New York A 11079: Enacts the "Technical Sergeant Joseph G. Lemm tuition benefit act"

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A11079 Summary:

BILL NOA11079 

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SAME ASSAME AS S05946

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SPONSORRamos

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Amd §669-b, Ed L

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Enacts the "Technical Sergeant Joseph G. Lemm tuition benefit act" to allow members of the New York state organized militia to receive tuition benefits for certain post-secondary degree programs.

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BILL NOA11079 

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04/24/2026referred to higher education

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 11079

 IN ASSEMBLY

 April 24, 2026
 ___________

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

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to tuition benefit incen-
 tives for members of the New York state organized militia

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

 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 2 the "Technical Sergeant Joseph G. Lemm tuition benefit act".
 3 § 2. Subdivisions 5 and 7 of section 669-b of the education law, as
 4 added by chapter 268 of the laws of 1996, are amended to read as
 5 follows:
 6 5. Any active member who currently possesses a [baccalaureate]
 7 master's degree or higher is ineligible for participation in the
 8 recruitment incentive program provided by this section.
 9 7. Upon the recipient's attainment of a [baccalaureate] post-secondary
 10 degree or diploma or cessation of status as an active member, whichever
 11 occurs first, the benefit provided by this section shall be discontin-
 12 ued. The tuition benefit provided by this section may be suspended at
 13 the direction of the division of military and naval affairs for a recip-
 14 ient's failure to maintain good military standing as an active member,
 15 for the failure to maintain good academic progress and program pursuit,
 16 or for the failure to maintain sufficient academic standing to retain
 17 eligibility for any other financial assistance the recipient may be
 18 receiving.
 19 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
 20 the amendments to subdivisions 5 and 7 of section 669-b of the education
 21 law made by section two of this act shall not affect the repeal of such
 22 section and shall be deemed repealed therewith.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD10475-01-5

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