Bill Text: NY A06415 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to updating reporting requirements for institutions of higher education.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 13-2)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-07-14 - held for consideration in higher education [A06415 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-A06415-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6415 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY March 7, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SMITH -- read once and referred to the Committee on Higher Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to updating reporting requirements for institutions of higher education The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 607 of the education law, as added by chapter 343 2 of the laws of 1977, is amended to read as follows: 3 § 607. Required disclosure to prospective and matriculated students. 4 1. The commissioner of education shall promulgate rules and regulations 5 to reflect and administer the intent of section 493A of the Higher 6 Education Act of 1965 as last amended by P.L. 94-482 concerning institu- 7 tional and financial aid for students who attend higher education insti- 8 tutions that receive state aid dollars. 9 2. The information, [to be disseminated through but not limited to,10college catalogues or bulletins] to be collected through the higher 11 education data system and posted on the state education department's 12 website in a timely and user-friendly manner, shall include in addition 13 to that information cited by congress, [job placement and graduate14school placement statistics where available.] statistics on: 15 a. students who participate in remedial education at, or through, each 16 institution and the graduation rates of such students; 17 b. the credentials being sought by students disaggregated by degree 18 and certificate; 19 c. the institutional and program-specific levels of: 20 (1) the percentage of students who receive (i) federal grants; (ii) 21 federal loans; (iii) state grants; (iv) private loans; (v) private 22 grants; (vi) institutional grants; or (vii) institutional loans; 23 (2) the average amount of total federal loan debt upon student gradu- 24 ation assumed by students while enrolled at the institution; EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD02190-01-9A. 6415 2 1 (3) the average amount of total private loan debt upon student gradu- 2 ation assumed by students while enrolled at the institution; 3 (4) the average amount of total federal loan debt of students who do 4 not complete a program of study two years after the students' last known 5 enrollment in any institution of higher education; 6 (5) the average amount of total private loan debt of students who do 7 not complete a program of study two years after the students' last known 8 enrollment in any institution of higher education; 9 (6) student transfer rates by sector of transfer which shall be 10 defined as the percentage of students who leave an institution and 11 successfully enroll in and complete a program of study at another insti- 12 tution, including whether the receiving institution is a public four 13 year institution, public two year institution, public less than two year 14 institution, private nonprofit four year institution, private nonprofit 15 two year institution, private nonprofit less than two year institution, 16 private for profit four year institution, private for profit two year 17 institution, or private for profit less than two year institution; 18 (7) rates of continuation to higher levels of education; 19 (8) the percentage of students who receive the degree level they 20 initially sought; 21 (9) the outcome measures described in subparagraphs one through six 22 disaggregated on the basis of the following student types: 23 (i) students who receive a federal Pell grant. 24 (ii) students who received a loan, but not a federal Pell grant. 25 (iii) students who did not receive a federal loan. 26 (iv) students who are identified as veterans or members of the armed 27 forces who received assistance under the post-9/11 veterans educational 28 assistance program under the United States code chapter 33 of title 38. 29 (v) enrollment status including the following: 30 (A) first-time, full-time students, 31 (B) first-time, part-time students, 32 (C) non-first-time, full-time students, 33 (D) non-first-time, part-time students. 34 (vi) enrollment intensity while enrolled at the institution, including 35 the following: 36 (A) full-time only, 37 (B) part-time only, 38 (C) mixed enrollment, both full- and part-time. 39 (10) earning metrics which shall include the following: 40 (i) median annual earnings and employment metrics disaggregated by 41 (A) educational program; 42 (B) credential received; 43 (C) educational institution; and 44 (D) state of employment. 45 (ii) median annual earnings and employment metrics for each of the 46 categories described in subclauses (A) through (D) of clause (i) of this 47 subparagraph further disaggregated for each of the following time peri- 48 ods: 49 (A) two years after educational program completion; 50 (B) six years after educational program completion; and 51 (C) fifteen years after educational program completion. 52 d. Other information deemed necessary by the commissioner. 53 3. All material required by this section and all material contained in 54 the bulletin shall be truthfully representative of the institution. 55 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
