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                                         4089
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   February 26, 2015
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       Introduced by Sens. YOUNG, GRIFFO -- read twice and ordered printed, and
         when printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education
       AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to directing the board of
         trustees  of  the  state  university of New York to offer differential
         nonresident tuition charges to  certain  students  who  reside  within
         three  hundred  miles  of  the state university of New York at Alfred,
         Fredonia or Potsdam; 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 7-a to read as follows:
    3    (7-A)  COMMENCING  IN  THE  TWO THOUSAND FIFTEEN--TWO THOUSAND SIXTEEN
    4  ACADEMIC YEAR, THE STATE UNIVERSITY  TRUSTEES  SHALL  ADOPT  REGULATIONS
    5  PROVIDING  THAT  ANY  STUDENT  WHO  IS NOT A RESIDENT OF THIS STATE, BUT
    6  RESIDES WITHIN THREE HUNDRED MILES OF THE CAMPUS OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY
    7  OF NEW YORK AT ALFRED, FREDONIA OR POTSDAM SHALL PAY  TUITION  AND  FEES
    8  FOR MATRICULATION AT SUCH CAMPUS OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY AT A RATE WHICH
    9  IS  ONE  AND ONE-HALF TIMES THE RATE IMPOSED UPON STUDENTS WHO ARE RESI-
   10  DENTS OF THIS STATE. PROVIDED THAT,  SUCH  DIFFERENTIAL  RATE  SHALL  BE
   11  OFFERED  ONLY  TO SUCH ELIGIBLE NONRESIDENT STUDENTS WHICH DO NOT EXCEED
   12  TEN PERCENT OF THE ENROLLMENT OPENINGS AT EACH SUCH CAMPUS. EACH STUDENT
   13  AFFORDED A DIFFERENTIAL RATE AT THE TIME OF HIS  OR  HER  ENROLLMENT  IN
   14  THEIR  RESPECTIVE INSTITUTION, WHO IS DETERMINED TO BE IN GOOD STANDING,
   15  SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR SUCH DIFFERENTIAL RATE FOR UP TO FOUR  YEARS  FROM
   16  THE  DATE  OF HIS OR HER INITIAL ENROLLMENT.  THE STATE UNIVERSITY TRUS-
   17  TEES SHALL PROMOTE AND  MARKET  THE  AVAILABILITY  OF  THE  DIFFERENTIAL
   18  TUITION  AND FEES TO INDIVIDUALS WHO WOULD BE ELIGIBLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE
   19  THEREOF.
   20    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall  expire  and  be
   21  deemed repealed June 1, 2020.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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