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NEW YORK STATE HIGHER EDUCATION SERVICES CORPORATION

                                                                               
                           Adjusted     Executive   Legislative                
                            Approp.       Request       Approp.                
                            1999-00       2000-01       2000-01        Change  
                                                                               
STATE OPERATIONS                                                               
  General Fund           10,660,000     9,425,000     9,425,000             0  
  Special Rev.-Fed.               0     3,930,000     3,930,000             0  
  Special Rev.-Other     77,137,000    79,103,000    79,103,000             0  
  Total for STATE OPERATIONS:                                                  
                         87,797,000    92,458,000    92,458,000             0  
                                                                               
AID TO LOCALITIES                                                              
  General Fund          648,148,000   611,548,000   672,948,000    61,400,000  
  Special Rev.-Fed.       2,400,000     2,400,000     2,400,000             0  
  Special Rev.-Other      7,000,000     7,000,000     7,000,000             0  
  Total for AID TO LOCALITIES:                                                 
                        657,548,000   620,948,000    682,348,000   61,400,000  
                                                                               
                         LEGISLATIVE ACTION                                    
                                                                               
The Legislature provides $61,400,000 in academic year support to               
enhance the Tuition Assistance Program (TAP). The Legislature approved         
funding to support the following enhancements which will begin in the          
2000-01 academic year:                                                         
                                                                               
--   Increases the maximum TAP award from $4,125 to $5,000 for                 
     student first eligible to receive TAP in 2000-01;                         
                                                                               
--   Increases the cap on maximum TAP awards to 95 percent of tuition          
     costs;                                                                    
                                                                               
--   Increases the minimum TAP award to $425 for students with                 
     incomes below $60,000;                                                    
                                                                               
--   Increases the income ceiling for TAP eligibility from $50,500 to          
     $80,000; and                                                              
                                                                               
--   Lowers the TAP reduction imposed on juniors and seniors from              
     $200 to $150.                                                             
                                                                               
Article VII                                                                    
                                                                               
The Legislature provides language to implement the TAP enhancements            
and includes provisions to phase the enhancements in over a four year          
period.  Full implementation will occur in 2003-04 and Article VII             
language provides for the following:                                           
                                                                               
--   Increase in the maximum TAP awards from $4,125 to $5,000 for              
     freshman in 2000-01, freshman and sophomores in 2001-02,                  
     freshman, sophomores and juniors in 2002-03 and all students in           
     2003-04;                                                                  
                                                                               
--   Increase the cap on TAP awards from 90 percent of tuition                 
     expenses to 95 percent of tuition expenses in the 2000-2001               
     academic year.  In the 2001-2002 academic year, the tuition cap           
     is eliminated to allow maximum TAP award to provide for 100               
     percent of tuition expenses.                                              
                                                                               
--   Increases the minimum TAP awards in 2000-01 and 2001-02 from              
     $275 to $425 for students with incomes below $60,000; provides            
     a new minimum award of $325 for students with incomes between             
     $60,000 and $70,000 and a new minimum award of $275 for students          
     with incomes between $70,000 and $80,000.  All students with              
     incomes below $80,000 will be eligible to receive a minimum TAP           
     award of $500 in 2002-03; and                                             
                                                                               
--   Lowers the reduction in the TAP award provided to juniors and             
     seniors, from $200 to $150 in the 2000-2001 academic year, and            
     to $100 in the 2001-2002 academic year and thereafter.                    
                                                                               
In addition, the Legislature rejects the Executive proposal to                 
eliminate the current law provision which allows students to remain            
in good academic when transferring to another institution or through           
the readmission to another institution of higher education after an            
absence of at least one year.                                                  
                                                                               
The Legislature directs the Chancellor of the State University of New          
York in consultation with the President of the Higher Education                
Services Corporation to develop and submit to establish a plan of a            
pilot program to provide TAP for part-time students at SUNY.  The plan         
shall be submitted to the Legislature and the Division of Budget no            
later than December 1, 2000.                                                   
                                                                               
Legislative Additions                                                          
                                                                               
     The Legislature provides funding for the following:                       
                                                                               
       TUITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM - ENHANCEMENT.      $61,400,000              
                                                                               

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