New York A 9402: Relates to providing a waiver from SUNY application fees for veterans

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A09402 Summary:

BILL NOA09402 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORButtenschon

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COSPNSRLunsford

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §355, Ed L

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Provides a waiver from SUNY application fees for veterans.

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BILL NOA09402 

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12/19/2025referred to higher education

01/07/2026referred to higher education

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 9402

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 December 19, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. BUTTENSCHON, LUNSFORD -- read once and referred
 to the Committee on Higher Education

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to exempting veterans
 from application fees for admission to the state university

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

 1 Section 1. Subparagraph 2 of paragraph h of subdivision 2 of section
 2 355 of the education law, as separately amended by chapters 552 and 616
 3 of the laws of 1985, is amended to read as follows:
 4 (2) Such regulations shall also provide that upon request by a student
 5 who is an eligible veteran the payment of tuition and other fees and
 6 charges, less the amounts payable for such purposes from scholarships or
 7 other financial assistance awarded said veteran pursuant to article
 8 thirteen of this chapter, article one hundred thirty of this chapter or
 9 any other state or federal aid program, shall be deferred in such
 10 amounts and until such times as the several payments of veterans' bene-
 11 fits under the Veterans' Readjustment Benefit Act of 1966, as amended,
 12 are received by the veteran, provided that the veteran has filed a claim
 13 for such benefits and presents to the state university proof of eligi-
 14 bility, extent of entitlement to benefits and the need for deferral
 15 until the receipt of such benefits. An eligible veteran shall also be
 16 exempt from the payment of any application fees for admission to any
 17 state university.
 18 § 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
 19 have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD14294-01-5

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