Grants and Scholarships 2006 Legislative Update

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Grants and Scholarships 2006 Legislative
Update
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NYS Math Science Teaching Incentive Program

• A maximum of 500 new recipients will be chosen
  each year
• Annual award for not more than 4 years of
  full-time undergraduate study and 1 year of
  full-time graduate study
• Annual award will equal the cost of tuition at
  SUNY (presently 4,350)

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NYS Math Science Teaching Incentive Program

• Recipients that fail to comply with the terms of
  the contract will have the value of their awards
  converted to a student loan
• Payments are made after the successful completion
  of each academic year (not each semester)

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Part-Time TAP

• The Education Law is amended by adding a new
  section 667-c to create the Part-Time Tuition
  Assistance Program for students attending the
  State University of New York (SUNY), the City
  University of New York (CUNY), and the
  independent degree granting colleges

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Part-Time TAP

• Modeled after the CUNY Part-Time TAP Pilot
  Program
• First awards made in the 2007-08 academic year

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Part-Time TAP

• Partial TAP payment for taking 6 to 11 credits
• Students must earn two consecutive semesters of
  12 credits each (total of 24 credits) and
  maintain a C average prior to being eligible
• 2006-07 freshman class will be the first cohort

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Reporting Credits Earned

• A new provision requires HESC to prepare an
  annual report on the Tuition Assistance Program
  to be submitted each February 15th
• The number of credits earned by students
  receiving TAP is required in the report
• HESC will determine how best to collect this data

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Accelerated Study

• Students shall qualify for accelerated study only
  upon the completion of 24 credits, or its
  equivalent, in the two semesters prior to
  application
• Implemented for terms beginning after Jan. 1,
  2007

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Change to Satisfactory Academic Progress Chart

• Uniform charts have been created for first-time
  undergraduate students in 2006-07 (sample charts
  in commissioners guidelines)

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Ability to Benefit

• Students first receiving aid in 2006-07, who
  do not have a certificate of graduation from a
  recognized school within the United States
  providing secondary education (a high-school
  diploma or recognized equivalent), must attain a
  passing score on a federally approved ability to
  benefit (ATB) test that has been independently
  administered and evaluated as defined by the
  Commissioner of the State Education Department
  to receive New York State funded grants or
  scholarships including Tuition Assistance Program
  (TAP) awards

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Questions?

• Attend Operational Workshops this July
• Email tappolicy_at_hesc.org with concerns

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