S01928 Summary:

BILL NOS01928A
 
SAME ASSAME AS A05900-A
 
SPONSORPARKER
 
COSPNSR
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd §§355, 6206 & 6306, Ed L
 
Requires the establishment of an appeals process for students who are denied the state resident tuition rate at any public university or college.
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S01928 Actions:

BILL NOS01928A
 
01/15/2015REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION
01/06/2016REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION
02/02/2016AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HIGHER EDUCATION
02/02/2016PRINT NUMBER 1928A
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S01928 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         1928--A
 
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                    January 15, 2015
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education -- recom-
          mitted to the Committee on Higher Education in accordance with  Senate
          Rule  6,  sec.  8  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
          reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

        AN ACT to amend the  education  law,  in  relation  to  establishing  an
          appeals process for students denied the state resident tuition rate at
          a public college or university
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Section 355 of the education law is amended by adding a new
     2  subdivision 20 to read as follows:
     3    20. The state university trustees shall require that each  institution
     4  of  the  state  university establish an appeals process for any student,
     5  regardless of his or her immigration status, who  has  been  denied  the
     6  state  resident tuition rate for attending such institution. Each insti-
     7  tution shall establish a reasonable time period for  the  filing  of  an
     8  appeal  after a prospective student has received written notification of
     9  a denial of the state resident tuition rate and a reasonable time period
    10  for the institution to respond to such an  appeal.  Information  on  the
    11  right  to  such  appeal  and such appeals process shall be posted on the
    12  institution's website.
    13    § 2. Section 6206 of the education law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
    14  subdivision 19 to read as follows:
    15    19.  The  board of trustees shall require that each institution of the
    16  city university establish an appeals process for any student, regardless
    17  of his or her immigration status, who has been denied the state resident
    18  tuition rate for attending  such  institution.  Each  institution  shall
    19  establish  a  reasonable time period for the filing of an appeal after a
    20  prospective student has received written notification of a denial of the
    21  state resident tuition rate and a reasonable time period for the  insti-
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD03986-02-6

        S. 1928--A                          2
 
     1  tution  to  respond  to such an appeal. Information on the right to such
     2  appeal and such appeals process shall be  posted  on  the  institution's
     3  website.
     4    §  3.  Section  6306  of  the education law is amended by adding a new
     5  subdivision 11 to read as follows:
     6    11. The board of trustees of each community college shall establish an
     7  appeals process for any student, regardless of his  or  her  immigration
     8  status,  who has been denied the state resident tuition rate for attend-
     9  ing such community college. The board  of  trustees  of  each  community
    10  college  shall  establish  a reasonable time period for the filing of an
    11  appeal after a prospective student has received written notification  of
    12  a denial of the state resident tuition rate and a reasonable time period
    13  for  the  community college to respond to such an appeal. Information on
    14  the right to such appeal and such appeals process shall be posted on the
    15  community college's website.
    16    § 4. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
    17  have become a law.
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