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                                   2837
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 25, 2019
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 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  RODRIGUEZ  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Higher Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to establishing an  auto-
   matic application system
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Article 3 of the education law is amended by adding  a  new
 part 6 to read as follows:
                                  PART VI
                       AUTOMATIC APPLICATION PROGRAM
 SECTION 190. AUTOMATIC APPLICATION PROGRAM; ESTABLISHED.
         191. PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.
         192. DATA PUBLICATION.
         193. PROGRAM PROMOTION.
         194. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY.
   §  190.  AUTOMATIC  APPLICATION  PROGRAM; ESTABLISHED. THERE IS HEREBY
 ESTABLISHED AN AUTOMATIC APPLICATION PROGRAM TO BE ADMINISTERED  BY  THE
 DEPARTMENT.
   § 191. PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS. 1. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL PROMULGATE STAND-
 ARDS FOR THE AUTOMATIC APPLICATION OF GRADUATING HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN
 NEW  YORK  STATE  THAT COMPLY WITH THE FEDERAL FAMILY EDUCATIONAL RIGHTS
 AND PRIVACY ACT.   NO PERSONAL  INFORMATION  SHALL  BE  SHARED  WITH  AN
 EXTERNAL  ENTITY  WITHOUT  THE  EXPRESS  CONSENT  FROM  A STUDENT HAVING
 ATTAINED THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN OR, IN THE CASE OF STUDENTS SEVENTEEN YEARS
 OF AGE OR YOUNGER, PARENTAL CONSENT.
   2. IT SHALL BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF  THE  DEPARTMENT  TO  CREATE  AND
 MAINTAIN A CENTRALIZED ACADEMIC DATABASE:
   (A)  TO PROVIDE AN ONLINE ACCOUNT FOR EACH STUDENT IN THE BEGINNING OF
 THEIR SENIOR YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL THROUGH WHICH STUDENTS  MAY  APPLY  FOR
 ADMISSION  INTO THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AND THE CITY UNIVERSITY
 OF NEW YORK;

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

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   (B) TO PRELOAD THE DEMOGRAPHIC AND ACADEMIC INFORMATION  AVAILABLE  TO
 THE  DEPARTMENT  INTO SUCH ACCOUNT REQUIRED ON AN APPLICATION FOR ADMIS-
 SION INTO SUCH INSTITUTION OF EACH STUDENT AT  THE  BEGINNING  OF  THEIR
 SENIOR YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL.
   3.  A  STUDENT MAY DECLINE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE AUTOMATIC APPLICATION
 PROGRAM BY DECISION MADE PRIOR TO THE BEGINNING OF THEIR JUNIOR YEAR AND
 AT ANY TIME OR POINT IN THE APPLICATION  PROCESS.  THE  STUDENT  RETAINS
 SOLE  DISCRETION  OVER WHETHER TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION. THE APPLICATION
 FEE SHALL BE BORNE BY THE STUDENT.
   4. A STUDENT WHO APPLIES PURSUANT TO THE AUTOMATIC APPLICATION PROGRAM
 AND MEETS THE STANDARDS PROMULGATED BY THE DEPARTMENT PURSUANT TO SUBDI-
 VISION ONE OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE ACCEPTED  FOR  ADMISSION  INTO  SUCH
 UNIVERSITIES.
   5.  STUDENT DATA SHALL BE DELETED IN COMPLIANCE WITH FEDERAL AND STATE
 REGULATIONS.
   6. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL PROVIDE ESTIMATES OF ANTICIPATED FINANCIAL AID
 BASED ON DATA SUBMISSIONS ON STUDENT APPLICATIONS PRIOR TO SUBMISSION OF
 THE APPLICATION.
   § 192. DATA PUBLICATION. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL COLLECT AND  PUBLISH  AN
 ANNUAL  REPORT  ASSESSING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE AUTOMATIC APPLICATION
 PROGRAM. THE REPORT SHALL INCLUDE DATA OF  ACCEPTED  STUDENTS  DISAGGRE-
 GATED BY RACE, ETHNICITY, SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS, GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION, AND
 HIGH SCHOOL INSTITUTION.
   §  193. PROGRAM PROMOTION. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL CREATE AND IMPLEMENT A
 PROGRAM TO INFORM HIGH SCHOOLS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC ABOUT THE AUTOMAT-
 IC APPLICATION PROGRAM.
   § 194. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY.  THE  DEPARTMENT  SHALL  PROMULGATE  SUCH
 REGULATIONS  OF  THE  COMMISSIONER  AS MAY BE NECESSARY TO CARRY OUT THE
 PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of August next succeeding
 the date on which it shall have become a law.