Bill Text: NY S05103 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Directs the board of trustees of the state university of New York and the board of trustees of the city university of New York to freeze tuition at the rate of such tuition and fees for the two thousand twenty-one--two thousand twenty-two academic year.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION [S05103 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S05103-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          5103

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    February 23, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by Sens. LIU, GOUNARDES, JACKSON, SANDERS, SEPULVEDA -- 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 directing the board of
          trustees of the state university of New York and the board of trustees
          of  the  city  university of New York to freeze tuition at the rate of
          such tuition for the  two  thousand  twenty--two  thousand  twenty-one
          academic year

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

     1    Section 1. Subparagraph 4 of paragraph h of subdivision 2  of  section
     2  355 of the education law, as amended by section 1 of part JJJ of chapter
     3  59 of the laws of 2017, is amended by adding a new subparagraph (vii) to
     4  read as follows:
     5    (vii)  Commencing with the two thousand twenty-one--two thousand twen-
     6  ty-two academic year and thereafter, the board of trustees shall  freeze
     7  the  amount  of tuition per credit hour per academic year at the rate of
     8  such tuition  for  the  two  thousand  twenty--two  thousand  twenty-one
     9  academic  year.  This  freeze  shall  apply to tuition for full-time and
    10  part-time students and to tuition for New York  residents,  out-of-state
    11  residents and on-line students.
    12    §  2. Subparagraph 4 of paragraph h of subdivision 2 of section 355 of
    13  the education law, as amended by chapter 437 of the  laws  of  2015,  is
    14  amended to read as follows:
    15    (4)  The trustees shall not impose a differential tuition charge based
    16  upon need or income. All students enrolled in programs leading  to  like
    17  degrees  at state-operated institutions of the state university shall be
    18  charged a uniform rate of tuition except for differential tuition  rates
    19  based  on  state  residency.  Provided,  however,  that the trustees may
    20  authorize the presidents of the colleges of technology and the  colleges
    21  of agriculture and technology to set differing rates of tuition for each

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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        S. 5103                             2

     1  of  the colleges for students enrolled in degree-granting programs lead-
     2  ing to an associate degree and non-degree granting programs so  long  as
     3  such  tuition  rate does not exceed the tuition rate charged to students
     4  who  are enrolled in like degree programs or degree-granting undergradu-
     5  ate programs leading to a baccalaureate degree at  other  state-operated
     6  institutions  of  the state university of New York.  Notwithstanding any
     7  other provision of this subparagraph, the  trustees  may  authorize  the
     8  setting  of  a  separate category of tuition rate, that shall be greater
     9  than the tuition rate for resident students and less  than  the  tuition
    10  rate  for  non-resident students, only for students enrolled in distance
    11  learning courses who are not residents of the state. [The trustees shall
    12  not adopt changes affecting tuition charges prior to  the  enactment  of
    13  the  annual  budget.]  Commencing  with the two thousand twenty-one--two
    14  thousand twenty-two academic year and thereafter, the board of  trustees
    15  shall  freeze the amount of tuition per credit hour per academic year at
    16  the rate of such tuition for the two thousand twenty--two thousand twen-
    17  ty-one academic year. This freeze shall apply to tuition  for  full-time
    18  and  part-time  students  and to tuition for New York residents, out-of-
    19  state residents and on-line students.
    20    § 3. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 7 of section 6206 of  the  education
    21  law,  as  amended  by section 2 of part JJJ of chapter 59 of the laws of
    22  2017, is amended by adding a new subparagraph (vi) to read as follows:
    23    (vi) Commencing with the two thousand twenty-one--two  thousand  twen-
    24  ty-two  academic year and thereafter, the board of trustees shall freeze
    25  the amount of tuition per credit hour per academic year at the  rate  of
    26  such  tuition  for  the  two  thousand  twenty--two  thousand twenty-one
    27  academic year. This freeze shall apply  to  tuition  for  full-time  and
    28  part-time  students  and to tuition for New York residents, out-of-state
    29  residents and on-line students.
    30    § 4. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 7 of section 6206 of  the  education
    31  law,  as  amended  by chapter 327 of the laws of 2002, the opening para-
    32  graph as amended by chapter 437 of the  laws  of  2015,  is  amended  by
    33  adding a new subparagraph (iv) to read as follows:
    34    (iv)  Commencing  with the two thousand twenty-one--two thousand twen-
    35  ty-two academic year and thereafter, the board of trustees shall  freeze
    36  the  amount  of tuition per credit hour per academic year at the rate of
    37  such tuition  for  the  two  thousand  twenty--two  thousand  twenty-one
    38  academic  year.  This  freeze  shall  apply to tuition for full-time and
    39  part-time students and to tuition for New York  residents,  out-of-state
    40  residents and on-line students.
    41    § 5. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to academ-
    42  ic years commencing on and after July 1, 2021; provided, however, that:
    43    a. the amendments to subparagraph 4 of paragraph h of subdivision 2 of
    44  section  355  of the education law made by section one of this act shall
    45  be subject to the expiration and reversion of such subparagraph pursuant
    46  to section 16 of chapter 260 of the laws of 2011, as amended, when  upon
    47  such  date  the provisions of section two of this act shall take effect;
    48  and
    49    b. the amendments to paragraph (a) of subdivision 7 of section 6206 of
    50  the education law made by section three of this act shall be subject  to
    51  the expiration and reversion of such paragraph pursuant to section 16 of
    52  chapter  260  of  the  laws of 2011, as amended, when upon such date the
    53  provisions of section four of this act shall take effect.