STATE OF NEW YORK
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IN ASSEMBLY
April 23, 2026
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Introduced by M. of A. FORREST -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Higher Education
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 22 to read as follows:
3 22. The state university trustees shall require that each institution
4 of the state university establish an appeals process for any student,
5 regardless of such student's 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 25 to read as follows:
15 25. The board of trustees shall require that each institution of the
16 city university establish an appeals process for any student, regardless
17 of such student's immigration status, who has been denied the state
18 resident tuition rate for attending such institution. Each institution
19 shall establish a reasonable time period for the filing of an appeal
20 after a prospective student has received written notification of a
21 denial of the state resident tuition rate and a reasonable time period
22 for the institution to respond to such an appeal. Information on the
23 right to such appeal and such appeals process shall be posted on the
24 institution's website.
25 § 3. Section 6306 of the education law is amended by adding a new
26 subdivision 13 to read as follows:
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 13. The board of trustees of each community college shall establish an
2 appeals process for any student, regardless of such student's immi-
3 gration status, who has been denied the state resident tuition rate for
4 attending such community college. The board of trustees of each communi-
5 ty college shall establish a reasonable time period for the filing of an
6 appeal after a prospective student has received written notification of
7 a denial of the state resident tuition rate and a reasonable time period
8 for the community college to respond to such an appeal. Information on
9 the right to such appeal and such appeals process shall be posted on the
10 community college's website.
11 § 4. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
12 have become a law.
