New York A 7389: Provides that crimes committed against a person on school grounds shall be deemed to be one category higher than the specified crime the person committed

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A07389 Summary:

BILL NOA07389 

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SAME ASSAME AS S03810

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SPONSORHyndman (MS)

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COSPNSRWieder, Forrest, Burroughs, Tapia, Anderson, Steck, Sayegh, Kelles, Wright, Hooks, Shrestha,
 Burdick, Taylor, Valdez

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MLTSPNSRSeawright

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Amd §§661 & 663, add §667-b, Ed L

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Establishes graduate tuition assistance program awards; sets amounts of such awards; provides for restrictions on such awards; makes related provisions.

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BILL NOA07389 

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03/25/2025referred to higher education

01/07/2026referred to higher education

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 7389

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 25, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. HYNDMAN -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
 SEAWRIGHT -- read once and referred to the Committee on Higher Educa-
 tion

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to graduate tuition
 assistance program awards

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 6 of section 661 of the education law is
 2 amended by adding a new paragraph d to read as follows:
 3 d. No provision of this article shall be deemed to restrict eligible
 4 graduate students from receiving awards pursuant to section six hundred
 5 sixty-seven-b of this part.
 6 § 2. The opening paragraph of subparagraph 1 of paragraph b of subdi-
 7 vision 3 of section 663 of the education law, as amended by section 5 of
 8 part J of chapter 58 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
 9 The applicant is a student who was married on or before December thir-
 10 ty-first of the calendar year prior to the beginning of the academic
 11 year for which application is made or is an undergraduate or graduate
 12 student who has reached the age of twenty-two on or before June thirti-
 13 eth prior to the academic year for which application is made and who,
 14 during the calendar year next preceding the semester, quarter or term of
 15 attendance for which application is made and at all times subsequent
 16 thereto up to and including the entire period for which application is
 17 made:
 18 § 3. Paragraph d of subdivision 3 of section 663 of the education law,
 19 as amended by section 6 of part J of chapter 58 of the laws of 2011, is
 20 amended to read as follows:
 21 d. Any undergraduate or graduate student who was allowed to exclude
 22 parental income pursuant to the provisions of subdivision three of
 23 section six hundred three of this chapter as they existed prior to July
 24 first, nineteen hundred seventy-four may continue to exclude such income

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD08410-01-5

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 1 for so long as [he] such undergraduate or graduate student continues to
 2 comply with such provisions.
 3 § 4. The education law is amended by adding a new section 667-b to
 4 read as follows:
 5 § 667-b. Graduate tuition assistance program awards. 1. Recipient
 6 qualifications. Notwithstanding any other provision of law or regulation
 7 to the contrary, graduate tuition assistance program awards shall be
 8 available for all students who are enrolled in approved post-baccalau-
 9 reate programs leading to a graduate, first professional, or doctoral
 10 degree in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, education or a
 11 licensed healthcare profession, and who demonstrate the ability to
 12 complete such courses, in accordance with standards established by the
 13 commissioner, provided, however, that no award shall exceed one hundred
 14 percent of the amount of tuition charged.
 15 2. Duration. No graduate student shall be eligible for awards for more
 16 than two years of post-baccalaureate studies. A student may not receive
 17 awards under this section at the same time they receive awards under
 18 section six hundred sixty-seven of this subpart, nor while they are
 19 enrolled as an undergraduate student.
 20 3. Graduate tuition assistance awards. The president shall make awards
 21 to