Bill Text: NY A00290 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Establishes a demonstration program in the city school district of the city of Syracuse and in up to five other cities with a population of less than one million.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 16-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-06-16 - held for consideration in education [A00290 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-A00290-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          290
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 7, 2009
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       Introduced  by M. of A. MAGNARELLI, CHRISTENSEN, DESTITO, HOYT, PEOPLES,
         SPANO, KOON, SCHROEDER, GANTT, McENENY, WRIGHT, JOHN, MORELLE, REILLY,
         MILLMAN, BENJAMIN, CAMARA -- read once and referred to  the  Committee
         on Education
       AN  ACT to amend the education law, in relation to establishing the "say
         yes to education demonstration program"
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 669-e
    2  to read as follows:
    3    S 669-E. SAY YES TO EDUCATION DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM. 1.  THE "SAY  YES
    4  TO  EDUCATION  DEMONSTRATION  PROGRAM" IS HEREBY ESTABLISHED IN THE CITY
    5  SCHOOL DISTRICT OF THE CITY OF SYRACUSE AND IN UP TO FIVE  OTHER  CITIES
    6  WITH  POPULATIONS  OF  LESS  THAN  ONE MILLION, AND FAMILY POVERTY RATES
    7  CALCULATED IN THE TWO THOUSAND FEDERAL CENSUS EQUAL TO OR  GREATER  THAN
    8  THIRTEEN PERCENT.
    9    2.  STUDENTS  WHO  ARE ENROLLED IN PARTICIPATING DISTRICTS PURSUANT TO
   10  SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION AND ARE ENROLLED IN TWELFTH GRADE DURING
   11  THE TWO THOUSAND NINE--TWO THOUSAND  TEN  SCHOOL  YEAR,  AND  SUBSEQUENT
   12  YEARS  THEREAFTER  AND:  (A)  WHO  HAD  PREVIOUSLY BEEN ENROLLED IN SUCH
   13  DISTRICTS DURING THEIR TENTH AND ELEVENTH GRADE YEARS; (B)  WHO  HAVE  A
   14  HIGH  SCHOOL  DIPLOMA OR ITS EQUIVALENT; (C) WHO ARE MATRICULATED AT THE
   15  STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK (SUNY) OR THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF  NEW  YORK
   16  (CUNY);  AND  WHO  APPLY  FOR FEDERAL PELL GRANTS AND THE NEW YORK STATE
   17  TUITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM PURSUANT TO SECTION SIX  HUNDRED  SIXTY-SEVEN
   18  OF  THIS  SUBPART,  AND  OTHER  AVAILABLE FEDERAL AND STATE AID SHALL BE
   19  ELIGIBLE FOR AWARDS PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION THREE OF THIS SECTION.
   20    3. ELIGIBLE STUDENTS SHALL RECEIVE AWARDS IN AN AMOUNT UP TO THE  COST
   21  OF TUITION AND FEES AT SUNY AND CUNY SCHOOLS LESS OTHER STATE OR FEDERAL
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD00559-01-9
       A. 290                              2
    1  AWARDS  RECEIVED  BY  SUCH  STUDENTS,  OR THE ACTUAL COST OF TUITION AND
    2  FEES, WHICHEVER IS LESS.
    3    4.  THE  PRESIDENT  OF THE HIGHER EDUCATION SERVICES CORPORATION SHALL
    4  PROMULGATE ANY NECESSARY RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF
    5  THIS SECTION ON OR BEFORE  DECEMBER  THIRTY-FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND  NINE,
    6  PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,  THAT CURRENT DURATION, INCOME ELIGIBILITY AND GRADE
    7  POINT AVERAGE STANDARDS APPLIED TO APPLICANTS FOR THE TUITION ASSISTANCE
    8  PROGRAM SHALL BE APPLIED TO APPLICANTS FOR THE  "SAY  YES  TO  EDUCATION
    9  DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM."
   10    5.  THIS  PROGRAM  SHALL  BE  FUNDED  PURSUANT TO APPROPRIATION BY THE
   11  LEGISLATURE.
   12    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.