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NY A07938

Bill

Official Source

Status

Introduced

4/16/2025

Primary Sponsor

Rebecca Kassay

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Origin

Assembly

2025-2026 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Allows Excelsior Scholarship recipients to have their maximum allowable adjusted gross income increase by 3% after the first semester of receiving the scholarship
  • Gives the Higher Education Services Corporation discretion to approve additional income increases beyond 3% without disqualifying applicants
  • Applies the income threshold requirement ($125,000 for 2019-2020 and thereafter) only to the first semester of applying for the scholarship, rather than each subsequent semester
  • Updates gendered pronouns ("his or her") to gender-neutral language ("their") throughout the Excelsior Scholarship eligibility requirements

Legislative Description

Allows for a modest increase in annual income, not greater than three percent per year, to not disqualify someone from the excelsior scholarship.

Last Action

referred to higher education

1/7/2026

Committee Referrals

Higher Education4/16/2025

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