Sentences with phrase «state tuition assistance»

The budget also increases state tuition assistance funding for public and private college students, though not those who are the children of undocumented immigrants.

The budget also increases state tuition assistance funding for public and private college students, though not for those who are the children of undocumented immigrants.

A Democratic victory in Brooklyn should provide a 31st vote for the Dream Act, which opens state tuition assistance programs to undocumented immigrants.

Blake stressed the importance of having a Democratic State Senate to ensure protection for immigrants, speaking about the need for the passage of the DREAM Act, which would grant state tuition assistance to undocumented students.

People familiar with the discussions said the talks included not just public campaign finance, but also the W.F.P.'s desire to give localities the power to raise the minimum wage within their borders and the DREAM Act, which opens state tuition assistance programs to undcoumented immigrants.

In Albany, NYPIRG will lobby for reform in tuition hikes and The New York State Tuition Assistance Program (TAP), McNelis said.

The Dream Act — which provides state tuition assistance to the children of undocumented immigrants — wasn't included following a public back and forth with Latino members of the Legislature.

Cuomo, a Democrat, said he will not push for ethics reform or the Dream Act, which extends state tuition assistance to undocumented students.

* DREAMers: College affordability plan does not offer state tuition assistance to the college kids of undocumented immigrants.

The lawmaker compared Mr. Obama's conflict with Congress to the Democratic push in the GOP - run State Senate for the Dream Act, which would give state tuition assistance to undocumented immigrants attending college in New York.

Cuomo had vocalized support for the Dream Act — which makes undocumented immigrants eligible for state tuition assistance programs — but did little last year, likely recognizing the political blowback for the measure upstate.

While middle - class families earning adjusted gross incomes more than $ 65,000 who now qualify for little in state tuition assistance would benefit, the state's private colleges and universities may be at a disadvantage, said Research Director E.J. McMahon.

Democrats in that chamber said that many of the governor's progressive proposals this year — including the move away from cash bail, or a proposal to let undocumented immigrants access state tuition assistance programs — could be jettisoned and addressed later in the session.

In hopes of breaking the logjam, Cuomo tied the tax credit to passage of a state DREAM Act that would allow for state tuition assistance money to go to the college kids of undocumented immigrants.

The plan, detailed in an 18 - page report prepared by the minority Democrats» Policy Group, includes proposed tax benefits for employers who offer student loan assistance, expansion of state tuition assistance programs and implementation of different student readiness metrics used to determine whether students must take remedial courses.

His higher education policies have included calling for laws to limit the amount of time a student can receive state tuition assistance while in a public university, which he said would increase the rate of graduation in four years.

The talking points attack the Democratic platform of public financing for elections, changes to state abortion law that opponents say would open the door to regulations that could greatly expand the practice's surgical parameters, as well as the Dream Act, which would allow undocumented immigrants to utilize state tuition assistance programs.

Speaking at a Queens viewing event for President Barack Obama's announcement of a new executive order for immigration reform, Mr. Peralta said that he believed Mr. Cuomo will include the bill — which would grant state tuition assistance to undocumented immigrants attending college in New York — in the spending plan he will present to the legislature next year.

Until now, needy rabbinical college students in undergraduate institutions were eligible for federal «Pell grants» to help defer the costs of tuition, but not for New York State tuition assistance grants.

Favored projects of both Democrats and Republicans were left out, including an education tax credit for donors to students at parochial schools (liked by Republicans) and the Dream Act, which would provide state tuition assistance to undocumented immigrants (championed by Democrats).

Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins used closing remarks to lament that the budget did not include an increase in the state's minimum wage or the Dream Act, which would extend state tuition assistance to undocumented immigrants.

The budget process has again revived those conflicts, and the IDC said earlier this year it would push to include raise the age and enact the Dream Act, which opens state tuition assistance programs to undocumented immigrants.

The Democrats also once again are calling for the DREAM Act, a long - stalled proposal that would offer state tuition assistance to undocumented students.

Blasting progressive efforts to give state tuition assistance to undocumented immigrants and create a state public campaign finance system, Senate GOP spokesman Scott Reif said «the radical New York City Democrats don't share the values of hardworking middle - class families... New Yorkers have already rejected their radical agenda and we are confident they will do so again.»

Guadalupe Muller participated in a protest in March supporting legislation for state tuition assistance to undocumented immigrants.

The state would cover tuition still owed by students after the application of federal Pell and state Tuition Assistance Program grants.

