NY State Senate Bill 2023-S8148

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2023-S8148 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A8953
Current Committee:: Senate Education
Law Section:: Education Law
Laws Affected:: Add §665-b, Ed L

2023-S8148 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires each high school senior to complete the FAFSA, an application for TAP, or a waiver form; requires schools to report data on the rates of submission of FAFSA and TAP applications.

2023-S8148 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S8148

SPONSOR: GOUNARDES
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the education law, in relation to enacting a universal
financial aid policy

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

The purpose of this bill is to boost FAFSA and TAP completion rates by
requiring high school seniors to submit a FAFSA, TAP application, or
waiver form

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 of the bill adds a new section 665-b to the Education Law to
require all public, charter, and private schools in this state to enact
a universal financial aid policy, meaning that every student submits a
Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), Tuition Assistance
Program (TAP) application, or waiver during their senior year. TAP is
the aid available to undocumented students in New York after they are

deemed eligible under the DREAM Act.

Students would be required to submit one of these three forms but would
not be prevented from graduating if they failed to do so.  Schools would
also be able to complete and submit a waiver form on a student's behalf
if they determine that a student is unable to meet this requirement.

Subdivision three of § 665-b codifies an existing mechanism that allows
schools to enter into data sharing agreements with the Higher Education
Services Corporation (HESC) so that schools can obtain a list of
students who have submitted a FAFSA or TAP application. These existing
data sharing agreements, which were created under the 2014 FAFSA
Completion Initiative, allow schools to see a student's name, date of
birth, zip code, the date that a FAFSA or TAP was submitted, and their
application status (submitted, complete, or incomplete).  Schools are
strictly limited, however, in how they can use this data, unable to
share it with any other entity or use it for any purpose other than to
boost FAFSA and TAP completion rates. Each school must designate a chief
authorizing officer responsible for identifying a limited list of
authorized personnel at the school who can access the list, which must
be stored electronically, encrypted, and password-protected. Schools are
also bound by several existing federal and state laws that robustly
protect student data, including the Family Educational Rights and Priva-
cy Act (FERPA) of 2001, as embodied by 20 U.S.C. § 1232g, § 483(a)(3)(E)
of the Higher Education Act of 1965, existing FAFSA privacy protections
in 20 USC § 1090(a)(3)(E), and § 2-d of State Education Law. HESC would
retain the ability to audit school districts to ensure that they are in
compliance with this act.

The Education Commissioner would be responsible for designing and elec-
tronically posting a uniform waiver form, which shall be made available
in both English and common non-English languages. Schools would be obli-
gated to use the form created by the Commissioner and could not create
their own versions of such form.

Schools would need to notify high school seniors of the requirements of
this act at least four times throughout the school year and notify high
school juniors at least two times. They would direct students to any
external support services available to assist students in completing a
FAFSA or TAP as needed, such as programs run by HESC, postsecondary
immigration resource centers, college readiness organizations, communi-
ty-based organizations, and legal resource organizations.

Subdivision six of § 665-b requires HESC to compile and publish data on
FAFSA and TAP submission and acceptance rates, both in total and disag-
gregated by school, level of parental education, racial and/or ethnic
identity of the student, age, gender, income level, and student aid
index, similar to the data dashboards produced by the California Student
Aid Commission when they adopted a similar law in 2021.

Subdivision six of § 665-b provides that no student shall be penalized
or punished for not fulfilling the requirements of this act.

Section two of this bill sets the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

In the United States today, an estimated 45.3 million Americans collec-
tively owe $1.7 trillion in student debt - a figure that continues to
rise. As a result, most high school graduates weigh the value of a
college degree against the prospect of entering the workforce hundreds
of thousands of dollars in debt - which explains the $200 million in
federal student aid that New York students left on the table in 2022.
FAFSA completion rates, meanwhile, declined during the pandemic, specif-
ically for students who identify as BIPOC, low-income, and first-genera-
tion college students. Low-income students are less likely to enroll in
college immediately after graduating high school (67%) compared to their
high-income peers (87%), and are much less likely to complete and submit
the aid application which, crucially, would highlight for them that they
can attend college basically for free.

