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S06123 Summary:

BILL NO	S06123
SAME AS	SAME AS A09113
SPONSOR	MONTGOMERY
COSPNSR
MLTSPNSR
Add §6438-a, Ed L
Relates to prohibiting colleges from denying formerly incarcerated individuals admittance to college based solely on their incarceration.

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S06123 Actions:

BILL NO	S06123
05/16/2019	REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION
01/08/2020	REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

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S06123 Committee Votes:

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S06123 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6123
 
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                      May 16, 2019
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sen.  MONTGOMERY  -- 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  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-a
     2  to read as follows:
     3    §  6438-a.  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.
                                                                   LBD11893-01-9

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