Bars a person who is convicted of a hate crime from attending any SUNY or CUNY institution; provides for the expulsion of a student who is convicted of hate crimes; provides for reinstatement of such student if the conviction is subsequently overturned.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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7761
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
November 17, 2023
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Introduced by Sens. TEDISCO, GRIFFO, OBERACKER, RHOADS -- read twice and
ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on
Rules
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to barring a person
convicted of a hate crime from attending any state public school of
higher education
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 6436-a
2 to read as follows:
3 § 6436-a. Hate crime conviction. Any person who is convicted of a
4 crime under section 485.05 of the penal law (hate crimes) by a court of
5 competent jurisdiction shall be barred from attending any college or
6 university of the University of the State of New York and the City
7 University of New York, including each senior college and each community
8 college. A person who is a current student at the time of such
9 conviction shall be expelled from the institution he or she is attending
10 immediately upon conviction. If the conviction is subsequently over-
11 turned upon appeal, such person shall be reinstated to the institution
12 he or she was expelled from in the standing he or she had prior to the
13 conviction.
14 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to school
15 years commencing on and after July 1, 2024.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD13586-01-3
