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The bill modifies World Trade Center memorial scholarships to clarify non-tuition cost of attendance rules, especially regarding on-campus housing requirements.
Why it matters
Expands eligibility for housing-related scholarship funds. by ensuring students are not required to apply for or live in on-campus housing to receive the non-tuition portion of the World Trade Center memorial scholarship, making the benefit more accessible to those living off-campus.
Prevents penalizing students for off-campus living choices. by prohibiting reductions in scholarship amounts simply because a student does not use on-campus housing, unless specific conditions apply (e.g., living with parents or relatives nearby).
Targets benefits to genuine housing costs. by allowing the scholarship’s non-tuition portion to be reduced only if a student’s off-campus housing is owned by a direct relative, or if they live with parents within reasonable commuting distance, aiming to prevent overcompensation for students with minimal housing expenses.
Aligns with broader financial aid practices. by allowing the use of Pell grant housing allowances as a reference, potentially making cost determinations fairer and more consistent with federal standards.
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STATE OF NEW YORK
232
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY (Prefiled)
January 9, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. CAHILL -- read once and referred to the Committee on Higher Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to World trade center memorial scholarships
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Subparagraph 4 of paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section 668-d of the education law, as added by chapter 176 of the laws of 2002, is amended to read as follows:
(4) "Non-tuition cost of attendance", as used in this subdivision, shall mean: (i) the actual amount charged by the institution for room and board, and (ii) an allowance for transportation, books and supplies as determined by the president and as approved by the director of the budget, provided that such determination shall be made no later than December first of each year for use in the succeeding academic year. In the event a student does not incur room or board charges at the institution, "non-tuition cost of attendance" shall mean an allowance for room and board as determined by the president and approved by the director of the budget. A student shall not be required, as a condition of receiving the non-tuition cost of attendance, to apply for on-campus housing, nor shall the amount of non-tuition cost of attendance decrease because the student does not apply for or receive on-campus housing; provided, however that the amount of non-tuition cost of attendance may be decreased for a student who does not live in on-campus housing if such student's parent or parents reside within reasonable commuting distance, or if their off-campus residence is owned in whole or in part by a direct relation including a parent, grandparent, aunt, uncle, sibling or cousin. In determining allowances pursuant to this subparagraph, the president may take into consideration the allowances provided for in the Pell grant program.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD03109-01-9
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