Assembly Bill A4655

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires the establishment of an appeals process for students who are denied the state resident tuition rate at any public university or college

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • 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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2023-A4655 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6129
Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§355, 6206 & 6306, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S1392
2011-2012: S1140
2013-2014: A4424, S2835
2015-2016: A5900, S1928
2017-2018: A6977, S3629
2019-2020: A2992, S4786
2021-2022: A3111, A9729, S5047

2023-A4655 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the establishment of an appeals process for students who are denied the state resident tuition rate at any public university or college.

2023-A4655 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4655
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 21, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. MAMDANI -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee 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:
 
   Section 1. Section 355 of the education law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 22 to read as follows:
   22. THE STATE UNIVERSITY TRUSTEES SHALL REQUIRE THAT EACH  INSTITUTION
 OF  THE  STATE  UNIVERSITY ESTABLISH AN APPEALS PROCESS FOR ANY STUDENT,
 REGARDLESS OF HIS OR HER IMMIGRATION STATUS, WHO  HAS  BEEN  DENIED  THE
 STATE  RESIDENT TUITION RATE FOR ATTENDING SUCH INSTITUTION. EACH INSTI-
 TUTION SHALL ESTABLISH A REASONABLE TIME PERIOD FOR  THE  FILING  OF  AN
 APPEAL  AFTER A PROSPECTIVE STUDENT HAS RECEIVED WRITTEN NOTIFICATION OF
 A DENIAL OF THE STATE RESIDENT TUITION RATE AND A REASONABLE TIME PERIOD
 FOR THE INSTITUTION TO RESPOND TO SUCH AN  APPEAL.  INFORMATION  ON  THE
 RIGHT  TO  SUCH  APPEAL  AND SUCH APPEALS PROCESS SHALL BE POSTED ON THE
 INSTITUTION'S WEBSITE.
   § 2. Section 6206 of the education law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 subdivision 22 to read as follows:
   22.  THE  BOARD OF TRUSTEES SHALL REQUIRE THAT EACH INSTITUTION OF THE
 CITY UNIVERSITY ESTABLISH AN APPEALS PROCESS FOR ANY STUDENT, REGARDLESS
 OF HIS OR HER IMMIGRATION STATUS, WHO HAS BEEN DENIED THE STATE RESIDENT
 TUITION RATE FOR ATTENDING  SUCH  INSTITUTION.  EACH  INSTITUTION  SHALL
 ESTABLISH  A  REASONABLE TIME PERIOD FOR THE FILING OF AN APPEAL AFTER A
 PROSPECTIVE STUDENT HAS RECEIVED WRITTEN NOTIFICATION OF A DENIAL OF THE
 STATE RESIDENT TUITION RATE AND A REASONABLE TIME PERIOD FOR THE  INSTI-
 TUTION  TO  RESPOND  TO SUCH AN APPEAL. INFORMATION ON THE RIGHT TO SUCH
 APPEAL AND SUCH APPEALS PROCESS SHALL BE  POSTED  ON  THE  INSTITUTION'S
 WEBSITE.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06471-01-3

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