Bill Text: NY A05913 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Extends the duration of tuition assistance awards to five years.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 22-2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - referred to higher education [A05913 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A05913-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         5913
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                     March 2, 2011
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       Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  KAVANAGH,  BENEDETTO, CAHILL, CLARK, COLTON,
         JAFFEE, PEOPLES-STOKES, PERRY, N. RIVERA -- Multi-Sponsored by  --  M.
         of  A.  COOK,  DESTITO, GOTTFRIED, GUNTHER, HEASTIE, MAGEE, MAYERSOHN,
         McENENY, MILLMAN, MOLINARO, PHEFFER,  J. RIVERA,  SWEENEY,  WRIGHT  --
         read once and referred to the Committee on Higher Education
       AN  ACT  to  amend  the  education  law,  in relation to the duration of
         tuition assistance awards
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Section 604 of the education law is amended by adding a new
    2  subdivision 1-a to read as follows:
    3    1-A. TUITION ASSISTANCE AWARDS PROVIDED FOR IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS
    4  SECTION SHALL BE AVAILABLE TO STUDENTS ENROLLED IN APPROVED PROGRAMS FOR
    5  FIVE ACADEMIC YEARS IN THE AGGREGATE.
    6    S  2.  This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding
    7  the date on which it shall have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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