Assembly Bill A6991

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to affidavits of the lawful immigration status of certain students; repealer

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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
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2023-A6991 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8365
Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Rpld §661 sub 5 ¶a cl ¶, ¶b cl ¶, §6301 sub 5 sec undesig ¶, §6455 sub 2 ¶(a) cl ¶, sub 3 ¶(a) cl ¶, amd §6206, Ed L

2023-A6991 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Removes the affidavit of the lawful immigration status requirement for certain students.

2023-A6991 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6991
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 10, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. CRUZ -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in  relation  to  affidavits  of  the
   lawful  immigration  status of certain students; and to repeal certain
   provisions of such law relating thereto

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The closing paragraph paragraph a and the closing paragraph
 of  paragraph b of subdivision 5 of section 661 of the education law are
 REPEALED.
   § 2. The closing paragraph of subparagraph (i)  of  paragraph  (a)  of
 subdivision  7  of  section  6206  of  the  education law, as amended by
 section 3 of part B of chapter 56 of the laws of  2023,  is  amended  to
 read as follows:
   [A student without lawful immigration status shall also be required to
 file an affidavit with such institution or educational unit stating that
 the  student has filed an application to legalize his or her immigration
 status, or will file such an application as soon as he or she is  eligi-
 ble  to  do so.] The trustees shall not adopt changes in tuition charges
 prior to the enactment of the annual budget. The board of  trustees  may
 accept  as  partial  reimbursement  for the education of veterans of the
 armed forces of the United States who are otherwise qualified such  sums
 as  may  be authorized by federal legislation to be paid for such educa-
 tion. The board of trustees may conduct on a fee basis extension courses
 and courses for adult education  appropriate  to  the  field  of  higher
 education.  In  all  courses  and  courses  of  study  it  may,  in  its
 discretion, require students to pay library, laboratory, locker,  break-
 age and other instructional and non-instructional fees and meet the cost
 of  books and consumable supplies. In addition to the foregoing fees and
 charges, the board of trustees may impose and collect fees  and  charges

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11178-02-3
 A. 6991                             2
              

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