Provides that Afghanistan and Iraq war veterans shall receive up to four years of undergraduate or three years graduate education at SUNY or CUNY tuition free.

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S2902-2011 Actions

• Jan 4, 2012: REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS
• Jun 7, 2011: REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE
• Feb 3, 2011: REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS

S2902-2011 Meetings

Veterans, Homeland Security and Military Affairs: Jun 7, 2011

S2902-2011 Votes

S2902-2011 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S2902

TITLE OF BILL:

An act
to amend the military law, in relation to providing that Afghanistan and
Iraq war veterans receive tuition free education at schools of the state
university of New York or the city university of New York

PURPOSE:

To provide free SUNY or CUNY tuition to Afghanistan and Iraq war
veterans.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 -- Adds a new Article V to the Military Law to provide free
SUNY or CUNY tuition to Afghanistan and Iraq war veterans. Those
taking advantage of this opportunity must be residents of New York
State and meet the other requirements laid out in this Article.

Section 2 -- Effective date.

JUSTIFICATION:

Veterans of Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom put
their lives on the line to defend their countrymen. Many of these
brave men and women are leaving military service and looking for new
business and educational opportunities. This legislation seeks to
recognize their service to the United States and the State of New
York by granting veterans of the Afghanistan and Iraq wars free
tuition to SUNY or CUNY.

These men and women have sacrificed greatly for this nation, and
providing them with free tuition to SUNY and CUNY is a small way that
we can honor their service.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
S.1516/A.8089 of 2009-2010
S.7688/A.10428-A of 2008

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
Undetermined.

EFFECTIVE DATE:
Immediately.

S2902-2011 Text

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

                                    2902

                         2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                              I N  SENATE

                              February 3, 2011
                                 ___________

  Introduced  by  Sens.  DeFRANCISCO,  BONACIC,  GRIFFO,  LARKIN, MAZIARZ,
    RANZENHOFER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to  be
    committed to the Committee on Veterans, Homeland Security and Military
    Affairs

  AN  ACT to amend the military law, in relation to providing that Afghan-
    istan and Iraq war veterans receive tuition free education at  schools
    of the state university of New York or the city university of New York

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


    Section 1. The military law is amended by adding a new  article  5  to
  read as follows:

                                  ARTICLE V
    TUITION FREE EDUCATION FOR VETERANS OF THE AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ WARS
  SECTION  100. TUITION FREE EDUCATION FOR VETERANS OF THE AFGHANISTAN AND
                 IRAQ WARS.
    S 100. TUITION FREE EDUCATION FOR VETERANS OF THE AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ
  WARS. 1. "AFGHANISTAN OR IRAQ WAR VETERAN" MEANS A PERSON (I) WHO  IS  A
  RESIDENT  OF  THIS STATE, AND (II) WHO SERVED IN THE ARMED FORCES OF THE
  UNITED STATES IN AN AREA DESIGNATED AS A COMBAT ZONE BY THE PRESIDENT OF
  THE UNITED STATES DURING OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM OR  OPERATION  IRAQI
  FREEDOM,  WHO  WAS  DISCHARGED  THEREFROM  UNDER OTHER THAN DISHONORABLE
  CONDITIONS.
    2. AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ WAR VETERANS WHO ARE ACCEPTED  FOR  ENROLLMENT
  AT  ANY  OF  THE SCHOOLS OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK OR THE CITY
  UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK SHALL RECEIVE UP TO EIGHT SEMESTERS OF  FULL-TIME
  UNDERGRADUATE  STUDY, OR THE EQUIVALENT OF FOUR ACADEMIC YEARS, OR UP TO
  SIX SEMESTERS, THE EQUIVALENT OF THREE ACADEMIC YEARS OF GRADUATE  STUDY
  TUITION FREE.
    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

   EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                        [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                             LBD00563-01-1