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
Bill Text
Bill Search and Legislative Information | New York State Assembly • • • • • • • • Skip to main content New York State Assembly Speaker Carl E. Heastie --> --> --> • Assembly Members • Legislative Info • Public Hearings • Speaker's Press • Assembly Reports • Committees & More • Bill Search Home • Laws • Legislative Calendar • Public Hearing Schedule • Assembly Calendars • Assembly Committee Agenda Javascript must be enabled to properly view this page. Bill No.: • Summary • Actions • Committee Votes • Floor Votes • Memo • Text • LFIN • Chamber Video/Transcript S01836 Summary: BILL NOS01836A   SAME ASSAME AS A05515   SPONSORSKOUFIS   COSPNSR   MLTSPNSR   Amd §667, Ed L   Prohibits the awarding of tuition assistance program awards to those enrolled at for-profit universities. Go to top S01836 Actions: BILL NOS01836A   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 Go to topS01836 Committee Votes: Go to topS01836 Floor Votes: There are no Assembly votes for this bill in this legislative session. Go to topS01836 Text: 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. Go to top • Sitemap Request Information Directions and Maps
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