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A387Assembly2019-2020 Session

Increase Graduate Student Aid

Official title

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

Sponsor N. Nick PerryAD-58+1 co-sponsorAffects 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 increases the minimum annual Tuition Assistance Program award for eligible graduate students in New York to $500.

Why it matters

  1. Increases the financial baseline for graduate students. By raising the minimum Tuition Assistance Program (TAP) award to $500, the bill ensures that every eligible graduate student receives a more meaningful level of support, addressing inflation and rising education costs.

  2. Targets aid to those with demonstrated need. The change specifically applies to students whose calculated TAP award would otherwise fall below $500, helping ensure that even those with modest need don’t receive a negligible amount.

  3. Potentially expands access and retention. A higher minimum award may help more lower-income or borderline-eligible graduate students afford to continue their studies, thereby supporting workforce development and educational attainment in New York State.

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Increase Graduate Student Aid

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Sponsors

Primary sponsor
N. Nick Perry

Assembly Member · Assembly District 58

1 Co-sponsor

History

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

Full text

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STATE OF NEW YORK

387

2019-2020 Regular Sessions

IN ASSEMBLY (Prefiled)

January 9, 2019

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, 2020, and shall be first effective for awards made for the 2020-2021 academic year.

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

[ ] is old law to be omitted.

LBD05261-01-9

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