S369-2011 Actions

• Mar 12, 2012: COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES
• Feb 21, 2012: NOTICE OF COMMITTEE CONSIDERATION - REQUESTED
• Jan 4, 2012: REFERRED TO CODES
• Mar 24, 2011: COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO CODES
• Feb 28, 2011: NOTICE OF COMMITTEE CONSIDERATION - REQUESTED
• Jan 5, 2011: REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

S369-2011 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S369

TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to repeal paragraph d of subdivision 6 of section 661 of the education
law relating to eligibility of incarcerated persons for academic
performance awards

PURPOSE:
Repeals ban on incarcerated persons receiving student financial
aid awards.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
By repealing the ban on
academic performance awards, inmates would once again be eligible to
receive awards from the State's Tuition Assistance Program (TAP).

JUSTIFICATION:
Until 1995, inmates in state
correctional facilities were eligible to receive TAP awards in order to
pursue higher education. In the interest of reducing recidivism, such
awards should be made available to those inmates who wish to use their
period of incarceration to pursue their education and thereby better
their chances to reenter society as productive, law-abiding citizens.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2009-2010:  S.1288 Died in Committee
2007-2008:  S.4085 Died in Committee
2005-2006:  S.1480 Died in Committee
2003-2004:  S.1630 Died in Committee
2001-2002:  S.1045 Died in Committee
1999-2000:  S.6664 Died in committee

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
While it is not possible to
predict exactly how many inmates might participate should they once
again be eligible, the program cost approximately $5 million per year.

EFFECTIVE DATE:
Immediately.

S369-2011 Text

 S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 
 
                                          369
 2011-2012 Regular Sessions
 I N  SENATE
 (PREFILED)
 January 5, 2011
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  MONTGOMERY  -- read twice and ordered printed, and
 when printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education
 

AN ACT to repeal paragraph d of subdivision 6  of  section  661  of  the
 education  law  relating  to  eligibility  of incarcerated persons for
 academic performance awards
 THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

 

Section  1.  Paragraph d of subdivision 6 of section 661 of the educa
 tion law is REPEALED.
 

S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 S                                                          LBD02529-01-1

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