N.Y. Banking Law Section 9-W
Standard financial aid award letter


The superintendent of financial services in consultation with the president of the higher education services corporation shall develop a standard financial aid award letter which shall clearly delineate (a) the estimated cost of attendance, including but not limited to, the cost of tuition and fees, room and board, books, and transportation. Such standard letter shall provide the estimated cost of attendance for the current academic year as well as estimates for each academic year that the student would need to attend to earn a degree at such institution with a disclaimer that the cost of attendance for years other than the current academic year are estimates and may be subject to change, (b) all financial aid offered from the federal government, the state, and the institution with an explanation as to which components will require repayment, (c) any expected student and/or family contribution, (d) campus-specific graduation, median borrowing, and loan default rates, and

(e)

any other information as determined by the superintendent in consultation with the president. Such standard letter shall include a glossary of standard terms and definitions used on such standard letter. The superintendent shall publish and make available such standard letter by December thirty-first, two thousand fifteen and thereafter. Each college, vocational institution, and any other institution that offers an approved program as defined in Education Law § 601 (Definitions)section six hundred one of the education law shall utilize the standard letter issued by the department of financial services in responding to all undergraduate financial aid applicants for the two thousand sixteen--two thousand seventeen academic year and thereafter. The superintendent shall promulgate regulations implementing this section.

Source: Section 9-W — Standard financial aid award letter, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/BNK/9-W (updated Apr. 8, 2016; accessed Dec. 21, 2024).

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Definitions
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Limited liability investment company
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Limited liability trust companies
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Information to be given to social services officials, state department of social services, state department of mental hygiene, the mental...
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Banks to display signs
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Advertising
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Exemptions from certain provisions of chapter
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Loans pursuant to the "Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944
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Investment in obligations of housing corporations indirectly guaranteed pursuant to the “Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944”
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Investment in obligations of certain persons sixty-five years of age or over incurred to satisfy real property tax indebtedness
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Application forms to be made available
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Requirement to state in writing reason for denial of mortgage loan
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Graduated payment mortgages authorized
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Alternative mortgage instruments made by banks, trust companies, savings banks, savings and loan associations and credit unions
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Override of certain provisions of United States Public Law 97-320
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Reverse mortgage loans authorized
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Mortgage loans
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Proof of insurance
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Real property insurance escrow accounts
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High-cost home loans
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Subprime home loans
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Responsibility of banks for mortgages being processed for modification
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Single point of contact for modifying delinquent home loans
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Reverse cooperative apartment unit loans for persons sixty-two years of age or older
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Loan counseling for mortgages guaranteed by the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944
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Payment of dividends or interest upon unclaimed deposits or shares
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Deposits by custodian designated by administrator of veterans’ affairs, or by person certified by social security administration
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Checks drawn against corporate funds or payable to corporations
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Defense of ultra vires
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Actions or special proceedings by superintendent or attorney-general
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Superintendent’s or attorney-general’s action for judicial dissolution
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Enforcement of section two hundred ninety-six-a of the executive law
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Geographic discrimination in making mortgage loans prohibited
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Right of set off
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Imposition of service charges prohibited
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Close-out fees prohibited in certain cases
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Prohibition on depositor of early withdrawal penalty in certain cases
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Disposal of records
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Sale of education loans
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Return of checks
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Trust accounts
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Mortgage loans
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Acceptance of certain checks for deposit
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Geographic restrictions
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Preauthorized electronic fund transfers
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Unsolicited mail-loan checks
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ATM transactions by persons using foreign bank accounts
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Savings promotion prize giveaway
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Standard financial aid award letter
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Mortgage forbearance
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Fees based on inactivity
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Order of payment of checks and other debits, insufficient funds charges and return deposit item charges
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Cashing of certain checks

Accessed:
Dec. 21, 2024

Last modified:
Apr. 8, 2016

§ 9-W’s source at nysenate​.gov

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