Assembly Bill A10807

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Grants eligibility for student financial aid to persons granted deferred action for childhood arrival status and to certain non-residents of the state

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2011-A10807 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7842
Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§661, 355, 6206, 6305, 6451, 6452 & 6455, Ed L
Versions Introduced in 2013-2014 Legislative Session:
S1567

2011-A10807 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Grants eligibility for student financial aid to persons granted deferred action for childhood arrival status and to certain non-residents of the state.

2011-A10807 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  10807

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             August 16, 2012
                               ___________

Introduced  by  COMMITTEE  ON  RULES  --  (at  request of M. of A. Moya,
  Silver, Glick, Farrell, Crespo, Cahill, Stevenson, Simotas, M. Miller,
  Boyland, Heastie, Ortiz, Gibson, O'Donnell, Jaffee, Gottfried,  Clark,
  Perry,  Scarborough,  Maisel, Cook, Jacobs, Titone, Brindisi, Millman,
  Braunstein, Morelle) -- read once and referred  to  the  Committee  on
  Higher Education

AN  ACT  to  amend the education law, in relation to the eligibility for
  student financial aid  of  individuals  granted  deferred  action  for
  childhood arrival status and of certain non-residents of the state

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1.  Subdivision 3 of section 661  of  the  education  law,  as
amended  by  chapter  133  of  the  laws  of 1982, is amended to read as
follows:
  3. Citizenship. An applicant (a) must  be  a  citizen  of  the  United
States,  or  (b)  must be an alien lawfully admitted for permanent resi-
dence in the United States, or (c) must be an individual of a  class  of
refugees  paroled by the attorney general of the United States under his
OR HER parole authority pertaining to the admission  of  aliens  to  the
United  States, OR (D) MUST BE AN INDIVIDUAL GRANTED DEFERRED ACTION FOR
CHILDHOOD ARRIVAL STATUS PURSUANT TO RULES AND REGULATIONS SET FORTH  BY
THE UNITED STATES CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION SERVICES.
  S  2. Paragraphs a and b of subdivision 5 of section 661 of the educa-
tion law, as amended by chapter 466 of the laws of 1977, are amended  to
read as follows:
  a.  (I)  Except  as provided in subdivision two of section six hundred
seventy-four OF THIS PART AND SUBPARAGRAPH (II) OF  THIS  PARAGRAPH,  an
applicant  for  an award at the undergraduate level of study must either
[(i)] (A) have been a legal resident of the state for at least one  year
immediately  preceding the beginning of the semester, quarter or term of
attendance for which application for assistance is made, or  [(ii)]  (B)
be  a  legal resident of the state and have been a legal resident during
his OR HER last two semesters of high school either prior to graduation,
or prior to admission to college. Provided further that persons shall be

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

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