New York S 2049: Relates to the disclosure of certain settlements to the civil rights bureau of the attorney general's office

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S02049 Summary:

BILL NOS02049 

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SAME ASSAME AS A00890

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SPONSORWEBB

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§355, 667, 669-h & 6304, Ed L; add §97-aaaa, St Fin L

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Enacts "new deal for SUNY: the New York state higher education equality act" to provide free tuition to students who attend SUNY who are enrolled in academic coursework and are on track to graduate; establishes the state university tuition fund to reimburse the state university of New York for the cost of tuition for students who are eligible for free tuition.

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BILL NOS02049 

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01/15/2025REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 2049

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 15, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. WEBB -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education

 AN ACT to amend the education law and the state finance law, in relation
 to providing free tuition to students who attend the state university
 of New York

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

 1 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as "new deal for
 2 SUNY: the New York state higher education equality act".
 3 § 2. Paragraph h of subdivision 2 of section 355 of the education law
 4 is amended by adding a new subparagraph 1-a to read as follows:
 5 (1-a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rule or regulation
 6 to the contrary, the trustees shall implement a program to permit any
 7 student who has been admitted to a state-operated institution of the
 8 state university of New York to attend without the payment of tuition
 9 and fees if such student fulfills the requirements of such program
 10 pursuant to the provisions of this subparagraph.
 11 (i) The trustees shall provide an application process and administer
 12 the program which shall be available to any student eligible for resi-
 13 dent tuition rates, who is enrolled in credit-bearing academic course-
 14 work and is on track to graduate.
 15 (ii) Any student not successfully completing credit-bearing academic
 16 coursework in a semester shall still be eligible to receive all other
 17 grants, awards, and scholarships for which they qualify but shall not be
 18 eligible for the tuition and student fee waiver described herein.
 19 (iii) Students shall be eligible to receive a one semester exemption
 20 from the requirement to complete credit-bearing academic coursework for
 21 such tuition waiver as promulgated by the trustees. Such exemption shall
 22 not preclude any student from exercising their right to appeal pursuant
 23 to higher education services corporation policy.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02101-01-5

 S. 2049 2

 1 (iv) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rule or regulation to
 2 the contrary subject to amounts made available by appropriation,
 3 commencing in the academic year next succeeding the effective date of
 4 this subdivision, and every academic year thereafter, the state univer-
 5 sity shall be entitled to annually receive one hundred percent
 6 reimbursement for the annual cost of tuition and student fees for each
 7 matriculated undergraduate student at a state university senior college
 8 and community college who is enrolled in credit-bearing academic course-
 9 work and is on track to graduate from the fund established pursuant to
 10 section ninety-seven-aaaa of the state finance law.
 11 § 3. Section 667 of the education law is amended by adding a new
 12 subdivision 1-a to read as follows:
 13 1-a. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rule or regulation to
 14 the contrary, commencing in the academic year next succeeding the effec-
 15 tive date of this subdivision, and every academic year thereafter, all
 16 funding appropriated for tuition assistance program awards pursuant to
 17 this section shall be deposited into the fund specified in section