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A6063Assembly2017-2018 Session

No TAP Award Deferrals

Official title

“Prohibits the deferral of awards granted under the Tuition Assistance Program (TAP)”

Sponsor Marcos CrespoAD-85Affects Education
Status
In Assembly Committee
Higher Education
Impact
5/10
Moderate
Passage
0%

Bill progress

Step 2 of 7

In committee · Higher Education

What's happening

This bill prohibits deferring Tuition Assistance Program (TAP) awards until graduation and requires timely payment to students for tuition.

Why it matters

  1. Ensures students can pay tuition bills on time. By prohibiting TAP awards from being deferred until graduation, the bill guarantees that students will actually receive the financial support when their tuition is due, reducing the risk of late fees, class registration holds, or being dropped from courses.

  2. Reduces financial uncertainty and stress. Students often rely on TAP awards to cover essential educational costs; timely payments mean students won't have to take out risky loans or find alternative funding at the last minute.

  3. Promotes educational access and retention. Immediate access to TAP funds can help prevent students—especially those from lower-income backgrounds—from being forced to pause or abandon their studies due to inability to pay tuition upfront.

  4. Eliminates graduation-based contingencies. By banning any requirement that TAP awards be dependent on graduation, the bill protects students who face unexpected life circumstances or need to temporarily leave school, ensuring they don't lose out on aid they've already earned.

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No TAP Award Deferrals

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Sponsors

Primary sponsor
Marcos Crespo

Assembly Member · Assembly District 85

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History

  1. Referred to higher education
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STATE OF NEW YORK

6063

2017-2018 Regular Sessions

IN ASSEMBLY

February 23, 2017

Introduced by M. of A. CRESPO -- read once and referred to the Committee on Higher Education

AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to prohibiting the deferral of awards granted under the Tuition Assistance Program (TAP)

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

Section 1. Section 667 of the education law is amended by adding a new subdivision 4 to read as follows:

4. Deferral of tuition assistance program awards prohibited. Under no circumstances shall an award granted under the tuition assistance program (TAP) pursuant to this section be deferred until the student recipient graduates from his or her course of study. The president shall pay a tuition assistance program award to the student recipient in a reasonable timeframe in order to ensure the student recipient is able to apply the award toward his or her tuition bill on time. No tuition assistance program award shall be made contingent upon the student's graduation from his or her undergraduate or graduate course of study.

§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately, and shall apply to academic quarters and semesters beginning on or after August 1, 2018.

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

[ ] is old law to be omitted.

LBD07226-01-7

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