STATE OF NEW YORK
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9105
IN SENATE
February 3, 2026
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Introduced by Sen. 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 removing minimum year
requirements for attendance at a New York high school when determining
eligibility for certain student loans
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Clause (a) of subparagraph (ii) of paragraph a and clause
2 (a) of subparagraph (ii) of paragraph b of subdivision 5 of section 661
3 of the education law, as amended by chapter 26 of the laws of 2019, are
4 amended to read as follows:
5 (a) attended a registered New York state high school [for two or more
6 years], graduated from a registered New York state high school and
7 applied for attendance at the institution of higher education for the
8 undergraduate study for which an award is sought within five years of
9 receiving a New York state high school diploma; or
10 (a) attended a registered approved New York state high school [for two
11 or more years], graduated from a registered New York state high school
12 and applied for attendance at the institution of higher education for
13 the graduate study for which an award is sought within ten years of
14 receiving a New York state high school diploma; or
15 § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
16 have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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