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Cuomo’s free tuition program comes with a major catchQuote:
Under a provision that was added to the tuition bill at the last moment, students who get a free ride at CUNY and SUNY schools must live and work in New York state for up to four years after graduation, or be forced to pay the money back.
The amendment — which was not part of Cuomo’s original offer of free college for middle-class students — was added at the insistence of Republicans in the state Senate
If they can't get a job does that mean they have to pay the money back?
Yep. And they have to take 30 credits a year also
What you need to know about NY’s free college tuition programQuote:
The idea is dubbed “making college tuition free,” but the number of students who qualify will be limited. Further, New York’s newest higher education initiative includes some conditions in the fine print that could curb its appeal for some.
Here’s what you need to know about what Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and lawmakers are calling the “Excelsior Scholarship,” which will provide a pathway to a tuition-free education for some students at the City University of New York and State University of New York campuses.The idea started at community colleges in other states and gained national attention in Sen. Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign.
New York becomes the largest state to offer a path to tuition-free college for some at its four-year colleges. The program also includes two-year community colleges such as Nassau Community College and Suffolk County Community College.
New York already had a financial-aid program that covered tuition for the lowest-income brackets.
Generally, if a student’s family earns $50,000 or less, his or her tuition costs can be covered entirely by the state’s long-established Tuition Assistance Program and federal Pell grants. The new “Excelsior Scholarship” instead helps families earning roughly $50,000 to $125,000 annually.
importantly, Excelsior will be what’s known as a “last dollar” program. That means a student must first apply for TAP and Pell help before applying for whatever amount remains to be covered.
The income limit is increased over several years: $100,000 in fall 2017, $110,000 in fall 2018 and $125,000 in fall 2019.
Students must earn 30 credits per year and graduate in four years.
For some, this might be the most daunting of the “strings attached” to the Excelsior Scholarship — especially when the national four-year graduation rate is running around 34 percent.
And it is tougher than TAP conditions, which mandate 12 credits per semester and can be used across five years.
Recipients must agree to live and work in New York for four years after graduation. If not, the scholarship converts to a loan – which must be repaid.
It doesn’t cover room and board, fees and books – which account for more than half of students’ costs.
SUNY tuition currently is $6,470 while a student’s total expenses run upward of $20,000. So even if he or she doesn’t pay tuition, it doesn’t mean college is free.
The state is hiking tuition for everyone else.
Cuomo and lawmakers will hike SUNY tuition $200 per year for the next three years.
Total participation likely will be less than you first think.
Cuomo has said that some 940,000 New York families are eligible to participate. But the administration has said a more realistic figure is a 22,000 bump in enrollment the first year and 32,000 by fall 2019. SUNY currently has about 440,000 full-time students.
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