STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________

8322

2019-2020 Regular Sessions

IN ASSEMBLY

June 14, 2019 ___________

Introduced by M. of A. BUTTENSCHON -- read once and referred to the Committee on Higher Education

AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to exempting veterans from application fees for admission to the state university

The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows:

1 Section 1. Subparagraph 2 of paragraph h of subdivision 2 of section 2 355 of the education law, as separately amended by chapters 552 and 616 3 of the laws of 1985, is amended to read as follows: 4 (2) Such regulations shall also provide that upon request by a student 5 who is an eligible veteran the payment of tuition and other fees and 6 charges, less the amounts payable for such purposes from scholarships or 7 other financial assistance awarded said veteran pursuant to article 8 thirteen of this chapter, article one hundred thirty of this chapter or 9 any other state or federal aid program, shall be deferred in such 10 amounts and until such times as the several payments of veterans' bene- 11 fits under the Veterans' Readjustment Benefit Act of 1966, as amended, 12 are received by the veteran, provided that the veteran has filed a claim 13 for such benefits and presents to the state university proof of eligi- 14 bility, extent of entitlement to benefits and the need for deferral 15 until the receipt of such benefits. An eligible veteran shall also be 16 exempt from the payment of any application fees for admission to any 17 state university. 18 § 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall 19 have become a law.

EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD05814-01-9