STATE OF NEW YORK
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2066
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 18, 2023
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Introduced by Sen. 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 authorizing the board
of trustees of the state university of New York to offer certain non-
resident undergraduate students separate tuition rates for attendance
at selected state-operated institutions; and providing for the repeal
of such provisions upon the expiration thereof
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Paragraph h of subdivision 2 of section 355 of the educa-
2 tion law is amended by adding a new subparagraph 4-c to read as follows:
3 (4-c) Commencing with the two thousand twenty-four--two thousand twen-
4 ty-five academic year and ending in the two thousand twenty-eight--two
5 thousand twenty-nine academic year, the board of trustees of the state
6 university is authorized to designate selected state-operated insti-
7 tutions of the state university for participation in a program allowing
8 eligible non-resident undergraduate students to pay separate tuition
9 rates for attendance at those selected institutions. In selecting insti-
10 tutions for this program, such board of trustees shall consider out-of-
11 state competition, current or projected levels of high school graduates
12 within an institution's recruitment region, and enrollment capacity and
13 physical location of these institutions. The board of trustees of the
14 state university is further authorized to set such separate tuition
15 rates, which shall not be set below an amount equal to one and one-half
16 times the in-state tuition rate at the designated institution. Such
17 separate tuition rates may be offered only to eligible non-resident
18 students, the total of which shall not exceed ten percent of enrollment
19 at each designated institution. Residents from the states of Connecti-
20 cut, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Vermont, and the
21 Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec may be eligible for separate
22 tuition rates at the designated state-operated institutions. Each state-
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 operated institution that is selected for participation in this program
2 shall report annually to the board of trustees of the state university
3 on the impact of this program.
4 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
5 deemed repealed August 31, 2029.