Provides that housing allowances under the World trade center memorial scholarships shall not be decreased for off-campus housing unless a student resides with a relative.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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1031
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 6, 2017
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Introduced by Sen. BONACIC -- 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 World trade center
memorial scholarships
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subparagraph 4 of paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section
2 668-d of the education law, as added by chapter 176 of the laws of 2002,
3 is amended to read as follows:
4 (4) "Non-tuition cost of attendance", as used in this subdivision,
5 shall mean: (i) the actual amount charged by the institution for room
6 and board, and (ii) an allowance for transportation, books and supplies
7 as determined by the president and as approved by the director of the
8 budget, provided that such determination shall be made no later than
9 December first of each year for use in the succeeding academic year. In
10 the event a student does not incur room or board charges at the institu-
11 tion, "non-tuition cost of attendance" shall mean an allowance for room
12 and board as determined by the president and approved by the director of
13 the budget. A student shall not be required, as a condition of receiv-
14 ing the non-tuition cost of attendance, to apply for on-campus housing,
15 nor shall the amount of non-tuition cost of attendance decrease because
16 the student does not apply for or receive on-campus housing; provided,
17 however that the amount of non-tuition cost of attendance may be
18 decreased for a student who does not live in on-campus housing if such
19 student's parent or parents reside within reasonable commuting distance,
20 or if their off-campus residence is owned in whole or in part by a
21 direct relation including a parent, grandparent, aunt, uncle, sibling or
22 cousin. In determining allowances pursuant to this subparagraph, the
23 president may take into consideration the allowances provided for in the
24 Pell grant program.
25 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD01317-01-7
