Prohibits the higher education services corporation from revoking or seeking remittance of certain awards made in error during the 2020--2021, 2021--2022, or 2022--2023 academic years, due to misclassification of certain students as having a dependent, who had no dependent.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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7713
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
October 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 Rules
AN ACT in relation to prohibiting the higher education services corpo-
ration from revoking or seeking remittance of awards made in error
during certain academic years due to misclassification of certain
students
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Notwithstanding section 662 of the education law, or any
2 other law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, the higher education
3 services corporation shall not revoke or seek remittance for any award
4 made under article 14 of the education law for the 2020--2021,
5 2021--2022, or 2022--2023 academic years, where such award was made
6 through error due to the misclassification of a student who was granted
7 exclusion of parental income with no dependent, as a student who was
8 granted exclusion of parental income with a dependent, pursuant to the
9 award schedule under section 667 of the education law.
10 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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