Reduces tuition rates for certain Olympic athletes, the official text

S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                  761--C
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. R. CARROLL, JONES -- read once and referred to
   the Committee  on  Higher  Education  --  committee  discharged,  bill
   amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
   tee -- again reported from said  committee  with  amendments,  ordered
   reprinted  as  amended  and  recommitted  to  said  committee -- again
   reported from said committee with  amendments,  ordered  reprinted  as
   amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to reducing tuition rates
   for certain Olympic athletes
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph h of subdivision 2 of section 355 of  the  educa-
 tion law is amended by adding a new subparagraph 11 to read as follows:
   (11)  (I)  FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBPARAGRAPH, "TEAM USA ATHLETE" MEANS
 ANY STUDENT ATHLETE WHO MEETS  THE  ELIGIBILITY  STANDARDS  DEFINED  AND
 APPROVED  BY  THE  UNITED STATES OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC COMMITTEE AND BY
 THE NATIONAL GOVERNING BODY FOR THE SPORT IN WHICH THE ATHLETE COMPETES.
   (II) NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF ANY OTHER GENERAL,  SPECIAL  OR
 LOCAL LAW, RULE OR REGULATION AND PURSUANT TO AN APPROPRIATION AND FUND-
 ING  BEING MADE FOR SUCH PURPOSE, SUCH REGULATIONS SHALL FURTHER PROVIDE
 THAT THE PAYMENT OF TUITION AND FEES BY ANY STUDENT WHO IS NOT  A  RESI-
 DENT OF NEW YORK STATE SHALL BE PAID AT A RATE OR CHARGE NO GREATER THAN
 THAT  IMPOSED  FOR  STUDENTS  WHO  ARE  RESIDENTS  OF THIS STATE IF SUCH
 STUDENT IS ENROLLED IN AN INSTITUTION OR EDUCATIONAL UNIT OF  THE  STATE
 UNIVERSITY,  IS A TEAM USA ATHLETE, AND IS TRAINING IN NEW YORK STATE IN
 AN ELITE LEVEL PROGRAM APPROVED BY THE UNITED STATES OLYMPIC  AND  PARA-
 LYMPIC COMMITTEE.
   §  2. Subdivision 7 of section 6206 of the education law is amended by
 adding a new paragraph (g) to read as follows:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   (G) (I) FOR PURPOSES OF THIS PARAGRAPH, "TEAM USA ATHLETE"  MEANS  ANY
 STUDENT ATHLETE WHO MEETS THE ELIGIBILITY STANDARDS DEFINED AND APPROVED
 BY  THE  UNITED  STATES  OLYMPIC  AND  PARALYMPIC  COMMITTEE  AND BY THE
 NATIONAL GOVERNING BODY FOR THE SPORT IN WHICH THE ATHLETE COMPETES.
   (II)  NOTWITHSTANDING  THE PROVISIONS OF ANY OTHER GENERAL, SPECIAL OR
 LOCAL LAW, RULE OR REGULATION AND PURSUANT TO AN APPROPRIATION AND FUND-
 ING BEING MADE FOR SUCH PURPOSE, THE TRUSTEES SHALL FURTHER PROVIDE THAT
 THE PAYMENT OF TUITION AND FEES BY ANY STUDENT WHO IS NOT A RESIDENT  OF
 NEW  YORK  STATE  SHALL BE PAID AT A RATE OR CHARGE NO GREATER THAN THAT
 IMPOSED FOR STUDENTS WHO ARE RESIDENTS OF THIS STATE IF SUCH STUDENT  IS
 ENROLLED IN AN INSTITUTION OR EDUCATIONAL UNIT OF THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF
 NEW YORK, IS A TEAM USA ATHLETE, AND IS TRAINING IN NEW YORK STATE IN AN
 ELITE LEVEL PROGRAM APPROVED BY THE UNITED STATES OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC
 COMMITTEE.
   §  3.  This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding
 the date on which it shall have become a law.