Assembly Bill A7421

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Allows non-profit national assessment providers to license data for certain purposes

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2021-A7421 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6624
Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2-d, Ed L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A2388, S4203

2021-A7421 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Allows non-profit national assessment providers to license data to accredited colleges, scholarship organizations and non-profit educational programs for the purpose of providing access to employment, scholarship, financial aid, and postsecondary educational opportunities.

2021-A7421 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7421
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                May 7, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. HYNDMAN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation  to  allowing  non-profit
   national assessment providers to license data for certain purposes
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 7 of  section  2-d  of  the  education  law  is
 amended by adding a new paragraph e to read as follows:
   E.  NOTHING IN THIS SECTION SHALL LIMIT NON-PROFIT NATIONAL ASSESSMENT
 PROVIDERS, BASED ON THE EXPRESS OPT-IN CONSENT OF THE STUDENT  GIVEN  IN
 RESPONSE  TO CLEAR AND CONSPICUOUS NOTICE, FROM LICENSING DATA SOLELY TO
 ACCREDITED COLLEGES, SCHOLARSHIP  ORGANIZATIONS  AND  NON-PROFIT  EDUCA-
 TIONAL PROGRAMS FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING ACCESS TO EMPLOYMENT, SCHO-
 LARSHIP,  FINANCIAL  AID,  AND  POSTSECONDARY  EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES
 PROVIDED SUCH ORGANIZATIONS ARE REQUIRED TO  MAINTAIN  THE  SECURITY  OF
 SUCH  DATA  AND ARE SUBJECT TO STRICT LIMITATIONS ON ITS USE AND DISCLO-
 SURE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 

 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10856-01-1

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