Senate Bill S7978

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to prohibiting colleges from denying formerly incarcerated individuals admittance to college based solely on their incarceration

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Higher Education 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-S7978 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A2335
Current Committee:
Senate Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §6438-d, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S6123, A9113
2021-2022: S3522, A4317

2023-S7978 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to prohibiting colleges from denying formerly incarcerated individuals admittance to college based solely on their incarceration.

2023-S7978 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S7978 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7978
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 4, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to  prohibiting  colleges
   from  denying  formerly incarcerated individuals admittance to college
   based solely on their incarceration
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 6438-d
 to read as follows:
   §  6438-D.  COLLEGE  ADMITTANCE  FOR  PEOPLE  PREVIOUSLY INCARCERATED.
 NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW TO THE  CONTRARY,  NO  PERSON
 WHO  HAS PREVIOUSLY BEEN INCARCERATED, SHALL BE DENIED ADMITTANCE TO ANY
 INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION, BASED SOLELY ON SUCH INCARCERATION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of July  next  succeeding
 the date on which it shall have become a law.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03370-02-4

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