New York A 10656: Prohibits certain actions which negatively impact the conduct of business, trade, or commerce or furnishing of services in the state

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A10656 Summary:

BILL NOA10656 

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SAME ASSAME AS S00027

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SPONSORZaccaro

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§667, 661 & 663, Ed L

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Expands tuition assistance program awards for students experiencing homelessness.

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BILL NOA10656 

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03/19/2026referred to higher education

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 10656

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 19, 2026
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 Introduced by M. of A. ZACCARO -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Higher Education

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to tuition assistance
 program awards for students experiencing homelessness

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

 1 Section 1. The opening paragraph of item 1 of clause (A) of subpara-
 2 graph (i) of paragraph a of subdivision 3 of section 667 of the educa-
 3 tion law, as amended by section 1 of part DD of chapter 56 of the laws
 4 of 2021, is amended to read as follows:
 5 In the case of students who have not been granted an exclusion of
 6 parental income, who have qualified as an orphan, foster child, [or]
 7 ward of the court, or homeless for the purposes of federal student
 8 financial aid programs authorized by Title IV of the Higher Education
 9 Act of 1965, as amended, are deemed homeless under the federal McKin-
 10 ney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, as amended, or had a dependent for
 11 income tax purposes during the tax year next preceding the academic year
 12 for which application is made, except for those students who have been
 13 granted exclusion of parental income who have a spouse but no other
 14 dependent:
 15 § 2. Section 661 of the education law is amended by adding a new
 16 subdivision 8 to read as follows:
 17 8. Homeless status. The president shall promulgate rules and regu-
 18 lations for a uniform verification method of a student's status as home-
 19 less to be used for all awards and loans made pursuant to this article.
 20 Such rules and regulations shall utilize the same method of verification
 21 of homelessness as federal student financial aid programs authorized by
 22 Title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended, or the federal
 23 McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act.
 24 § 3. Subdivision 4 of section 663 of the education law, as amended by
 25 section 1 of part X of chapter 56 of the laws of 2014, is amended to
 26 read as follows:
 27 4. Relinquishing of parental control. In determining the amount of an
 28 award, the president may, in cases of unusual and exceptional family

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00078-01-5

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 1 circumstances warranting such action, recognize an existing condition
 2 wherein parental control has in effect been relinquished by the parents
 3 or others responsible for the applicant, and notwithstanding the
 4 provisions of subdivision three of this section, the applicant has in
 5 effect been emancipated. Provided, however, that students who have qual-
 6 ified as an orphan, foster child, or ward of the court for the purposes
 7 of federal student financial aid programs authorized by Title IV of the
 8 Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended, or the federal McKinney-Vento
 9 Homeless Assistance Act, as amended, shall not be considered emancipated
 10 for the purposes of determining an award pursuant to section six hundred
 11 sixty-seven of this article. The criteria used in determining these
 12 cases of unusual and exceptional family circumstances shall be estab-
 13 lished by the president with the approval of the board of trustees and
 14 the director of the division of the budget.
 15 § 4. This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding
 16 the date on which it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the
 17 addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary
 18 for the implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized
 19 to be made and completed on or before such effective date.

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