Bill Text: NY A02221 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to prohibiting colleges from denying formerly incarcerated individuals admittance to college based solely on their incarceration.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - referred to higher education [A02221 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A02221-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         2221
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 14, 2011
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       Introduced by M. of A. GIBSON -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on 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
    2  to read as follows:
    3    S   6438.  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    S 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.
                                                                  LBD01517-01-1