Bill Text: NY S02600 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Extends scholarship eligibility for certain scholarships to students who have a certificate of graduation from a recognized high school within New York state from the two thousand thirteen--fourteen school year or after, or the recognized equivalent of such certificate, or received a passing score on a federally approved ability to benefit test that has been identified by the board of regents as satisfying the eligibility requirements and has been independently administered and evaluated as defined by the commissioner of education.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION [S02600 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S02600-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          2600

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 22, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen. HELMING -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education

        AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to  the  New  York  state
          science, technology, engineering and mathematics incentive program

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 669-e of  the  education  law,  as
     2  amended  by  chapter  329  of  the  laws  of 2018, is amended to read as
     3  follows:
     4    1. Undergraduate students who are matriculated in an  approved  under-
     5  graduate program leading to a career in science, technology, engineering
     6  or  mathematics  at a New York state public institution of higher educa-
     7  tion for the purpose of subdivision two of this section, or a  New  York
     8  state  private  degree  granting institution of higher education for the
     9  purpose of subdivision two-a of this section, shall be eligible  for  an
    10  award  under this section, provided the applicant: (a) [graduates from a
    11  high school located in New York state during or after the  two  thousand
    12  thirteen--fourteen school year] is a resident of New York state; and (b)
    13  has a certificate of graduation from a recognized high school within New
    14  York  state  from  the  two  thousand  thirteen--fourteen school year or
    15  after, or the recognized equivalent of such certificate, or  received  a
    16  passing  score  on a federally approved ability to benefit test that has
    17  been identified by the board of regents as  satisfying  the  eligibility
    18  requirements of this section and has been independently administered and
    19  evaluated as defined by the commissioner; and [(b)] (c) graduates within
    20  the  top  ten  percent of his or her high school class or the recognized
    21  equivalent, as defined by the commissioner; and  [(c)]  (d)  enrolls  in
    22  full-time  study  each  term beginning in the fall term after his or her
    23  high school graduation in an approved undergraduate program in  science,
    24  technology,  engineering  or mathematics, as defined by the corporation,
    25  at a New York state institution of higher education; and [(d)] (e) signs

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  a contract with the corporation agreeing that his or her award  will  be
     2  converted  to  a  student  loan in the event the student fails to comply
     3  with the terms of this program as set forth in subdivision four of  this
     4  section;  and  [(e)] (f) complies with the applicable provisions of this
     5  article and all requirements promulgated  by  the  corporation  for  the
     6  administration of the program.
     7    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.