New York S 10257: Establishes the New York state nursing faculty scholarship incentive program

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S10257 Summary:

BILL NOS10257 

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SAME ASSAME AS A05553

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SPONSORBYNOE

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §605, add §671-a, Ed L

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Establishes the New York state nursing faculty scholarship incentive program for advanced degrees in nursing; provides such incentives shall be awarded annually, on a competitive basis, to registered professional nurses and certified nurse practitioners who are in a masters or doctoral program and agree to teach nursing for one year for each year such incentive is awarded.

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BILL NOS10257 

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05/08/2026REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 10257

 IN SENATE

 May 8, 2026
 ___________

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

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to establishing a New
 York state nursing faculty scholarship incentive program for advanced
 degrees in nursing

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

 1 Section 1. Section 605 of the education law is amended by adding a new
 2 subdivision 13 to read as follows:
 3 13. New York state nursing faculty scholarship incentive program. a.
 4 Purpose. The commissioner shall award scholarships for the purpose of
 5 increasing the number of educators and adjunct clinical faculty teaching
 6 in a field of nursing education in New York state. Such scholarships
 7 shall be awarded on a competitive basis to applicants who are registered
 8 professional nurses with previous clinical experience in nursing and who
 9 demonstrate academic merit for admission to masters or doctoral programs
 10 in nursing which will enhance the recipient's proficiency as a nursing
 11 educator. Preference shall be given to applicants who are employed as
 12 registered professional nurses, will attend such masters or doctoral
 13 program full-time and whose cost to attend such program is partially
 14 underwritten a minimum of twenty-five percent by agreement with a commu-
 15 nity agency, health care provider and/or approved nursing program.
 16 b. Eligibility. To be eligible for an award pursuant to this subdivi-
 17 sion, applicants shall agree to serve, upon completion of the degree
 18 program, as nursing educators or as adjunct clinical faculty in approved
 19 nursing programs within New York state that lead to licensure in nursing
 20 under article one hundred thirty-nine of this chapter. Applicants shall
 21 serve the equivalent of nine months full-time service in such programs
 22 for each annual award received by the recipient, but no less than two
 23 academic years. Such service shall be completed and apportioned in
 24 accordance with criteria established by the commissioner. Annual awards
 25 shall not be made to applicants who enroll in less than fifteen hours of
 26 academic credit applicable to the masters or doctoral program in which
 27 they are enrolled in any calendar year.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD09355-01-5

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 1 c. Agreements. The president shall, in consultation with the commis-
 2 sioner, develop and secure from each successful applicant a written
 3 agreement to serve as a nursing educator or adjunct clinical nurse
 4 faculty in New York. Within such time as the commissioner shall by regu-
 5 lation provide, a recipient of an award shall have served for that
 6 number of months calculated by multiplying by nine the number of equal-
 7 ized annual payments received by the recipient. In no case shall the
 8 total number of months of service required be less than eighteen. If a
 9 recipient fails to comply fully with such conditions, the president
 10 shall be entitled to receive from such recipient an amount to be deter-
 11 mined by the formula:

 12 A = 2B (t-s)
 13 -----
 14 t

 15 in which "A" is the amount the president is entitled to recover; "B" is
 16 the sum of all payments made to the recipient by the president an