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                                        4521--A

                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                                   I N  S E N A T E

                                    April 24, 2009
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       Introduced  by  Sen. MAZIARZ -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Education  --  committee
         discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
         to said committee

       AN  ACT to amend the education law, in relation to prohibiting on campus
         residency as a requirement for scholarships, grants and awards offered
         by the state university of New York

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

    1    Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 141 to
    2  read as follows:
    3    S  141.  SCHOLARSHIPS, GRANTS AND AWARDS; CAMPUS RESIDENCY PROHIBITED.
    4  1. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW,  NO  SCHOLARSHIP,  GRANT,
    5  AWARD  OR ANY OTHER FORM OF TUITION ASSISTANCE OFFERED BY ANY COLLEGE OF
    6  THE UNIVERSITY, SHALL, AS A CONDITION OF ELIGIBILITY, REQUIRE  THAT  THE
    7  STUDENT RECEIVING SUCH SCHOLARSHIP, GRANT, AWARD OR ASSISTANCE RESIDE ON
    8  CAMPUS IN CAMPUS HOUSING, EXCEPT WHERE SUCH SCHOLARSHIP, GRANT, AWARD OR
    9  ASSISTANCE IS SPECIFICALLY DESIGNATED FOR ON-CAMPUS HOUSING OR BOARD.
   10    2.  NOTHING IN THIS SECTION SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO PROHIBIT ANY COLLEGE
   11  OF THE UNIVERSITY FROM REQUIRING THAT A STUDENT BE  A  RESIDENT  OF  THE
   12  STATE  OF  NEW  YORK  IN  ORDER TO BE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE A SCHOLARSHIP,
   13  GRANT, AWARD OR ANY OTHER FORM OF TUITION ASSISTANCE.
   14    S 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2009.



        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD11336-03-9