STATE OF NEW YORK
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1889
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 17, 2019
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Introduced by Sens. SKOUFIS, STAVISKY -- 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 increasing the mini-
mum tuition assistance program award and increasing the tuition
assistance program income threshold
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] ninety-five excess over eighteen
7 thousand dollars thousand dollars
8 § 2. Subparagraph (vi) of paragraph a of subdivision 3 of section 667
9 of the education law, as amended by section 1 of part B of chapter 60 of
10 the laws of 2000, is amended to read as follows:
11 (vi) For the two thousand two--two thousand three academic year and
12 thereafter, the award shall be the net amount of the base amount deter-
13 mined pursuant to subparagraph (i) of this paragraph reduced pursuant to
14 subparagraph (ii) or (iii) of this paragraph but the award shall not be
15 reduced below [five hundred] seven hundred fifty dollars.
16 § 3. This act shall take effect June 1, 2019.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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