S 3899: Provides an annual scholarship of $1,000 for students with a minimum 3.0 high school GPA who attend a New York state public postsecondary institution.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3899 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE January 30, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. PARKER -- 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 state college attend- ance awards for students who maintain a certain minimum cumulative average throughout high school 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 670-c 2 to read as follows: 3 § 670-c. State college attendance awards. 1. In addition to any other 4 academic performance award granted pursuant to this chapter, an eligible 5 student shall receive one thousand dollars annually, provided such 6 student enrolls in an associate or baccalaureate degree program at a 7 public postsecondary institution located in this state within one year 8 of such student's completion of the core requirements for graduation 9 from a public high school located in this state. 10 2. Eligibility. An eligible student shall be a student who: 11 (a) has attended an approved public high school program located in 12 this state from grades nine through twelve; and 13 (b) has maintained a minimum 3.0 cumulative average for each of all 14 semesters of such student's attendance in such approved high school 15 program located in this state. 16 3. Duration. A state college attendance award shall entitle the recip- 17 ient to an annual award for not more than four academic years of under- 18 graduate study, provided such student maintains the minimum academic 19 standards for such postsecondary institution; and provided further such 20 student remains enrolled in a public postsecondary institution until the 21 completion of such student's terminal degree. 22 4. Amount. (a) Eligible students entering a community college with a 23 two year degree program shall receive one thousand dollars for each of 24 two years, or a maximum of two thousand dollars; and EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD07367-01-5 
 S. 3899 2 1 (b) Eligible students entering a public four year college or universi- 2 ty shall receive one thousand dollars for each of four years, or a maxi- 3 mum of four thousand dollars. 4 (c) In no event shall the amount of the annual awards exceed the 5 recipient's cost of attendance at the institution attended. Cost of 6 attendance shall mean tuition, required fees, laboratory and other 7 instruction related expenses, books, transportation, and room and board. 8 Anything in this article to the contrary notwithstanding, a recipient of 9 a scholarship pursuant to this section may concurrently receive with 10 such award any other academic or general award for which such recipient 11 may be eligible; provided, however, in no event shall a recipient be 12 awarded a scholarship in any amount where the combination of all such 13 awards would exceed the recipient's cost of attendance at the institu- 14 tion. 15 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after 16 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend- 17 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen- 18 tation of this act on its effective date is authorized to be made and 19 completed on or before such effective date.