STATE OF NEW YORK
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3629
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 25, 2017
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Introduced by Sen. PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee 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 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-
22 tution to respond to such an appeal. Information on the right to such
23 appeal and such appeals process shall be posted on the institution's
24 website.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 § 3. Section 6306 of the education law is amended by adding a new
2 subdivision 11 to read as follows:
3 11. The board of trustees of each community college shall establish an
4 appeals process for any student, regardless of his or her immigration
5 status, who has been denied the state resident tuition rate for attend-
6 ing such community college. The board of trustees of each community
7 college 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 community college to respond to such an appeal. Information on
11 the right to such appeal and such appeals process shall be posted on the
12 community college's website.
13 § 4. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
14 have become a law.
