A03587 Summary:
| BILL NO | A03587 |
| SAME AS | SAME AS S06096 |
| SPONSOR | Romero |
| COSPNSR | |
| MLTSPNSR | |
| Add §6438-d, Ed L | |
| Relates to prohibiting colleges from denying formerly incarcerated individuals admittance to college based solely on their incarceration. | |
A03587 Text:
Go to topSTATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3587 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 28, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ROMERO -- read once and referred to the Committee on Higher Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to prohibiting colleges from denying formerly incarcerated individuals admittance to college based solely on their incarceration The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 6438-d 2 to read as follows: 3 § 6438-d. College admittance for people previously incarcerated. 4 Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, no person 5 who has previously been incarcerated, shall be denied admittance to any 6 institution of higher education, based solely on such incarceration. 7 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding 8 the date on which it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD06136-01-5