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A09205 Summary:

BILL NOA09205A
 
SAME ASSAME AS S08596-A
 
SPONSORButtenschon
 
COSPNSRLevenberg, Eachus, Meeks, Dinowitz, Berger, Fall, Jones, Williams, Woerner, Sillitti, Sayegh, Tapia, Darling, Zinerman, Jacobson, Santabarbara, Hunter, Simon, Magnarelli, Gunther, McMahon, Pretlow, Clark, Zaccaro, Lee, Septimo, Gonzalez-Rojas, Colton, McDonald, Fahy, Lupardo, Pheffer Amato, Reilly
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd 669-a, Ed L
 
Expands eligibility under the veterans tuition awards program to all New York resident veterans, regardless of combat service.
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A09205 Actions:

BILL NOA09205A
 
02/16/2024referred to higher education
02/29/2024amend and recommit to higher education
02/29/2024print number 9205a
06/07/2024reference changed to ways and means
06/07/2024reported referred to rules
06/07/2024reported
06/07/2024rules report cal.625
06/07/2024substituted by s8596a
 S08596 AMEND=A SCARCELLA-SPANTON
 02/20/2024REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS
 03/12/2024AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS
 03/12/2024PRINT NUMBER 8596A
 05/28/2024COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES
 05/28/2024ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1506
 06/06/2024PASSED SENATE
 06/06/2024DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
 06/06/2024referred to higher education
 06/07/2024substituted for a9205a
 06/07/2024ordered to third reading rules cal.625
 06/07/2024passed assembly
 06/07/2024returned to senate
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A09205 Memo:

NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION
submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
 
BILL NUMBER: A9205A
 
SPONSOR: Buttenschon
  TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the education law, in relation to expanding eligibility under the veterans tuition awards program   PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: Relates to expanding eligibility under the veteran's tuition awards program   SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section one amends paragraph D of subdivision one of section 669-a of the education law. Section two amends paragraph A of subdivision two of section 669-a of the education law. Section three amends subdivision four of section 669-a of the education law. Section four establishes effective date.   JUSTIFICATION: The state of New York is home to-nearly 800,000 military veterans, all of whom are deserving of an opportunity to achieve a high-quality higher education in our state. Currently, the veteran's tuition awards program is limited only to those veterans who served in active combat roles, therefore, alienating countless servicemen and women from accessing this vital program. This act aims to correct this eligibility disparity and to further deliver much needed access for New York's veterans to fulfill their educational ambitions.   PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: New Bill   FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS: To be Determined   EFFECTIVE DATE: This act shall take effect immediately.
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A09205 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         9205--A
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    February 16, 2024
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  BUTTENSCHON -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Higher Education -- committee discharged,  bill  amended,
          ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
        AN  ACT to amend the education law, in relation to expanding eligibility
          under the veterans tuition awards program
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Paragraph d of subdivision 1 of section 669-a of the educa-
     2  tion  law, as amended by section 46 of part PP of chapter 56 of the laws
     3  of 2022, is amended to read as follows:
     4    d. "Other eligible [combat] veteran" means: an individual who (i) is a
     5  resident of this state, (ii) served in the armed forces  of  the  United
     6  States [in hostilities that occurred after February twenty-eighth, nine-
     7  teen hundred sixty-one, as evidenced by their receipt of an Armed Forces
     8  Expeditionary  Medal,  Navy Expeditionary Medal, or Marine Corps Expedi-
     9  tionary Medal], and (iii) was either discharged under  honorable  condi-
    10  tions, including but not limited to honorable discharge, discharge under
    11  honorable  conditions,  or general discharge, or has a qualifying condi-
    12  tion, as defined in section one of the veterans' services law,  and  has
    13  received  a  discharge  other than bad conduct or dishonorable from such
    14  service, or is a discharged LGBT veteran, as defined in section  one  of
    15  the  veterans' services law, and has received a discharge other than bad
    16  conduct or dishonorable from such service.
    17    § 2. Paragraph a of subdivision 2 of section 669-a  of  the  education
    18  law,  as  amended  by  section  3 of part N of chapter 57 of the laws of
    19  2008, is amended to read as follows:
    20    a. Tuition awards  are  available  for  all  [Vietnam,  Persian  Gulf,
    21  Afghanistan  and] other eligible [combat] veterans, as defined in subdi-
    22  vision one of this section, who are enrolled, pursuant to paragraph a of
    23  subdivision four of section six  hundred  sixty-one  of  this  part,  in
    24  approved  undergraduate  or  graduate programs at degree granting insti-
    25  tutions or enrolled in approved vocational  training  programs  and  who
    26  apply  for  a tuition assistance program award, for up to the equivalent
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13592-02-4

        A. 9205--A                          2
 
     1  of eight full-time semesters, pursuant to section six hundred sixty-sev-
     2  en of this subpart.
     3    §  3.  Subdivision 4 of section 669-a of the education law, as amended
     4  by section 4 of part N of chapter 57 of the laws of 2008, is amended  to
     5  read as follows:
     6    4.  Every  recipient  shall  receive  an  award equal to the amount of
     7  undergraduate or graduate  tuition  for  residents  of  New  York  state
     8  charged  by  the state university of New York or actual tuition charged,
     9  whichever is less, for each semester, or the equivalent,  of  full  time
    10  study,  or  a  pro-rated  amount for part-time study; provided, however,
    11  that such award shall not be reduced by any benefits available under the
    12  federal Montgomery GI Bill act of 1984 or the federal Pell grant program
    13  pursuant to section one thousand seventy-a of title twenty of the United
    14  States code.
    15    § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
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