NY S02119

Allows qualified veterans who have not utilized their tuition awards to transfer all or a portion of the award to an eligible spouse, survivor, or child who resides in New York State.

Defines "survivor" as a person married to a veteran who died from military service, or married within 15 years of discharge where death resulted from a service-connected condition, or married for at least one year, or had a child with the veteran and lived together continuously until death.

Requires children receiving transferred awards to be under 26 years of age and limits use of transferred awards to children of veterans who served at least 10 years in the armed forces, with exceptions for death, medical discharge, hardship discharge, reduction in force, or involuntary force shaping.

Requires qualifying veterans to designate recipients and number of semesters on a form prescribed by the Higher Education Services Corporation president, which must be made available on the corporation's website.

Takes effect 180 days after becoming law, with rules and regulations for implementation authorized to be completed by that effective date.