STATE OF NEW YORK
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523
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE(Prefiled)
January 7, 2015
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Introduced by Sens. LAVALLE, DeFRANCISCO, SEWARD -- 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 added by section 1 of part G of chapter 56 of the laws of 2014, is
3 amended to read as 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] college as defined in section six hundred one of this chapter
8 shall be eligible for an award under this section, provided the appli-
9 cant: (a) graduates from a high school located in New York state during
10 or after the two thousand thirteen--fourteen school year; and (b) gradu-
11 ates within the top ten percent of his or her high school class; and (c)
12 enrolls in full-time study each term beginning in the fall term after
13 his or her high school graduation in an approved undergraduate program
14 in science, technology, engineering or mathematics, as defined by the
15 corporation, at a New York state [public institution of higher educa-
16 tion] college as defined in section six hundred one of this chapter; and
17 (d) signs a contract with the corporation agreeing that his or her award
18 will be converted to a student loan in the event the student fails to
19 comply with the terms of this program as set forth in subdivision four
20 of this section; and (e) complies with the applicable provisions of this
21 article and all requirements promulgated by the corporation for the
22 administration of the program.
23 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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