Assembly Bill A9967

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Enables students to receive information from colleges and universities without disclosing their personally identifiable information

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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-A9967 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S9597
Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2-d, Ed L

2023-A9967 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enables students to receive information from colleges and universities without disclosing their personally identifiable information via an opt-in system.

2023-A9967 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9967
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 30, 2024
                                ___________
 
 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 enabling  students  to
   receive  information from colleges and universities without disclosing
   their personally identifiable information
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Subparagraph 2 of paragraph f of subdivision 5 of section
 2-d of the education law, as added by section 1 of subpart L of part  AA
 of chapter 56 of the laws of 2014, is amended to read as follows:
   (2)  not  use  the education records for any other purposes than those
 explicitly authorized in its contract, PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,  A  PERMITTED
 USE  WHICH  MAY BE AUTHORIZED BY CONTRACT MAY INCLUDE VOLUNTARY PROGRAMS
 THROUGH WHICH STUDENTS CAN  AFFIRMATIVELY  OPT-IN  TO  BE  CONNECTED  TO
 NONPROFIT  COLLEGES AND SCHOLARSHIP PROVIDERS AND GOVERNMENT AGENCIES TO
 RECEIVE INFORMATION ABOUT THEIR EDUCATIONAL, FINANCIAL AID, AND SCHOLAR-
 SHIP PROGRAMS AND  CONDITIONAL  OFFERS  OF  ADMISSION,  SUBJECT  TO  THE
 STUDENT'S PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION NOT BEING DISCLOSED BY THE
 THIRD PARTY CONTRACTOR TO SUCH INSTITUTIONS;
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14937-01-4

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