1298

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Expands the veterans tuition awards program

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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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2025-A1298 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §669-a, Ed L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A5826

2025-A1298 (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.

2025-A1298 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1298
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 9, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. SLATER, BENDETT -- read once and referred 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 THEY SERVED.
   § 2. Paragraph a of subdivision 2 of section 669-a  of  the  education
 law,  as  amended by chapter 453 of the laws of 2024, is amended to read
 as follows:
   a. Tuition awards are available for all other  eligible  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, for up to the equivalent of eight full-time  semesters,  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.
                                                            LBD03836-01-5

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