Bill Text: NY A03882 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires that no scholarship, grant or award offered by a state university of New York college shall, as a condition of eligibility, require that the student reside on campus in campus housing.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-05-10 - held for consideration in higher education [A03882 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-A03882-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 3882 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 28, 2015 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. FITZPATRICK -- read once and referred to the Committee on Higher Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to prohibiting on campus residency as a requirement for scholarships, grants and awards offered by the state university of New York 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 141 to 2 read as follows: 3 S 141. SCHOLARSHIPS, GRANTS AND AWARDS; CAMPUS RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT 4 PROHIBITED. 1. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, NO SCHOLAR- 5 SHIP, GRANT, AWARD OR ANY OTHER FORM OF TUITION ASSISTANCE OFFERED BY 6 ANY COLLEGE OF THE UNIVERSITY, SHALL, AS A CONDITION OF ELIGIBILITY, 7 REQUIRE THAT THE STUDENT RECEIVING SUCH SCHOLARSHIP, GRANT, AWARD OR 8 ASSISTANCE RESIDE ON CAMPUS IN CAMPUS HOUSING, EXCEPT WHERE SUCH SCHOL- 9 ARSHIP, GRANT, AWARD OR ASSISTANCE IS SPECIFICALLY DESIGNATED FOR 10 ON-CAMPUS HOUSING OR BOARD. 11 2. NOTHING IN THIS SECTION SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO PROHIBIT ANY COLLEGE 12 OF THE UNIVERSITY FROM REQUIRING THAT A STUDENT BE A RESIDENT OF THE 13 STATE OF NEW YORK IN ORDER TO BE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE A SCHOLARSHIP, 14 GRANT, AWARD OR ANY OTHER FORM OF TUITION ASSISTANCE. 15 S 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2016. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD05733-01-5