A08704 Summary:

BILL NOA08704
 
SAME ASSAME AS S08356
 
SPONSORLucas
 
COSPNSR
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd §6311, Ed L
 
Expands the New York opportunity promise scholarship to include all SUNY AND CUNY approved programs which award certain associate's degrees.
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A08704 Actions:

BILL NOA08704
 
05/30/2025referred to higher education
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A08704 Floor Votes:

There are no votes for this bill in this legislative session.
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A08704 Memo:

NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION
submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
 
BILL NUMBER: A8704
 
SPONSOR: Lucas
  TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the education law, in relation to expanding the New York opportunity promise scholarship to include all state university of New York or city university of New York approved programs which award certain associate's degrees   PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: The purposed legislation would be to amend education law to allow SUNY and CUNY approved programs to award certain associates degrees to be offered for free to qualifying New Yorkers   SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Section 1. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 1 of section 6311 of the educa- tion law, as added by section 1 of part F of chapter 56 of the laws of 2025, is amended to read as follows:(c) is matriculated at   a community college of the state university of New York or the city university of New York, as defined in subdivision two of section sixty-three hundred one of this article or subdivision four of section sixty-two hundred two of this title, respectively Section two sets forth effective date.   JUSTIFICATION: There are many SUNY and CUNY degree granting institutions that are four- year institutions that are not classified as community colleges, this amendment will further the original intent of the bill to include schools that assist with Associate degrees within the SUNY and CUNY Network   PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: New Bill   FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: To be determined   EFFECTIVE DATE: This act shall take effect immediately.
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A08704 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          8704
 
                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                      May 30, 2025
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by M. of A. LUCAS -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Higher Education
 
        AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to expanding the New York
          opportunity promise scholarship to include all state university of New
          York or city university of New  York  approved  programs  which  award
          certain associate's degrees

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Paragraph (c) of subdivision  1  of  section  6311  of  the
     2  education law, as added by section 1 of part F of chapter 56 of the laws
     3  of 2025, is amended to read as follows:
     4    (c) is matriculated at [a community college of the state university of
     5  New  York  or the city university of New York, as defined in subdivision
     6  two of section sixty-three hundred one of this  article  or  subdivision
     7  four  of section sixty-two hundred two of this title, respectively,] any
     8  state university of New York or city university of  New  York  colleges,
     9  universities,  or  community  colleges  in  an approved program directly
    10  leading to an associate's degree in a high-demand field;  provided  that
    11  for  the  two  thousand  twenty-five -- two thousand twenty-six academic
    12  year, such fields shall include but not be limited to advanced  manufac-
    13  turing, technology, cybersecurity, engineering, artificial intelligence,
    14  nursing  and  allied health professions, green and renewable energy, and
    15  pathways to teaching in  shortage  areas,  provided  further  that  such
    16  fields  may be updated annually thereafter by the department of labor no
    17  later than one hundred eighty days prior to the first start date of  the
    18  fall term of such state university of New York or city university of New
    19  York  colleges,  universities,  or  community  colleges[,]; and provided
    20  further that the eligibility of such approved program established in the
    21  semester for which the applicant makes initial application shall contin-
    22  ue;
    23    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13037-03-5
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