Bill Text: NY A05900 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended

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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 14-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-06-02 - reported referred to ways and means [A05900 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A05900-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         5900--A
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                      March 6, 2015
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  M.  of  A. BARRON, ORTIZ, MOSLEY, BLAKE, PICHARDO, COOK,
          GOTTFRIED, WALKER, PERRY, ARROYO -- Multi-Sponsored by  --  M.  of  A.
          DAVILA,  HOOPER, SIMON, STECK -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Higher Education -- recommitted  to  the  Committee  on  Higher
          Education  in  accordance  with  Assembly  Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee
          discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
          to said committee
        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 20 to read as follows:
     3    20. 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 19 to read as follows:
    15    19.  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
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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