Bill Text: NY A05098 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Makes tuition free for New York state residents at SUNY and CUNY schools and community colleges; requires community service and state residency and employment for a period of five years after completion of academic program.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 74-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-06-02 - reported referred to ways and means [A05098 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A05098-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         5098--A
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    February 12, 2015
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  M. of A. SKOUFIS, GOTTFRIED, ABINANTI, BENEDETTO, BRAUN-
          STEIN, BRINDISI, COLTON, GUNTHER, JAFFEE, KIM, LIFTON, MILLER, MOSLEY,
          PEOPLES-STOKES, PICHARDO, RAIA, ROBINSON, RODRIGUEZ, SKARTADOS, STECK,
          CLARK, SANTABARBARA, HOOPER, MAYER, RAMOS, FAHY,  ROSENTHAL,  SOLAGES,
          BARRETT,  STIRPE, JEAN-PIERRE, ROZIC, BICHOTTE, BRONSON, BARRON, CRES-
          PO, COOK, TITONE,  ARROYO,  JOYNER,  ORTIZ,  BLAKE,  LINARES,  CAHILL,
          LAVINE,  SIMON,  GOLDFEDER,  HEVESI,  ENGLEBRIGHT,  DINOWITZ,  DAVILA,
          AUBRY, WRIGHT, PRETLOW, SIMOTAS, HIKIND, LENTOL, WALKER, ABBATE, SIMA-
          NOWITZ, GJONAJ, MARKEY, RICHARDSON -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.  of  A.
          BRENNAN, CERETTO, CUSICK, DenDEKKER, KAMINSKY, LUPARDO, PAULIN, PERRY,
          RIVERA,  RYAN, SCHIMEL, THIELE, TITUS -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Higher Education -- reported and referred to the  Commit-
          tee on Ways and Means -- recommitted to the Committee on Higher Educa-
          tion  in  accordance  with  Assembly  Rule  3,  sec.  2  --  committee
          discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
          to said committee
        AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to enacting "Tuition-Free
          NY"
          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 "Tuition-Free
     2  NY".
     3    § 2. Paragraph h of subdivision 2 of section 355 of the education  law
     4  is amended by adding a new subparagraph 1-a to read as follows:
     5    (1-a) The trustees shall implement a program to permit any student who
     6  has been admitted to a state-operated institution of the state universi-
     7  ty  to  attend  without  the payment of tuition and fees if such student
     8  fulfills the requirements of such program pursuant to the provisions  of
     9  this subparagraph.  The provisions of this subparagraph shall only apply
    10  to costs of one undergraduate degree and any additional costs associated
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD04620-12-6