What's happening
This bill expands eligibility for the military service recognition scholarship to include conflicts that occurred after June 1, 1982.
Why it matters
Expands support to more families. By moving the eligibility date back to June 1, 1982, the bill allows children, spouses, and financial dependents of service members affected by more recent conflicts (such as Lebanon, Grenada, Gulf War, and others) to access the Military Service Recognition Scholarship, recognizing sacrifices made in these operations.
Acknowledges modern military service risks. The amendment reflects changes in U.S. military engagement patterns since the early 1980s, where significant combat and hazardous deployments occurred outside formally declared wars, ensuring those affected are not excluded from state support.
Reduces inequity in benefit access. Previously, families of service members affected by post-1982 conflicts were ineligible for this scholarship; this bill addresses that gap, promoting fairness and recognition for all who have suffered loss or injury in more recent military service.
May increase demand for scholarship funds. With more eligible recipients, the bill could lead to increased applications and higher costs for the program, potentially prompting a need for expanded funding or administrative adjustments.
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Expand Military Scholarship Eligibility
In Senate Committee · Veterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs · Sponsor Robert Ortt
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STATE OF NEW YORK
3856
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 31, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. MAGNARELLI -- read once and referred to the Committee on Higher Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to changing the eligibility dates for a military service recognition scholarship to include the conflicts that occurred after June 1, 1982
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Paragraph a of subdivision 1 of section 668-e of the education law, as added by chapter 106 of the laws of 2003, is amended to read as follows:
a. Notwithstanding subdivisions three and five of section six hundred sixty-one of this title, children, spouses and financial dependents of a member of the armed forces of the United States or state organized militia who at any time on or after the [second day of August, nineteen hundred ninety] first of June, nineteen hundred eighty-two, while in service in the armed forces of the United States, as defined by subdivision eight of section one of the military law or in a force of the state organized militia, as defined in subdivision nine of section one of the military law: (i) while a legal resident of New York state, died, became severely and permanently disabled or was classified as missing in action in a combat theater or combat zone of operations as part of military operations, or died as a result of injury or illness suffered or incurred during such military service; or (ii) while a legal resident of New York state, died or became severely and permanently disabled as a result of injury or illness suffered or incurred during military training operations in preparation for duty in a combat theater or combat zone of operations.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD02196-01-9
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