Establishes the "removing barriers to higher education success act" which directs the state university and city university to adopt policies that makes certain documentation submitted by an enrolled or admitted student sufficient to establish that such student is an individual with a disability.
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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I N A S S E M B L Y
May 29, 2024
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Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Simon) --
read once and referred to the Committee on Higher Education
AN ACT establishing the "removing barriers to higher education success
act"
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
the "removing barriers to higher education success act".
§ 2. Definition. For purposes of this act, "public institution of
higher education" shall mean the state university of New York and the
city university of New York.
§ 3. Students with disabilities policy and documentation; dissem-
ination of information. 1. Each public institution of higher education
shall adopt a policy that makes any of the documentation described in
subdivision two of this section submitted by an enrolled or admitted
student sufficient to establish that such student is an individual with
a disability.
2. Such policy required pursuant to subdivision 1 of this section
shall provide that any of the following documentation submitted by an
enrolled or admitted student is sufficient to establish that the student
is an individual with a disability:
(a) documentation that the individual has had an individualized educa-
tion program (IEP) in accordance with section 614(d) of the Individuals
with Disabilities Education Act, 20 USC 1400 et seq. The public insti-
tution of higher education may request additional documentation from an
individual who has had an IEP if the IEP was not in effect immediately
prior to the date when the individual exited high school;
(b) documentation that the individual has received services or accom-
modations provided to the individual under a Section 504 plan provided
to the individual pursuant to section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of
1973, 29 USC 701 et seq. The public institution of higher education may
request additional documentation from an individual who has received
services or accommodations provided to the individual under a Section
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD14132-02-4
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