New York A 11515: Extends the duration of tuition assistance awards to five years

Status: REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION (as of 2026-05-28)

State: New York · Session: 2025-2026 · Bill: A 11515

Sponsors: Rules Committee

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A11515 Summary:

BILL NOA11515 

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SAME ASSAME AS S06407

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SPONSORRules (Forrest)

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §604, Ed L

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Extends the duration of tuition assistance awards to five years.

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BILL NOA11515 

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05/28/2026referred to higher education

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 11515

 IN ASSEMBLY

 May 28, 2026
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 Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Forrest) --
 read once and referred to the Committee on Higher Education

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the duration of
 tuition assistance awards

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

 1 Section 1. Section 604 of the education law is amended by adding a new
 2 subdivision 1-a to read as follows:
 3 1-a. Tuition assistance awards provided for in subdivision one of this
 4 section shall be available to students enrolled in approved programs for
 5 five academic years in the aggregate.
 6 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding
 7 the date on which it shall have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD10883-01-5

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