A06318 Summary:

BILL NOA06318
 
SAME ASSAME AS S04240
 
SPONSORSmith
 
COSPNSR
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Add §668-h, Ed L
 
Relates to establishing the Gold Award and Eagle Scout achievement scholarship; authorizes a scholarship of $500 per year for high school graduates attending a New York state public post-secondary institution who have achieved a Gold Award from the Girl Scouts of the United States of America or an Eagle Scout from the Boy Scouts of America.
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A06318 Actions:

BILL NOA06318
 
04/03/2023referred to education
01/03/2024referred to education
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A06318 Committee Votes:

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A06318 Floor Votes:

There are no votes for this bill in this legislative session.
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A06318 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          6318
 
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                      April 3, 2023
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by M. of A. SMITH -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Education
 
        AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to establishing the  Gold
          Award and Eagle Scout achievement scholarship
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section  668-h
     2  to read as follows:
     3    §  668-h.  Gold  Award  and  Eagle  Scout  achievement scholarship. 1.
     4  Purpose.   The Gold Award and Eagle  Scout  achievement  scholarship  is
     5  hereby established for the purpose of granting scholarship awards to New
     6  York  state high school graduates who achieve a Gold Award from the Girl
     7  Scouts of the United States of America or an Eagle Scout  from  the  Boy
     8  Scouts of America.
     9    2. Eligibility. To be eligible for such awards, an applicant must have
    10  graduated  from  a  New  York state high school, enrolled in an approved
    11  undergraduate, full-time program of study in a  New  York  state  public
    12  post-secondary  institution  beginning in the two thousand twenty-four--
    13  two thousand twenty-five academic year or  thereafter,  and  achieved  a
    14  Gold  Award  from  the Girl Scouts of the United States of America or an
    15  Eagle Scout from the Boy Scouts of  America.  An  applicant  shall  show
    16  proof of such Gold Award or Eagle Scout from a Girl Scouts of the United
    17  States  of  America council, or Boy Scouts of America council located in
    18  the state.
    19    3. Awards. Within amounts appropriated therefor, the  president  shall
    20  grant an annual award to eligible applicants pursuant to subdivision two
    21  of  this section in the amount of five hundred dollars for not more than
    22  four academic years of undergraduate study, or five academic  years,  if
    23  the  program  of  study  normally  requires five years as defined by the
    24  commissioner pursuant to article thirteen of this chapter.
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01081-01-3

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     1    4. Offset. Such awards may be used to  offset  the  applicant's  total
     2  cost of attendance determined for federal Title IV student financial aid
     3  purposes.
     4    5.  Rules. The corporation is authorized to promulgate rules and regu-
     5  lations, and may promulgate emergency  regulations,  necessary  for  the
     6  implementation of the provisions of this section.
     7    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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