New York S 5795: Relates to exempting certain public school buildings from being designated as early polling locations

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S05795 Summary:

BILL NOS05795 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORSEPULVEDA

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COSPNSRHOYLMAN-SIGAL, PARKER

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §669-h, Ed L

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Allows students enrolled in public juris doctor or master of laws programs to apply for excelsior scholarships.

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BILL NOS05795 

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03/03/2025REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 5795

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 3, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. SEPULVEDA, HOYLMAN-SIGAL, PARKER -- 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 providing excelsior
 scholarships for low-income law students

 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, juris doctor, or master of laws at a New York
 7 state public institution of higher education; (b) if enrolled in (i) a
 8 public institution of higher education prior to application, has
 9 completed at least thirty combined credits per year following the
 10 student's start date, or its equivalent, applicable to [his or her] such
 11 applicant's program or programs of study or (ii) an institution of high-
 12 er education prior to application, has completed at least thirty
 13 combined credits per year following the student's start date, or its
 14 equivalent, applicable to [his or her] such applicant's program or
 15 programs of study and which were accepted upon transfer to a public
 16 institution of higher education; (c) enrolls in at least twelve credits
 17 per semester and completes at least thirty combined credits per year
 18 following the student's start date, or its equivalent, applicable to
 19 [his or her] such applicant's program or programs of study except in
 20 limited circumstances as prescribed by the corporation in regulation.
 21 Notwithstanding, in the student's last semester, the student may take at
 22 least one course needed to meet [his or her] graduation requirements and
 23 enroll in and complete at least twelve credit hours or its equivalent.
 24 For students who are disabled as defined by the Americans With Disabili-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD10470-01-5

 S. 5795 2

 1 ties Act of 1990, 42 USC 12101, the corporation shall prescribe rules
 2 and regulations that allow applicants who are disabled to be eligible
 3 for an award pursuant to this section based on modified criteria; (d)
 4 has an adjusted gross income for the qualifying year, as such terms are
 5 defined in this subdivision, equal to or less than: (i) one hundred
 6 thousand dollars for recipients receiving an award in the two thousand
 7 seventeen--two thousand eighteen academic year; (ii) one hundred ten
 8 thousand dollars for recipients receiving an award in the two thousand
 9 eighteen--two thousand nineteen academic year; and (iii) one hundred
 10 twenty-five thousand dollars for recipients receiving an award in the
 11 two thousand nineteen--two thousand twenty academic year and thereafter;
 12 and (e) complies with the applicable provisions of this article and all
 13 requirements promulgated by the corporation for the administration of
 14 the program. Adjusted gross income shall be the total of the combined
 15 adjusted gross income of the applicant and the applicant's parents or
 16 the applicant and the applicant's spouse, if married. Qualifying year
 17 shall be the adjusted gross income as reported on the federal income tax
 18 return, or as otherwise obtained by the corporation, for the calendar
 19 year coinciding with the tax year est