Bill Text: NY A04655 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires the establishment of an appeals process for students who are denied the state resident tuition rate at any public university or college.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - referred to higher education [A04655 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-A04655-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4655 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 21, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. MAMDANI -- 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 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 22 to read as follows: 15 22. 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. LBD06471-01-3A. 4655 2 1 § 3. Section 6306 of the education law is amended by adding a new 2 subdivision 12 to read as follows: 3 12. 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.
