New York A 8049: Provides that certain persons who are not residents of the state but who have resided in the state for a certain period of time shall be eligible for in-state tuition rates

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A08049 Summary:

BILL NOA08049 

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SAME ASSAME AS S01024-A

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SPONSORForrest

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§355 & 6301, Ed L

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Provides that certain persons who are not residents of the state but who have resided in the state for a certain period of time and meet certain criteria shall be eligible for in-state tuition rates.

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BILL NOA08049 

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04/22/2025referred to higher education

01/07/2026referred to higher education

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8049

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 April 22, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. FORREST -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Higher Education

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to tuition rates for
 certain students who are not residents of the state but who have
 resided in the state for a certain period of time

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Subparagraph 8 of paragraph h of subdivision 2 of section
 2 355 of the education law, as amended by chapter 669 of the laws of 2022,
 3 is amended to read as follows:
 4 (8) Such regulations shall further provide that the payment of tuition
 5 and fees by any student who is not a resident of New York state, other
 6 than a non-immigrant noncitizen within the meaning of paragraph (15) of
 7 subsection (a) of section 1101 of title 8 of the United States Code,
 8 shall be paid at a rate or charge no greater than that imposed for
 9 students who are residents of the state if such student[:
 10 (i) attended an approved New York high school for two or more years,
 11 graduated from an approved New York high school and applied for attend-
 12 ance at an institution or educational unit of the state university with-
 13 in five years of receiving a New York state high school diploma; or
 14 (ii) attended an approved New York state program for general equiv-
 15 alency diploma exam preparation, received a general equivalency diploma
 16 issued within New York state and applied for attendance at an institu-
 17 tion or educational unit of the state university within five years of
 18 receiving a general equivalency diploma issued within New York state; or
 19 (iii) was enrolled in] registers as an entering student, or is
 20 currently enrolled, at an institution or educational unit of the state
 21 university [in the fall semester or quarter of the two thousand one--two
 22 thousand two academic year and was authorized by such institution or
 23 educational unit to pay tuition at the rate or charge imposed for
 24 students who are residents of the state] and such student either:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02949-02-5

 A. 8049 2

 1 (i) meets the requirements of items (A) and (B) of this clause:
 2 (A) either:
 3 (1) has a total attendance of, or attained credits earned while in New
 4 York state that are equivalent to, two or more years of full-time
 5 attendance at any of the following schools or colleges in New York
 6 state:
 7 (I) high schools, including high schools established by a board of
 8 education, county office of education, unified school district or high
 9 school district, or the department of corrections;
 10 (II) community colleges; or
 11 (III) a combination of high schools and community colleges; or
 12 (2) has three or more years of full-time high school coursework in New
 13 York state and a total of three or more years of attendance at elementa-
 14 ry schools in New York state, secondary schools in New York state, or a
 15 combination of elementary and secondary schools in New York state.
 16 For the purposes of this item:
 17 (a) full-time attendance at a community college means either a minimum
 18 of twelve units of credit per semester or quarter equivalent per year or
 19 a minimum of four hundred twenty class hours per year or semester or
 20 quarter equivalent; and
 21 (b) full-time attendance at a high school means a minimum of four
 22 hundred twenty c