Assembly Bill A9271

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Directs the assignment of a personal identification number to each application for acceptance to the state university and the city university

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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-A9271 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S9302
Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§355 & 6206, Ed L

2023-A9271 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that each state and city college or university assign a personal identification number to each application for acceptance to be used during the admissions process in place of any other identifying information including names and addresses.

2023-A9271 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9271
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 23, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. JACKSON -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Higher Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the  assignment  of  a
   personal  identification  number to each application for acceptance to
   the state university and the city 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 MANDATE THAT EACH STATE-OPER-
 ATED INSTITUTION OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY PROVIDE FOR THE ASSIGNMENT OF A
 PERSONAL  IDENTIFICATION  NUMBER  TO  EACH  APPLICATION  FOR  ACCEPTANCE
 RECEIVED  BY SUCH INSTITUTION. SUCH PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION NUMBER SHALL
 BE USED THROUGHOUT THE ADMISSIONS PROCESS IN PLACE OF ANY OTHER  IDENTI-
 FYING  INFORMATION  RELATING  TO SUCH PROSPECTIVE STUDENT INCLUDING NAME
 AND ADDRESS, UNTIL SUCH TIME AS A STUDENT IS ACCEPTED OR  DENIED  ADMIS-
 SION.
   §  2.    Section  6206 of the education law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 2-a to read as follows:
   2-A. THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES SHALL MANDATE THAT EACH COLLEGE OF THE CITY
 UNIVERSITY PROVIDE FOR  THE  ASSIGNMENT  OF  A  PERSONAL  IDENTIFICATION
 NUMBER  TO EACH APPLICATION FOR ACCEPTANCE RECEIVED BY SUCH INSTITUTION.
 SUCH PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION NUMBER SHALL BE USED THROUGHOUT THE  ADMIS-
 SIONS  PROCESS IN PLACE OF ANY OTHER IDENTIFYING INFORMATION RELATING TO
 SUCH PROSPECTIVE STUDENT INCLUDING NAME AND ADDRESS, UNTIL SUCH TIME  AS
 A STUDENT IS ACCEPTED OR DENIED ADMISSION.
   §  3.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
 have become a law.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14130-01-4



              

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