Bill Text: NY S08506 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Prohibits legacy preference as eligible criteria for admission standards or for participation in state awards programs; defines terms.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-03-08 - REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION [S08506 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S08506-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          8506

                    IN SENATE

                                      March 8, 2022
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen. JACKSON -- 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  legacy
          preference as eligible criteria for admission standards or for partic-
          ipation in state awards programs

          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  209-b
     2  to read as follows:
     3    §  209-b. Legacy preference for admission. 1. For the purposes of this
     4  section, "legacy preference"  means  a  preference  given  by  a  public
     5  college  or  public  university  on the basis of an applicant's familial
     6  relationship to alumni of such public college or public university.
     7    2. Notwithstanding any other law, rule or regulation to the  contrary,
     8  a  public college or public university shall not consider a legacy pref-
     9  erence as eligible criteria for admission standards; provided,  however,
    10  that a public college or public university may still inquire about fami-
    11  lial relationships to alumni in order to collect data.
    12    §  2.  Subdivision 1 of section 665-a of the education law, as amended
    13  by chapter 681 of the laws of 1986, is amended to read as follows:
    14    1. Participation agreement. No  institution  may  participate  in  the
    15  general,  academic  or  other  award  programs described in this article
    16  unless it shall have entered into a written agreement  with  the  corpo-
    17  ration  under  which it shall be bound to comply with all laws and rules
    18  applicable to such programs. The  participation  agreement  may  contain
    19  such  other  terms and conditions, consistent with such applicable laws,
    20  rules and procedures, as the president may require  in  accordance  with
    21  rules  adopted  for  this purpose by the board and shall be developed in
    22  consultation with the commissioner of education; provided, however, that
    23  a participation agreement with any institution shall include the  condi-
    24  tion  that  such  institution  shall not consider a legacy preference as
    25  eligible criteria for admission standards.  For purposes of this  subdi-
    26  vision, "legacy preference" shall mean a preference  given  by an insti-
    27  tution on the basis  of  an  applicant's familial relationship to alumni

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11991-02-1

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     1  of  such  institution. In accordance with rules adopted by the board for
     2  this purpose, the president, may suspend, limit or terminate  an  insti-
     3  tution's participation in these programs in the event it shall be deter-
     4  mined after a hearing conducted in accordance with the state administra-
     5  tive  procedure  act  that  the  institution has violated any applicable
     6  laws, rules or procedures provided for under the agreement in accordance
     7  with law and the rules of the board.
     8    § 3. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
     9  have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
    10  repeal  of  any  rule  or regulation necessary for the implementation of
    11  this act on its effective date are authorized to be made  on  or  before
    12  such date.
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