New York A 8951: Exempts the income of dependent applicants for certain awards

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A08951 Summary:

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Exempts the income of dependent applicants from their eligibility determination for excelsior scholarship and tuition assistance program awards and makes adjustments to certain award reduction schedules.

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07/16/2025referred to higher education

01/07/2026referred to higher education

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8951

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 July 16, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. JENSEN -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Higher Education

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to exempting the income
 of dependent applicants for certain awards

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 669-h of the education law, as
 2 amended by section 1 of part T of chapter 56 of the laws of 2018, is
 3 amended to read as follows:
 4 1. Eligibility. An excelsior scholarship award shall be made to an
 5 applicant who: (a) is matriculated in an approved program leading to an
 6 undergraduate degree at a New York state public institution of higher
 7 education; (b) if enrolled in (i) a public institution of higher educa-
 8 tion prior to application, has completed at least thirty combined cred-
 9 its per year following the student's start date, or its equivalent,
 10 applicable to [his or her] their program or programs of study or (ii) an
 11 institution of higher education prior to application, has completed at
 12 least thirty combined credits per year following the student's start
 13 date, or its equivalent, applicable to [his or her] their program or
 14 programs of study and which were accepted upon transfer to a public
 15 institution of higher education; (c) enrolls in at least twelve credits
 16 per semester and completes at least thirty combined credits per year
 17 following the student's start date, or its equivalent, applicable to
 18 [his or her] their program or programs of study except in limited
 19 circumstances as prescribed by the corporation in regulation. Notwith-
 20 standing, in the student's last semester, the student may take at least
 21 one course needed to meet [his or her] their graduation requirements and
 22 enroll in and complete at least twelve credit hours or its equivalent.
 23 For students who are disabled as defined by the Americans With Disabili-
 24 ties Act of 1990, 42 USC 12101, the corporation shall prescribe rules
 25 and regulations that allow applicants who are disabled to be eligible

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00404-01-5

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 1 for an award pursuant to this section based on modified criteria; (d)
 2 has an adjusted gross income for the qualifying year, as such terms are
 3 defined in this subdivision, equal to or less than: (i) one hundred
 4 thousand dollars for recipients receiving an award in the two thousand
 5 seventeen--two thousand eighteen academic year; (ii) one hundred ten
 6 thousand dollars for recipients receiving an award in the two thousand
 7 eighteen--two thousand nineteen academic year; and (iii) one hundred
 8 twenty-five thousand dollars for recipients receiving an award in the
 9 two thousand nineteen--two thousand twenty academic year and thereafter;
 10 and (e) complies with the applicable provisions of this article and all
 11 requirements promulgated by the corporation for the administration of
 12 the program. Adjusted gross income shall be the total of the combined
 13 adjusted gross income of the applicant and the applicant's parents or
 14 the applicant and the applicant's spouse, if married. The income of an
 15 applicant shall not be included in the total adjusted gross income if
 16 the applicant is considered a dependent. Qualifying year shall be the
 17 adjusted gross income as reported on the federal income tax return, or
 18