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NY S 1498

in committee

Relates to the criteria for determining tuition assistance program awards

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did NY S 1498 pass?

Not yet. NY S 1498 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 S 1498 about?

Relates to the criteria for determining tuition assistance program awards; provides for the elimination of the distinction between dependent students and independent students for the purpose of determining tuition assistance program award amounts and eligibility.

Who sponsors NY S 1498?

Patricia Fahy is the primary sponsor of NY S 1498, joined by 1 cosponsor.

Description

Relates to the criteria for determining tuition assistance program awards; provides for the elimination of the distinction between dependent students and independent students for the purpose of determining tuition assistance program award amounts and eligibility.

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

  • Patricia Fahyprimary
  • Robert Jacksoncosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-10

    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 8432not in this corpus

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/S1498?summary=&detail=

Attribution

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