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

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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]

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         5900
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                     March 6, 2015
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       Introduced by M. of A. BARRON -- read once and referred to the Committee
         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 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    S  2.  Section  6206  of  the education law is amended by adding a new
   14  subdivision 18 to read as follows:
   15    18. 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.
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    1    S 3. Section 6306 of the education law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
    2  subdivision 10 to read as follows:
    3    10. 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    S  4.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
   14  have become a law.