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NY A 508

in committee

Relates to increasing the maximum years of study under the tuition assistance program

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did NY A 508 pass?

Not yet. NY A 508 is in committee as of 2026-01-07 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-07): REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

What is NY A 508 about?

Increases the maximum time limits for tuition assistance program awards; increases the maximum number of academic years of study to six.

Who sponsors NY A 508?

Khaleel Anderson is the primary sponsor of NY A 508, joined by 10 cosponsors.

Description

Increases the maximum time limits for tuition assistance program awards; increases the maximum number of academic years of study to six.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-01-07 — REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Khaleel Andersonprimary
  • Catalina Cruzcosponsor
  • Phara Souffrant Forrestcosponsor
  • Anna Kellescosponsor
  • David Weprincosponsor
  • Al Taylorcosponsor
  • Harvey Epsteincosponsor
  • Jessica Gonzalez-Rojascosponsor
  • Larinda Hookscosponsor
  • Sarahana Shresthacosponsor
  • Rebecca Seawrightcosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-08

    REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

  • Prior session: A 7323not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 1179not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: S 3779

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/A508?summary=&detail=

Attribution

Data from openstates_bulk_csv, retrieved 2026-07-24T05:28:30.722574Z

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