A03276 Summary:

BILL NOA03276
 
SAME ASSAME AS S07372
 
SPONSORBronson
 
COSPNSRLunsford
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd §605, add Art 14 Part 2 Subpart 4 §679-k, Ed L
 
Relates to student financial aid programs; allows absence because of uniformed service, maternity/paternity, FMLA, or due to compensable injury to be creditable time.
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A03276 Actions:

BILL NOA03276
 
01/27/2025referred to higher education
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A03276 Committee Votes:

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A03276 Floor Votes:

There are no votes for this bill in this legislative session.
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A03276 Memo:

NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION
submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
 
BILL NUMBER: A3276
 
SPONSOR: Bronson
  TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the education law, in relation to student financial aid programs   PURPOSE: This act will allow eligible applicants to accrue credited time if they have taken periods of leave without pay for certain circumstances.   SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 amends section 605 of the education law to allow periods of leave without pay to be counted towards credited time when-such periods are taken for purposes of military service, authorized maternity/paternity leave, family and medical leave, or compensable injury. Section 2 amends subpart 4 of part 2 of article 14 of the education law to allow periods of leave without pay to be counted towards credited time when such periods are taken for purposes of military service, authorized maternity/paternity leave, family and medical leave, or compensable injury. Section 3 provides that this legislation shall apply retroactively to have been in effect on January 1, 2010.   JUSTIFICATION: New York state loan forgiveness programs were created to encourage and reward certain categories of people for their dedicated service to the public welfare. Such programs under state law include the nursing facul- ty loan forgiveness program, the district attorney and indigent legal services attorney loan forgiveness program, and the licensed social worker loan forgiveness program. Under current law, eligible applicants do not receive credited time for certain periods of leave without pay that are beyond their control such as military service and injury. This legislation will provide for these exceptions.   LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: A7842 of 2015-16: referred to Higher Education; A2263 of 2017-18: referred to Higher Education; A1178 of 2019-20: referred to Higher Education; A1215 of 2021-22: referred to Higher Education; A355 of 2023-24: referred to Higher Education   FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: To be determined.
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A03276 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          3276
 
                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    January 27, 2025
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M.  of A. BRONSON, LUNSFORD -- read once and referred to
          the Committee on Higher Education
 
        AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to student financial  aid
          programs
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Subdivision 9 of  section  605  of  the  education  law  is
     2  amended by adding a new paragraph g to read as follows:
     3    g.  A  period of leave without pay, or other periods which an eligible
     4  applicant is not in a pay status shall not count toward  the  completion
     5  of the required service period reemployment. The service completion date
     6  shall    be extended by the total time spent in non-pay status. However,
     7  absence because of uniformed service with a  recognized  branch  of  the
     8  United  States military, authorized maternity/paternity, FMLA, or due to
     9  compensable injury shall  be  considered  creditable,  within  the  sole
    10  discretion of the president, toward the required service period of reem-
    11  ployment.
    12    § 2. Subpart 4 of part 2 of article 14 of the education law is amended
    13  by adding a new section 679-k to read as follows:
    14    §  679-k.  Loan  forgiveness  eligibility.  For  all  loan forgiveness
    15  programs referenced in this subpart, a period of leave without  pay,  or
    16  other  periods  which an eligible applicant is not in a pay status shall
    17  not count toward the completion of the required service period reemploy-
    18  ment. The service completion date shall be extended by  the  total  time
    19  spent  in  non-pay status. However, absence because of uniformed service
    20  with a recognized branch  of  the  United  States  military,  authorized
    21  maternity/paternity, FMLA, or due to compensable injury shall be consid-
    22  ered creditable, within the sole discretion of the president, toward the
    23  required service period of reemployment.
    24    §  3.  This  act  shall take effect immediately and shall be deemed to
    25  have been in full force and effect on and after January 1, 2010.
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD05906-01-5
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A03276 LFIN:

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