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A06290 Summary:

BILL NO	A06290
SAME AS	No Same As
SPONSOR	Crespo
COSPNSR
MLTSPNSR
Amd §667, Ed L
Prohibits the deferral of awards granted under the Tuition Assistance Program (TAP); ensures that a TAP award will be paid on time so that the student may pay his or her tuition bill on time.

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A06290 Actions:

BILL NO	A06290
03/04/2019	referred to higher education
01/08/2020	referred to higher education
07/06/2020	enacting clause stricken

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A06290 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          6290
 
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                      March 4, 2019
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. CRESPO -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Higher Education
 
        AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to prohibiting the defer-
          ral of awards granted under the Tuition Assistance Program (TAP)
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Section 667 of the education law is amended by adding a new
     2  subdivision 4 to read as follows:
     3    4. Deferral of tuition assistance program awards prohibited.  Under no
     4  circumstances shall  an  award  granted  under  the  tuition  assistance
     5  program  (TAP)  pursuant  to  this section be deferred until the student
     6  recipient graduates from his or her course of study. The president shall
     7  pay a tuition assistance program award to the  student  recipient  in  a
     8  reasonable timeframe in order to ensure the student recipient is able to
     9  apply  the  award  toward  his  or  her tuition bill on time. No tuition
    10  assistance program award shall be made  contingent  upon  the  student's
    11  graduation from his or her undergraduate or graduate course of study.
    12    §  2.  This  act  shall  take  effect  immediately, and shall apply to
    13  academic quarters and semesters beginning on or after August 1, 2020.
 
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD10197-01-9

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