Studies show that the FAFSA completion and postsecondary enrollment gap
is due to three reasons. Firstly, parents from disadvantaged backgrounds
are more likely to overestimate the cost of attending college. Secondly,
because students may not know where to turn for assistance, lower-income
students tend to receive information about financial aid opportunities
later than those from higher-income families. Thirdly, first-generation
and low-income students are three times more likely to attempt the FAFSA
without parental involvement, which increases the likelihood of error.
The National College Access Network (NCAN), meanwhile, has found that
seniors who do complete the FAFSA are more than 84% more likely to imme-
diately enroll in postsecondary education. This correlation is partic-
ularly strong amongst low-income students.  Students in the lowest
socioeconomic quintile, for example, are 127% more likely to enroll.

This bill, enacting a universal financial aid policy in New York State,
is modeled after California's 2021 "All In for FAFSA/CA Dream Act", AB
469, which led to a 24,000 financial aid application increase in its
first year of implementation. It mandates that students complete a FAFSA
or TAP application in their senior year while including an opt-out waiv-
er form for students not pursuing postsecondary education. It builds off
of an existing administrative framework that already allows HESC to
share a list with schools of which students have or have not submitted a
FAFSA or TAP and the status of their application. Similar to
California's AB 469, however, students would not be penalized or
prevented from graduating if they do not fill out a FAFSA, TAP, or waiv-
er.

California is not the only state to enact a universal FAFSA law.  Begin-
ning in the 2017-18 school year, Louisiana required students to complete
the FAFSA. The state now leads the nation with nearly 79% of its high
school seniors completing the FAFSA, compared to only 44% in 2013. Rhode
Island, Texas, Illinois, Alabama, New Hampshire, Colorado, and Maryland
followed suit. Texas's FAFSA completion increased from 50% of high
school students to 63% in the year after they enacted universal FAFSA,
bumping the state to a No. 5 ranking nationwide. Louisiana closed their
FAFSA completion gap separating high-income districts from low-income
ones from 8.5% to 1.1% in a single year. This legislation would help New
York achieve the same results.

Our state's seniors should graduate high school fully resourced with the
available tools to attend college with as little debt as possible. This
bill works towards that purpose by ensuring that as many New Yorkers as
possible are aware that they can get a college degree at little or no
cost.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

None

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

TBD

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the first of July one year after the date
on which it shall have become a law.

2023-S8148 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8148
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 9, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  GOUNARDES,  ADDABBO, CHU, HOYLMAN-SIGAL, JACKSON,
   KENNEDY, MYRIE, RYAN -- read  twice  and  ordered  printed,  and  when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Education
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the education law, in relation to enacting a universal
   financial aid policy
 
