NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A5171
SPONSOR: Tannousis TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the education law, in relation to tuition assistance
program awards
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL::
This bill would increase the household threshold income cap .for the
State's Tuition Assistance Program (TAP) from $80,000 to $100,000.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS::
Section 1 amends Section 667 subdivision 3; paragraph a, subparagraph
ii, clause D of the education law as amended by section 1 of part B of
Chapter 60 of the laws of 2000.
Section 2 is the effective date.
JUSTIFICATION:
With more and more jobs in the United States requiring bachelors and
masters degrees in order to obtain them, the focus for the current
generation is to go to college. However, the cost of attending a college
and university has increased tremendoUsly, making it harder for students
to gain access to higher education. Furthermore, if a family has more
than one child, the current income cap threshold doesn't take that into
account. This legislation would expand the maximum income cap for eligi-
bility by $20,000 to $100,000 so more middle-class families can receive
assistance in paying college tuition. The householdincome cap has not
increased since 2000, when it went from $50,500 to $80,000. The increase
will better align the income cap threshold with current tuition prices
and inflation values, and will encourage more. New Yorkers to go to
college.
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY::
2021 A6928 Held for consideration in Higher Education
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS::
To be determined.
EFFECTIVE DATE::
This act shall take effect immediately.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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5171
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
March 3, 2023
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Introduced by M. of A. TANNOUSIS -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Higher Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to tuition assistance
program awards
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Clause (D) of subparagraph (ii) of paragraph a of subdivi-
2 sion 3 of section 667 of the education law, as amended by section 1 of
3 part B of chapter 60 of the laws of 2000, is amended to read as follows:
4 (D) Eighteen thousand dollars or Nine hundred eighty dollars
5 more, but not more than plus twelve per centum of
6 [eighty] one hundred excess over eighteen
7 thousand dollars thousand dollars
8 § 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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