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A744Assembly2017-2018 Session

Raise Graduate Student Aid

Official title

“Raises the minimum tuition assistance program award an eligible graduate student may receive per semester”

Sponsor N. Nick PerryAD-58Affects 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 raises the minimum Tuition Assistance Program award for eligible graduate students in New York to $500 per year.

Why it matters

  1. Increases Financial Support. By raising the minimum Tuition Assistance Program (TAP) award for graduate students to $500, the bill ensures that even students receiving the smallest grants get a more meaningful level of help with their tuition costs.

  2. Addresses Cost-of-Living Changes. The previous minimum award may have become less effective over time due to inflation and rising education costs; this adjustment helps maintain the program's real value for students.

  3. Potentially Broadens Access. The increased minimum award could make graduate education slightly more attainable for low- and moderate-income students who might otherwise be deterred by insufficient financial aid.

  4. Signals State Support for Advanced Education. By amending the minimum aid, New York demonstrates a renewed commitment to supporting students pursuing advanced degrees, which could have broader economic and workforce implications.

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Raise Graduate Student Aid

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Sponsors

Primary sponsor
N. Nick Perry

Assembly Member · Assembly District 58

History

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

Full text

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STATE OF NEW YORK

744

2017-2018 Regular Sessions

IN ASSEMBLY

January 9, 2017

Introduced by M. of A. PERRY -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COLTON, PEOPLES-STOKES, RA -- read once and referred to the Committee on Higher Education

AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to increasing the minimum tuition assistance program award for eligible graduate students to five hundred dollars per year

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

Section 1. Subparagraph (v) of paragraph b of subdivision 3 of section 667 of the education law, as amended by chapter 309 of the laws of 1996, is amended to read as follows:

(v) The award shall be the net amount of the base amount determined pursuant to subparagraph (i) of this paragraph reduced pursuant to subparagraph (ii) or (iii) of this paragraph but the award shall not be reduced below [one] five hundred dollars. If the income exceeds the maximum amount of income allowable under subparagraph (ii) or (iii) of this paragraph, no award shall be made.

§ 2. This act shall take effect April 1, 2018, and shall be first effective for awards made for the 2018-2019 academic year.

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

[ ] is old law to be omitted.

LBD06427-01-7

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