What's happening
This bill requires New York State to annually fund any increases in tuition credit for higher education starting in 2020-2021.
Why it matters
Shifts financial responsibility for tuition credit increases from colleges and universities to the state. , ensuring that annual rises in tuition credits do not directly impact institutional budgets or force schools to cut services elsewhere.
May help protect students and families from tuition hikes or reductions in financial aid. , since state funding will cover any mandated increases in tuition credit, potentially making higher education more affordable and predictable.
Creates a recurring obligation for the state budget. , which could have broader fiscal impacts, especially during economic downturns, as the state must annually allocate sufficient funds regardless of other budgetary pressures.
Applies to both SUNY and CUNY systems. , ensuring consistent support across New York’s major public higher education institutions and potentially setting a precedent for state responsibility in higher education funding.
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Fund Tuition Credit Increases
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Sponsors
3 Co-sponsors
History
- Referred to higher education
- Referred to higher education
Companion bill
The same bill in the other chamber. A bill becomes law when one version passes both houses and the governor signs it, so either number can carry it.
Fund Tuition Credit Increases
In Assembly Committee · Ways And Means · Sponsor Deborah Glick
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STATE OF NEW YORK
5293
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
April 23, 2019
Introduced by Sen. STAVISKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to state appropriations for increases in tuition credit
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Subparagraph 4 of paragraph h of subdivision 2 of section 355 of the education law is amended by adding a new clause (vii) to read as follows:
(vii) Beginning in state fiscal year two thousand twenty--two thousand twenty-one and thereafter, the state shall appropriate and make available general fund operating support to cover any increase in the tuition credit pursuant to section six hundred eighty-nine-a of this title annually.
§ 2. Subparagraph 4 of paragraph h of subdivision 2 of section 355 of the education law is amended by adding a new closing paragraph to read as follows:
Beginning in state fiscal year two thousand twenty--two thousand twenty-one and thereafter, the state shall appropriate and make available general fund operating support to cover any increase in the tuition credit pursuant to section six hundred eighty-nine-a of this title annually.
§ 3. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 7 of section 6206 of the education law is amended by adding a new subparagraph (vi) to read as follows:
(vi) Beginning in state fiscal year two thousand twenty--two thousand twenty-one and thereafter, the state shall appropriate and make available general fund operating support to cover any increase in the tuition credit pursuant to section six hundred eighty-nine-a of this chapter annually.
§ 4. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 7 of section 6206 of the education law is amended by adding a new closing paragraph to read as follows:
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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Beginning in state fiscal year two thousand twenty--two thousand twenty-one and thereafter, the state shall appropriate and make available general fund operating support to cover any increase in the tuition credit pursuant to section six hundred eighty-nine-a of this chapter annually.
§ 5. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however that the amendments to subparagraph 4 of paragraph h of subdivision 2 of section 355 of the education law made by section one of this act shall not affect the expiration and reversion of such subparagraph pursuant to section 16 of chapter 260 of the laws of 2011, as amended, when upon such date section two of this act shall take effect; and provided, further that the amendments to paragraph (a) of subdivision 7 of section 6206 of the education law made by section three of this act shall not affect the expiration and reversion of such paragraph pursuant to section 16 of chapter 260 of the laws of 2011, as amended, when upon such date section four of this act shall take effect.
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Sponsor's memo
Title of bill
An act to amend the education law, in relation to state appropriations for increases in tuition credit
Purpose or general idea of bill
The purpose of this bill is to increase state support for SUNY and CUNY through coverage of the TAP gap.
Summary of provisions
Sections one through four requires the state to cover the cost of any increase in the tuition credit currently covered by SUNY and CUNY.
Section five establishes an immediate effective date.
Justification
In 2011, the NY SUNY 2020 legislation took steps to ensure that recipi- ents of the maximum TAP award could continue to attend a SUNY or CUNY school tuition free by requiring campuses to cover the difference between tuition and the maximum TAP award. As tuition at SUNY and CUNY has risen over the years, the maximum TAP award has remained flat, lead- ing to an ever-growing "TAP gap" that schools must pay. This bill will make certain that students who are most at need will continue to attend SUNY and CUNY schools tuition free without the growing erosion of the schools' operating budgets to cover an expense that New York State should be covering.
Prior legislative history
2017-18: A10883 - Reported from Higher Education; Referred to Ways and Means.
New bill in the Senate.
Fiscal implications for state and local governments
To be determined.
Effective date
This act will take effect immediately.
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