S09127 Summary:
| BILL NO | S09127 |
| SAME AS | SAME AS A10089 |
| SPONSOR | COONEY |
| COSPNSR | |
| MLTSPNSR | |
| Amd §6311, Ed L | |
| Clarifies the eligibility for the New York opportunity promise scholarship to prevent people from applying if they previously received a postsecondary degree within a certain timeframe. | |
S09127 Text:
Go to topSTATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 9127 IN SENATE February 5, 2026 ___________ Introduced by Sen. COONEY -- 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 eligibility for the New York opportunity promise scholarship The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraph (e) of subdivision 1 of section 6311 of the 2 education law, as added by section 1 of part F of chapter 56 of the laws 3 of 2025, is amended to read as follows: 4 (e) has not [already] obtained any postsecondary degree within two 5 hundred forty months preceding the semester for which the applicant 6 makes an initial application, provided that nothing in this paragraph 7 shall be construed to prohibit the eligibility of a student who is 8 already enrolled in an eligible associate degree program on the effec- 9 tive date of this section and who meets all the other eligibility 10 requirements of this subdivision. 11 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD14645-01-6