What's happening
This bill prohibits Tuition Assistance Program (TAP) grants from being awarded to students enrolled at for-profit universities in New York.
Why it matters
Targets for-profit colleges. by making students at these institutions ineligible for New York’s main state financial aid (TAP), which could significantly impact their enrollment and financial stability.
Shifts public funding. toward nonprofit and public colleges, potentially reinforcing the state’s preference for these institutions and signaling skepticism about the quality or value of for-profit education.
May affect student choices and access. by forcing prospective students to reconsider enrolling at for-profit schools if they rely on TAP grants, possibly leading to increased enrollment at public and nonprofit schools, or reduced access for some students.
Raises broader questions about educational equity and oversight,. as for-profit colleges often serve non-traditional, lower-income, and minority students who may have fewer alternative options for higher education.
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End TAP for For-Profit Colleges
Plain English, a few words. Used as the page title.
Sponsors
Senator · Senate District 39
1 Co-sponsor
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.
Relates to prohibiting awarding TAP grants to those enrolled at for-profit universities
In Assembly Committee · Higher Education · Sponsor Harvey Epstein
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STATE OF NEW YORK
5607
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
May 8, 2019
Introduced by Sen. SKOUFIS -- 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 prohibiting awarding TAP grants to those enrolled at for-profit universities
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Paragraph c of subdivision 3 of section 667 of the education law, as added by chapter 83 of the laws of 1995 and as relettered by section 2 of part J of chapter 58 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
c. Restrictions. In no [even shall] event shall any award:
(i) be made unless the annual tuition (exclusive of educational fees) and, if applicable, the college fee levied by the state university of New York pursuant to the April first, nineteen hundred sixty-four financing agreement with the New York state dormitory authority charged for the program in which the student is enrolled total at least two hundred dollars; or
(ii) exceed the amount by which such annual tuition (exclusive of educational fees) and, if applicable, the college fee levied by the state university of New York pursuant to the April first, nineteen hundred sixty-four financing agreement with the New York state dormitory authority exceed the total of all other state, federal, or other educational aid that is received or receivable by such student during the school year for which such award is applicable and that, in the judgment of the commissioner, would duplicate the purposes of the award; or
(iii) be made when income exceeds the maximum income set forth in this subdivision. The commissioner shall list in his regulations all major state and federal financial aid available to New York state students and identify any forms of aid that are duplicative of the purposes of the tuition assistance program. For the purposes of this subdivision, neither United States war orphan educational benefits nor benefits under
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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the veterans' readjustment act of nineteen hundred sixty-six shall be considered as federal or other educational aid; or
(iv) be made to anyone matriculated at a for-profit institution.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law. Effective immediately the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made on or before such date.
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Sponsor's memo
Title of bill
An act to amend the education law, in relation to prohibiting awarding TAP grants to those enrolled at for-profit univer- sities
Purpose
To end state support of for-profit colleges that exist to enrich the owners and shareholders while saddling students with unsustainable levels of student debt.
Summary of provisions
Section 1: Amends section 667 of the education law to add an additional restriction on the issuance of TAP grants, preventing such grants from being issued to anyone matriculated at a for-profit institution.
Section 2: Effective date.
Justification
The for-profit college industry exists to extract profit from students. Unlike traditional non-profit colleges and universities which exist to serve students, for-profit colleges exist to serve shareholders. Numer- ous studies have documented that students at for-profit colleges have lower graduation rates, higher debt burdens, and fewer career prospects than students attending non-profit colleges. New York State should not be supporting this predatory industry by subsidizing the cost of tuition for students attending these schools.
Legislative history
New bill
Fiscal implications
To be determined. Ending TAP grants to students enrolled in for-profit institutions would reduce TAP expenditures, although some students who might have otherwise attended for-profit institutions might choose to enroll in a non-profit institution instead.
Effective date
This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law. Effective immediately the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made on or before such date.
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