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                                        8141--A
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                     June 10, 2015
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       Introduced  by  M. of A. RYAN -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Higher Education -- committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
         reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
       AN  ACT to amend the education law, in relation to authorizing the board
         of trustees of the state university of New York to offer certain  non-
         resident  undergraduate students separate tuition rates for attendance
         at selected state-operated institutions; and providing for the  repeal
         of such provisions upon the expiration thereof
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Paragraph h of subdivision 2 of section 355 of  the  educa-
    2  tion law is amended by adding a new subparagraph 4-a to read as follows:
    3    (4-A) COMMENCING WITH THE TWO THOUSAND SIXTEEN--TWO THOUSAND SEVENTEEN
    4  ACADEMIC  YEAR AND ENDING IN THE TWO THOUSAND TWENTY--TWO THOUSAND TWEN-
    5  TY-ONE ACADEMIC YEAR, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE STATE  UNIVERSITY  IS
    6  AUTHORIZED  TO  DESIGNATE  SELECTED  STATE-OPERATED INSTITUTION'S OF THE
    7  STATE UNIVERSITY  FOR  PARTICIPATION  IN  A  PROGRAM  ALLOWING  ELIGIBLE
    8  NON-RESIDENT  UNDERGRADUATE  STUDENTS  TO PAY SEPARATE TUITION RATES FOR
    9  ATTENDANCE AT THOSE SELECTED INSTITUTIONS. IN SELECTING INSTITUTIONS FOR
   10  THIS PROGRAM, SUCH BOARD OF TRUSTEES SHALL CONSIDER OUT-OF-STATE  COMPE-
   11  TITION,  CURRENT  OR PROJECTED LEVELS OF HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES WITHIN AN
   12  INSTITUTION'S RECRUITMENT REGION, AND ENROLLMENT CAPACITY  AND  PHYSICAL
   13  LOCATION  OF  THESE  INSTITUTIONS.  THE  BOARD  OF TRUSTEES OF THE STATE
   14  UNIVERSITY IS FURTHER AUTHORIZED TO SET  SUCH  SEPARATE  TUITION  RATES,
   15  WHICH  SHALL  NOT BE SET BELOW AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO ONE AND ONE-HALF TIMES
   16  THE IN-STATE TUITION RATE AT THE DESIGNATED INSTITUTION.  SUCH  SEPARATE
   17  TUITION RATES MAY BE OFFERED ONLY TO ELIGIBLE NON-RESIDENT STUDENTS, THE
   18  TOTAL OF WHICH SHALL NOT EXCEED TEN PERCENT OF ENROLLMENT AT EACH DESIG-
   19  NATED  INSTITUTION.  RESIDENTS FROM THE STATES OF CONNECTICUT, MASSACHU-
   20  SETTS, NEW JERSEY, OHIO, PENNSYLVANIA  AND  VERMONT,  AND  THE  CANADIAN
   21  PROVINCES  OF  ONTARIO  AND  QUEBEC MAY BE ELIGIBLE FOR SEPARATE TUITION
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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    1  RATES AT THE DESIGNATED STATE-OPERATED INSTITUTIONS. EACH STATE-OPERATED
    2  INSTITUTION THAT IS SELECTED FOR PARTICIPATION  IN  THIS  PROGRAM  SHALL
    3  REPORT  ANNUALLY TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY ON THE
    4  IMPACT OF THIS PROGRAM.
    5    S  2.  This  act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
    6  deemed repealed June 1, 2021.