] is old law to be omitted. LBD03483-01-5S. 1954 2 1 that constitutes "true threats," as defined by the United States supreme 2 court in Virginia v. Black (2003), or that constitutes "fighting words," 3 pursuant to Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire (1942), or fails to adequately 4 address any such event. The term "antisemitism" shall have the same 5 meaning as the working definition for "antisemitism" as provided by the 6 International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance on May 26, 2016, including 7 the contemporary examples of antisemitism cited by the International 8 Holocaust Remembrance Alliance. The higher education services corpo- 9 ration of the state of New York shall establish guidelines for determin- 10 ing when a student has knowingly engaged in promoting antisemitism as 11 well as guidelines for actions that may be taken to restore and/or 12 resume a tuition assistance award. 13 § 3. Subdivision 1 of section 667 of the education law, as amended by 14 chapter 622 of the laws of 2008, is amended to read as follows: 15 1. Recipient qualifications. Tuition assistance program awards are 16 available for all students who are enrolled in approved programs and who 17 demonstrate the ability to complete such courses, in accordance with 18 standards established by the commissioner provided, however, that no 19 award shall be made unless tuition (exclusive of educational fees) and, 20 if applicable, the college fee levied by the state university of New 21 York pursuant to the April first, nineteen hundred sixty-four financing 22 agreements with the New York state dormitory authority charged for the 23 program in which the student is enrolled total at least two hundred 24 dollars a year, [and provided further that,] no award can exceed one 25 hundred percent of the amount of tuition charged; and provided, further, 26 that no tuition assistance award shall be provided to any student, in 27 any academic year, who has knowingly engaged in promoting antisemitism 28 in a manner that is directed to inciting or producing imminent lawless 29 action and is likely to incite or produce such action, that constitutes 30 "true threats," as defined by the United States supreme court in Virgi- 31 nia v. Black (2003), or that constitutes "fighting words," pursuant to 32 Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire (1942), or fails to adequately address any 33 such event. The term "antisemitism" shall have the same meaning as the 34 working definition for "antisemitism" as provided by the International 35 Holocaust Remembrance Alliance on May 26, 2016, including the contempo- 36 rary examples of antisemitism cited by the International Holocaust 37 Remembrance Alliance. The higher education services corporation of the 38 state of New York shall establish guidelines for determining when a 39 student has knowingly engaged in promoting antisemitism as well as 40 guidelines for actions that may be taken to restore and/or resume a 41 tuition assistance award. 42 § 4. Subdivision 1 of section 667-a of the education law, as amended 43 by chapter 83 of the laws of 1995, is amended to read as follows: 44 1. Legislative intent. The legislature hereby finds that to further 45 the goal of equal opportunity it is necessary to assure the availability 46 of supplemental assistance for the successful remediation of educa- 47 tionally disadvantaged students in addition to assistance currently 48 available under existing statute for students with financial need. 49 Accordingly, tuition assistance shall be extended to students whose need 50 for remediation precludes them from fulfilling the program pursuit and 51 academic progress requirements of the tuition assistance program; and 52 provided, further, that no supplemental tuition assistance award shall 53 be provided to any student, in any academic year, who has knowingly 54 engaged in promoting antisemitism in a manner that is directed to incit- 55 ing or producing imminent lawless action and is likely to incite or 56 produce such action, that constitutes "true threats," as defined by theS. 1954 3 1 United States supreme court in Virginia v. Black (2003), or that consti- 2 tutes "fighting words," pursuant to Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire (1942), 3 or fails to adequately address any such event. The term "antisemitism" 4 shall have the same meaning as the working definition for "antisemitism" 5 as provided by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance on May 6 26, 2016, including the contemporary examples of antisemitism cited by 7 the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance. The higher education 8 services corporation of the state of New York shall establish guidelines 9 for determining when a student has knowingly engaged in promoting anti- 10 semitism as well as guidelines for actions that may be taken to restore 11 and/or resume a tuition assistance award. 12 § 5. Subdivision 1 of section 667-c of the education law, as amended 13 by section 1 of part E of chapter 56 of the laws of 2022, paragraph a as 14 amended by section 1 of part W of chapter 56 of the laws of 2024, and 15 paragraph b as amended by section 1 of part EE of chapter 56 of the laws 16 of 2023, is amended to read as follows: 17 1. Notwithstanding any law, rule or regulation to the contrary, the 18 president of the higher education services corporation is authorized to 19 make tuition assistance program awards to: 20 a. part-time students enrolled at a degree granting institution of 21 higher education incorporated by the regents or by the legislature who 22 meet all requirements for tuition assistance program awards except for 23 the students' part-time attendance; and provided, further, that no part- 24 time tuition assistance award shall be provided to any student, in any 25 academic year, who has knowingly engaged in promoting antisemitism in a 26 manner that is directed to inciting or producing imminent lawless action 27 and is likely to incite or produce such action, that constitutes "true 28 threats," as defined by the United States supreme court in Virginia v. 29 Black (2003), or that constitutes "fighting words," pursuant to Chaplin- 30 sky v. New Hampshire (1942), or fails to adequately address any such 31 event. The term "antisemitism" shall have the same meaning as the work- 32 ing definition for "antisemitism" as provided by the International Holo- 33 caust Remembrance Alliance on May 26, 2016, including the contemporary 34 examples of antisemitism cited by the International Holocaust Remem- 35 brance Alliance. The higher education services corporation of the state 36 of New York shall establish guidelines for determining when a student 37 has knowingly engaged in promoting antisemitism as well as guidelines 38 for actions that may be taken to restore and/or resume a tuition 39 assistance award; or 40 b. part-time students enrolled at a community college or a public 41 agricultural and technical college in a non-degree workforce credential 42 program directly leading to the employment or advancement of a student 43 in a "significant industry" as identified by the department of labor in 44 its three most recent statewide significant industries reports published 45 preceding the student's enrollment in such non-degree workforce creden- 46 tial program. The state university of New York and the city university 47 of New York shall publish and maintain a master list of all eligible 48 non-degree workforce credential program courses and update such list 49 every semester. Eligible non-degree workforce credential programs shall 50 include those programs less than twelve semester hours, or the equiv- 51 alent, per semester. A student who successfully completes a non-degree 52 workforce credential program and receives part-time tuition assistance 53 program awards pursuant to this paragraph shall be awarded academic 54 credit by the state university of New York or city university of New 55 York upon matriculation into a degree program at such institution, 56 provided that such credit shall be equal to the corresponding creditS. 1954 4 1 hours earned in the non-degree workforce credential program; and 2 provided, further, that no part-time tuition assistance award shall be 3 provided to any student, in any academic year, who has knowingly engaged 4 in promoting antisemitism in a manner that is directed to inciting or 5 producing imminent lawless action and is likely to incite or produce 6 such action, that constitutes "true threats," as defined by the United 7 States supreme court in Virginia v. Black (2003), or that constitutes 8 "fighting words," pursuant to Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire (1942), or 9 fails to adequately address any such event. The term "antisemitism" 10 shall have the same meaning as the working definition for "antisemitism" 11 as provided by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance on May 12 26, 2016, including the contemporary examples of antisemitism cited by 13 the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance. The higher education 14 services corporation of the state of New York shall establish guidelines 15 for determining when a student has knowingly engaged in promoting anti- 16 semitism as well as guidelines for actions that may be taken to restore 17 and/or resume a tuition assistance award. 18 § 6. This act shall take effect immediately.