What's happening
This bill allows students forced to transfer due to a permanent college closure to receive two additional semesters of tuition assistance.
Why it matters
Provides critical support to students whose education is disrupted by college closures. , ensuring they aren’t penalized for circumstances beyond their control and can complete their degrees without extra financial burden.
Reduces the risk of students losing academic progress and investment. when transferring, as transferring often results in lost credits and time; the extra tuition assistance helps mitigate these setbacks.
Encourages smoother transitions and stability in higher education. by making it less risky for students to enroll in smaller or financially vulnerable colleges, knowing there is a safety net if the institution closes.
Addresses equity concerns. , as closures disproportionately affect lower-income and first-generation students who may lack resources to absorb sudden changes in educational plans.
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Extend Tuition Aid for Transfers
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Extend Tuition Aid for Transfers
Senate Floor Calendar · Sponsor Kenneth P. LaValle
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STATE OF NEW YORK
6592
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
March 9, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. GLICK -- read once and referred to the Committee on Higher Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to eligibility for tuition assistance program awards for certain undergraduates who must transfer to another institution as a result of a permanent college closure
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 667 of the education law, as amended by section 1 of part J of chapter 58 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
2. Duration. No undergraduate shall be eligible for more than four academic years of study, or five academic years if the program of study normally requires five years. Students enrolled in a program of remedial study, approved by the commissioner in an institution of higher education and intended to culminate in a degree in undergraduate study shall, for purposes of this section, be considered as enrolled in a program of study normally requiring five years. An undergraduate student enrolled in an eligible two year program of study approved by the commissioner shall be eligible for no more than three academic years of study. An undergraduate student enrolled in an approved two or four-year program of study approved by the commissioner who must transfer to another institution as a result of permanent college closure shall be eligible for two additional semesters, or their equivalent, as determined by the commissioner, in order to complete his or her program. Any semester, quarter, or term of attendance during which a student receives any award under this article, after the effective date of the former scholar incentive program and prior to academic year nineteen hundred eightynine--nineteen hundred ninety, shall be counted toward the maximum term of eligibility for tuition assistance under this section, except that any semester, quarter or term of attendance during which a student
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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received an award pursuant to section six hundred sixty-six of this subpart shall be counted as one-half of a semester, quarter or term, as the case may be, toward the maximum term of eligibility under this section. Any semester, quarter or term of attendance during which a student received an award pursuant to section six hundred sixty-seven-a of this subpart shall not be counted toward the maximum term of eligibility under this section.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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