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A02330 Summary:

BILL NOA02330
 
SAME ASSAME AS S01916
 
SPONSORO'Donnell
 
COSPNSR
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Add Art 2-A §20, Ed L
 
Prohibits secondary schools and higher education institutions from withholding student transcripts for failure to pay tuition.
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A02330 Actions:

BILL NOA02330
 
01/25/2023referred to higher education
01/03/2024referred to higher education
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A02330 Memo:

NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION
submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
 
BILL NUMBER: A2330
 
SPONSOR: O'Donnell
  TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the education law, in relation to prohibiting secondary schools and colleges from withholding student transcripts for failure to pay tuition   PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: Allows students to obtain their academic transcript in the event tuition has not been paid.   SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Section 1 Amends the education law by adding a new Article 2-A. Prohib- its public or private educational institutions from withholding student transcripts in the event such student has not paid tuition. Section 2 Effective Date   JUSTIFICATION: As a result of the current recession, difficulties with paying tuition have become more and more common. Whether the student is paying for his or her own education, or parents are paying for their child's tuition, it is the student who suffers. The problem is exacerbated in situations when a student's transcript needs to be sent from one school to another. School's frequently will not release fully paid transcripts if the tuition is not fully paid.   PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 2021/2022: A. 4252, Higher Education 2020: A. 9949, Higher Education 2019: S.6772/A.9949, Higher Education 2018: S.8697 Referred to Education 2017: S.4897 Referred to Education 2016: S.475A Held for consideration in Higher Education 2014: 5.12 Referred to Education /A.3173 Referred to Education 2013: S.12 Referred to Education /A.3173 Referred to Education 2012: S.503 Referred to in Education 2011: S.503 Defeated in Education 2010: S.8493 Referred to Rules   FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: None to state.   EFFECTIVE DATE: First of November after it shall have become law.
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A02330 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          2330
 
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    January 25, 2023
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  O'DONNELL  --  read once and referred to the
          Committee on Higher Education
 
        AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to prohibiting  secondary
          schools  and colleges from withholding student transcripts for failure
          to pay tuition
 
          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 article 2-A to
     2  read as follows:
     3                                 ARTICLE 2-A
     4             PROHIBITION AGAINST WITHHOLDING STUDENT TRANSCRIPTS
     5  Section 20. Prohibition against withholding student transcripts.
     6    §  20.  Prohibition  against  withholding  student  transcripts. 1. No
     7  public or private elementary or secondary school or college  as  defined
     8  in section two of this chapter shall withhold a student's transcript for
     9  failure to pay past or presently due tuition.
    10    2. Willful failure to comply with the provisions of this section shall
    11  be punishable by a fine of five hundred dollars per violation.
    12    § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
    13  ing 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.
                                                                   LBD03372-01-3
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