New York S 1836: Prohibits awarding TAP grants to those enrolled at for-profit universities

Status: REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION (as of 2026-01-07)

State: New York · Session: 2025-2026 · Bill: S 1836

Sponsors: James Skoufis

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S01836 Summary:

BILL NOS01836A

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SAME ASSAME AS A05515

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SPONSORSKOUFIS

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §667, Ed L

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Prohibits the awarding of tuition assistance program awards to those enrolled at for-profit universities.

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BILL NOS01836A

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01/14/2025REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

04/01/2025AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HIGHER EDUCATION

04/01/2025PRINT NUMBER 1836A

01/07/2026REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1836--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 14, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed 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 prohibiting awarding
 TAP grants to those enrolled at for-profit universities

 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 3 of section 667 of the educa-
 2 tion law, as added by chapter 83 of the laws of 1995 and as relettered
 3 by section 2 of part J of chapter 58 of the laws of 2011, is amended to
 4 read as follows:
 5 c. Restrictions. In no [even shall] event shall any award:
 6 (i) be made unless the annual tuition (exclusive of educational fees)
 7 and, if applicable, the college fee levied by the state university of
 8 New York pursuant to the April first, nineteen hundred sixty-four
 9 financing agreement with the New York state dormitory authority charged
 10 for the program in which the student is enrolled total at least two
 11 hundred dollars; or
 12 (ii) exceed the amount by which such annual tuition (exclusive of
 13 educational fees) and, if applicable, the college fee levied by the
 14 state university of New York pursuant to the April first, nineteen
 15 hundred sixty-four financing agreement with the New York state dormitory
 16 authority exceed the total of all other state, federal, or other educa-
 17 tional aid that is received or receivable by such student during the
 18 school year for which such award is applicable and that, in the judgment
 19 of the commissioner, would duplicate the purposes of the award; or
 20 (iii) be made when income exceeds the maximum income set forth in this
 21 subdivision. The commissioner shall list in [his] their regulations all
 22 major state and federal financial aid available to New York state
 23 students and identify any forms of aid that are duplicative of the

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD04831-03-5

 S. 1836--A 2

 1 purposes of the tuition assistance program. For the purposes of this
 2 subdivision, neither United States war orphan educational benefits nor
 3 benefits under the veterans' readjustment act of nineteen hundred
 4 sixty-six shall be considered as federal or other educational aid; or
 5 (iv) be made to anyone matriculated at a for-profit institution.
 6 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding
 7 the date on which it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the
 8 addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary
 9 for the implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized
 10 to be made on or before such effective date.

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