S 6399 New York Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Expands eligibility for the tuition assistance program

Summary

Expands eligibility for the tuition assistance program by restoring eligibility to graduate students; makes optional semesters, quarters or terms eligible for awards.

Issues: ✓ Education

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2025

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Governor

Introduced Mar 13, 2025 Last action May 7, 2026

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S6399 → S6399A · 3 edits

MINOR

This bill amends the Education Law to update the legislative citation for the tuition assistance program from the 2019 law to a new 2025 law. It also reorganizes the bill's text to remove outdated historical references regarding the 'former scholar incentive program,' which no longer applies to current students. These changes ensure the statute accurately reflects current legal authority and simplifies the rules for counting past attendance toward eligibility limits.

Scope change

The bill's scope remains focused on the tuition assistance program, but the applicability of the text is updated to remove obsolete historical conditions that confused the calculation of eligibility terms.

TIMELINE

Updated the legal citation for the amendment of section 667 from chapter 376 of the laws of 2019 to section 5 of part D of chapter 56 of the laws of 2025.

TECHNICAL

Deleted specific text regarding the 'former scholar incentive program' and its interaction with awards from the 1989-1990 period, as this program is no longer active.

DEFINITION

Reformatted the text to remove bracketed placeholders like '[his or her]' and streamline the language regarding how past attendance is counted toward the maximum term of eligibility.

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Amendments

May 7, 2026

Upper · Passed

PRINT NUMBER 6399A

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May 7, 2026

Upper · Passed

AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HIGHER EDUCATION

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Jan 7, 2026

Committee

REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

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Mar 13, 2025

Committee

REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

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