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A1227Assembly2017-2018 SessionSame asS1722

Extend Tuition Aid to Five Years

Official title

“Extends the duration of tuition assistance awards to five years”

Sponsor Nily RozicAD-25+9 co-sponsorsAffects Education
Status
In Assembly Committee
Higher Education
Impact
6/10
Moderate
Passage
0%

Bill progress

Step 2 of 7

In committee · Higher Education

What's happening

This bill allows students to receive New York State tuition assistance awards for up to five academic years.

Why it matters

  1. Extends financial support for an extra year. , which can help students who need more than four years to complete their degree due to part-time status, personal circumstances, or challenging academic programs.

  2. Reduces pressure to graduate within a strict four-year timeline. , allowing students to take lighter course loads per semester if needed, which could lead to improved academic performance and mental health.

  3. Increases access and retention for non-traditional or disadvantaged students. , who are more likely to face interruptions or require additional semesters to finish their education, thus promoting equity in higher education.

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Who cares

  • Students enrolled in approved programs

    The bill would make tuition assistance awards available for five academic years in the aggregate.

  • Colleges offering approved programs

    Their students could receive tuition assistance awards for a total of five academic years.

  • Tuition assistance administrators

    They would need to apply the five-academic-year award duration beginning July 1 next following the bill becoming law.

Headline styles

Extend Tuition Aid to Five Years

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Sponsors

Primary sponsor
Nily Rozic

Assembly Member · Assembly District 25

Chair, Consumer Affairs and Protection

History

  1. Referred to higher education
  2. Referred to higher education

Companion bill

The same bill in the other chamber. A bill becomes law when one version passes both houses and the governor signs it, so either number can carry it.

S1722Senate

Extend Tuition Aid to Five Years

In Senate Committee · Higher Education · Sponsor David Carlucci

Impact 6 · Moderate0% to pass

Full text

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STATE OF NEW YORK

1227

2017-2018 Regular Sessions

IN ASSEMBLY

January 11, 2017

Introduced by M. of A. ROZIC, BENEDETTO, CAHILL, COLTON, JAFFEE, KAVANAGH, PEOPLES-STOKES, PERRY -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COOK, GOTTFRIED, GUNTHER, MAGEE, RIVERA -- read once and referred to the Committee on Higher Education

AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the duration of tuition assistance awards

The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:

Section 1. Section 604 of the education law is amended by adding a new subdivision 1-a to read as follows:

1-a. Tuition assistance awards provided for in subdivision one of this section shall be available to students enrolled in approved programs for five academic years in the aggregate.

§ 2. This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law.

EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

[ ] is old law to be omitted.

LBD00520-01-7

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