What's happening
This bill excludes military service-based tuition benefits and scholarships from income calculations for New York's tuition assistance program awards.
Why it matters
Ensures military service-based tuition benefits (like the GI Bill) are not counted as income. when determining eligibility for New York's Tuition Assistance Program (TAP), potentially making more veterans and service members eligible for greater state aid.
Reduces the financial penalty for veterans and service members who receive federal or other military educational benefits. , preventing situations where their earned benefits inadvertently lower state financial aid awards.
Encourages military service by making New York’s higher education more accessible and affordable. for veterans and service members, recognizing their service without penalizing them in state aid calculations.
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Protect Veterans’ Tuition Aid
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History
- Referred to higher education
- Referred to higher education
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STATE OF NEW YORK
4601
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 4, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. ENGLEBRIGHT, COLTON -- read once and referred to the Committee on Higher Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to providing that tuition benefits and scholarships awarded to students based upon their service in the armed forces shall not be included as income when calculating tuition assistance program awards
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. The opening paragraph of subdivision 5 of section 663 of the education law is designated paragraph (a) and a new paragraph (b) is added to read as follows:
(b) In the determination of income for purposes of section six hundred sixty-seven of this part if, during the academic year in which the applicant will receive an award, the applicant received or is expecting to receive a tuition benefit and/or any scholarship, including the federal Montgomery GI Bill, awarded for that academic year based on service in the armed forces of the United States, that amount awarded for military service shall not be deemed applicable income in determining the applicant's award for the academic year.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD08454-01-9
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