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NY A03574
Bill
Status
1/28/2025
Primary Sponsor
D. Billy Jones
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AI Summary
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Creates a volunteer firefighter scholarship program providing student loan repayment awards up to four times the current SUNY tuition rate for eligible volunteer firefighters
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Requires recipients to be active volunteer firefighters who attend at least 25% of emergency calls annually for eight years and reside exclusively in New York state during that period
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Covers student loans from New York state colleges, universities, trade schools, or vocational programs that resulted in a bachelor's degree, certificate, or license
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Pays interest on recipients' student loans during the eight-year service period, with remaining principal and interest paid upon program completion; any difference between the award cap and actual loan balance is issued directly to the recipient
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Establishes the Volunteer Firefighter Scholarship Fund with an initial appropriation of $1,000,000, funded through contributions, donations, and legislative appropriations
Legislative Description
Creates a volunteer firefighter scholarship program and a volunteer firefighter scholarship fund; rewards volunteer firefighters who respond to twenty-five percent of emergency calls for eight years with a student loan award equal to four times the SUNY tuition rate; makes an appropriation therefor.
Last Action
enacting clause stricken
9/8/2025