Cuomo and the Legislature are negotiating a compromise that would also expand the state Tuition Assistance Program that helps not only public college students, but those at private higher education institutions as well.

The second bill would make recipients eligible for the Excelsior Scholarship program without needing to apply and qualify for the state Tuition Assistance or Education Opportunities programs.

According to the non-profit immigration advocacy group The American Immigration Council, 11 states have already passed laws that provide undocumented students with the opportunity to receive in - state tuition assistance.

He pointed to such issues as allowing undocumented immigrants to serve on juries or vote, creating a DREAM Act to allow the state tuition assistance program to cover the college kids of undocumented immigrants, the public funding of campaigns, and tax hikes.

Cuomo has said he supports the concept but has not taken position on the bill itself, a proposal that would let immigrants who are in the country illegally receive money for college from the state Tuition Assistance Program.

Grisanti wants to restore funding that would extend the state Tuition Assistance Program to graduate students.

But since votes on contentious matters like public financing of elections and the DREAM Act — a proposal to extend state tuition assistance to undocumented immigrants — would likely split along party lines, Perkins» departure would make their passage all - but impossible.

ALBANY — In a controversial and unscheduled vote, the State Senate rejected a bill to give undocumented immigrants access to state tuition assistance programs, one of several priority measures for progressive Democratic groups and unions.

In an interview with POLITICO New York, Alcantara, a Dominican immigrant who last Tuesday won a four - way primary to replace outgoing state Sen. Adriano Espaillat, said one of her main priorities is passage of the so - called Dream Act, which would open up state tuition assistance programs to undocumented, college - bound students.

During the 84 - minute speech, Cuomo largely focused on education, proposing to increase school aid by $ 1 billion, increase reliance on teacher evaluations and tie the education investment tax credit to the Dream Act, a bill that would open state tuition assistance programs to undocumented students.

He blamed the IDC - GOP accord for the lack of a vote on the DREAM Act, which would grant undocumented immigrants access to state tuition assistance, this legislative session.

ALBANY — Immigrant rights advocates are pressuring Governor Andrew Cuomo to negotiate a deal with Senate Republicans on the Dream Act after lawmakers said Monday the proposal to allow undocumented college students access to state tuition assistance had fallen out of the budget.

While prisoners can sometimes get access to educational courses now, they are ineligible for the federal Pell Grant program as well as the New York State Tuition Assistance Program (TAP).

Such legislation includes a bill to make it easier for child sex abuse victims to seek justice as adults, creation of a state DREAM Act to provide state tuition assistance to the college kids of undocumented immigrants and measures to strengthen the state's abortion laws, the Cuomo aide said.

Democrats in the Legislature were eager to pass legislation that would grant state tuition assistance to undocumented students.

But even with the funding, critics, including mainline Senate Democrats, say the IDC has not delivered on the creation of a state DREAM Act that would give the children of undocumented immigrants access to state tuition assistance programs.

The IDC resolution also supports the creation of a state DREAM Act that would give the college kids of undocumented immigrants access to state tuition assistance programs, funding for teacher centers, and Cuomo's push to spend up to $ 1 million on a memorial in New York City honoring «all victims of hate, intolerance, and violence» in the wake of a club shooting in Orlando last year.

Senate Republicans, while opposing the DREAM Act, which would allow taxpayer - funded state tuition assistance programs to be used on the colege kids of illegal immigrants, support the education tax credit that would provide a benefit for those who donate to private and public schools.

The Act would allow undocumented immigrant students to apply for state tuition assistance, expand access to the State's 529 College Savings Program, and create a private scholarship fund available to undocumented students.

Skelos did not elaborate on what those controversial measures are, but he was likely referring to a slate of proposals — public campaign finance, a measure to open state tuition assistance programs to undocumented immigrants, tweaks to the minimum wage and the creation of an affirmative legal right to an abortion — that Cuomo himself has been supporting.

And he renewed his call for passage of a state DREAM Act that would provide state tuition assistance to the college kids of undocumented immigrants.

Bill Lipton, New York State director for the Working Families Party, argued CUNY funding intersects with a host of other liberal goals — including passing the DREAM Act, which would make undocumented college students eligible for state tuition assistance.

Some in vulnerable districts may also not be fully committed to passing a socialized medicine program for New York or pushing through the DREAM Act, which would grant state tuition assistance to undocumented immigrants.