STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4311--A Cal. No. 176 2015-2016 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 30, 2015 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. MOYA, HEASTIE, GLICK, MORELLE, FARRELL, CRESPO, RODRIGUEZ, ORTIZ, AUBRY, GOTTFRIED, RAMOS, BRENNAN, O'DONNELL, LAVINE, QUART, KAVANAGH, THIELE, ROBINSON, BENEDETTO, ROSENTHAL, CLARK, MILL- ER, DenDEKKER, ABINANTI, PAULIN, PERRY, JAFFEE, CAHILL, MOSLEY, KIM, WEPRIN, SCHIMEL, RIVERA, ROZIC, DINOWITZ, SEPULVEDA, SKARTADOS, ZEBROWSKI, COLTON, DAVILA, FAHY, ARROYO, LINARES, OTIS, BARRON, BICHOTTE, BLAKE, BRINDISI, DILAN, GJONAJ, JEAN-PIERRE, JOYNER, PICHAR- DO, SEAWRIGHT, SIMON, TITUS, WALKER, WEINSTEIN, COOK, MAYER -- Multi- Sponsored by -- M. of A. BRAUNSTEIN, CYMBROWITZ, ENGLEBRIGHT, GALEF, HEVESI, HOOPER, LENTOL, LIFTON, MARKEY, NOLAN, PEOPLES-STOKES, PRET- LOW, RUSSELL, SIMOTAS, SOLAGES, STECK, TITONE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Higher Education -- advanced to a third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place on the order of third reading AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to creating the New York DREAM fund commission; eligibility requirements and conditions govern- ing general awards, academic performance awards and student loans; eligibility requirements for assistance under the higher education opportunity programs and the collegiate science and technology entry program; financial aid opportunities for students of the state univer- sity of New York, the city university of New York and community colleges; and the program requirements for the New York state college choice tuition savings program; and to repeal subdivision 3 of section 661 of such law relating thereto The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "New York 2 state DREAM Act". 3 § 2. The education law is amended by adding a new section 609 to read 4 as follows: EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD00326-06-6