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                                        4089--A
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   February 26, 2015
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       Introduced  by  Sens.  YOUNG,  GRIFFO, RITCHIE -- read twice and ordered
         printed, and when printed to be committed 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
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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    1  PROVINCES OF ONTARIO AND QUEBEC MAY BE  ELIGIBLE  FOR  SEPARATE  TUITION
    2  RATES AT THE DESIGNATED STATE-OPERATED INSTITUTIONS. EACH STATE-OPERATED
    3  INSTITUTION  THAT  IS  SELECTED  FOR PARTICIPATION IN THIS PROGRAM SHALL
    4  REPORT  ANNUALLY TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY ON THE
    5  IMPACT OF THIS PROGRAM.
    6    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall  expire  and  be
    7  deemed repealed June 1, 2021.