   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 665-b
 to read as follows:
   § 665-B. UNIVERSAL FINANCIAL AID POLICY. 1. DEFINITIONS.  AS  USED  IN
 THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   (A) "FAFSA" SHALL MEAN THE FREE APPLICATION FOR FEDERAL STUDENT AID.
   (B)  "INCOME"  SHALL  MEAN THE ADJUSTED GROSS INCOME USED TO DETERMINE
 THE AMOUNT OF FEDERAL PELL GRANT PAID  BY  THE  SECRETARY  OF  EDUCATION
 UNDER 20 U.S.C. § 1070A OR INCOME USED TO DETERMINE A TAP AWARD PURSUANT
 TO SECTION SIX HUNDRED SIXTY-THREE OF THIS SUBPART.
   (C)  "LEVEL  OF  PARENTAL  EDUCATION"  SHALL REFER TO WHETHER OR NOT A
 STUDENT'S PARENTS OBTAINED A DOCTORATE OR PROFESSIONAL DEGREE,  GRADUATE
 DEGREE, BACHELOR'S DEGREE, ASSOCIATE DEGREE, HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA, ALTER-
 NATIVE  HIGH  SCHOOL  CREDENTIAL,  OR  ATTENDED  HIGH SCHOOL BUT DID NOT
 RECEIVE ANY KIND OF DIPLOMA OR CREDENTIAL, PROVIDED THAT  THE  PRESIDENT
 SHALL  RETAIN  THE DISCRETION TO INCLUDE ADDITIONAL CATEGORIES AS DEEMED
 APPROPRIATE.
   (D) "LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY" SHALL MEAN A  PUBLIC  SCHOOL  DISTRICT,
 CHARTER  SCHOOL, OR NONPUBLIC SCHOOL WHICH EDUCATES STUDENTS THROUGH THE
 TWELFTH GRADE, BUT SHALL NOT INCLUDE BOARDS OF  COOPERATIVE  EDUCATIONAL
 SERVICES,  SPECIAL ACT SCHOOL DISTRICTS AS DEFINED IN SECTION FOUR THOU-
 SAND ONE OF THIS CHAPTER, APPROVED PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL  OR  NON-RESIDEN-
 TIAL  SCHOOLS  FOR THE EDUCATION OF STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES INCLUDING
 PRIVATE SCHOOLS ESTABLISHED UNDER CHAPTER EIGHT HUNDRED  FIFTY-THREE  OF
 THE  LAWS  OF  NINETEEN HUNDRED SEVENTY-SIX, OR STATE-OPERATED OR STATE-
 SUPPORTED SCHOOLS IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE  EIGHTY-FIVE,  EIGHTY-SEVEN
 OR EIGHTY-EIGHT OF THIS CHAPTER.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13507-07-4

 S. 8148                             2
 
   (E)  "SCHOOL"  SHALL  MEAN AN INDIVIDUAL SCHOOL WITHIN A PUBLIC SCHOOL
 DISTRICT OR A CHARTER SCHOOL OR NONPUBLIC SCHOOL WHICH EDUCATES STUDENTS
 THROUGH THE TWELFTH GRADE, BUT SHALL NOT INCLUDE BOARDS  OF  COOPERATIVE
 EDUCATIONAL SERVICES, SPECIAL ACT SCHOOL DISTRICTS AS DEFINED IN SECTION
 FOUR  THOUSAND ONE OF THIS CHAPTER, APPROVED PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL OR NON-
 RESIDENTIAL SCHOOLS FOR THE  EDUCATION  OF  STUDENTS  WITH  DISABILITIES
 INCLUDING  PRIVATE  SCHOOLS  ESTABLISHED  UNDER  CHAPTER  EIGHT  HUNDRED
 FIFTY-THREE OF THE LAWS OF NINETEEN HUNDRED SEVENTY-SIX, OR  STATE-OPER-
 ATED  OR STATE-SUPPORTED SCHOOLS IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE EIGHTY-FIVE,
 EIGHTY-SEVEN OR EIGHTY-EIGHT OF THIS CHAPTER.
   (F) "STUDENT AID INDEX" SHALL MEAN A CALCULATION BY A COLLEGE  OF  HOW
 MUCH  FEDERAL  STUDENT  AID  AN APPLICANT IS ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE IF THEY
 ATTEND SUCH COLLEGE.
   (G) "TAP" SHALL REFER TO THE TUITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AWARDS CREATED
 IN SECTION SIX HUNDRED SIXTY-SEVEN OF THIS PART.
   (H) "UNACCOMPANIED YOUTH" SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS SET FORTH  IN
 42 USC §11434A(6).
   2.  UNIVERSAL  FINANCIAL  AID POLICY. EACH LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY IN
 THIS STATE SHALL REQUIRE EACH HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR  OR  EACH  HIGH  SCHOOL
 SENIOR  AND  SUCH  SENIOR'S  PARENT OR LEGAL GUARDIAN, AS APPLICABLE, TO
 COMPLETE THE FAFSA, AN APPLICATION FOR TAP, OR A WAIVER  FORM  DESCRIBED
 IN  SUBDIVISION  FOUR  OF THIS SECTION BEFORE A STUDENT'S DATE OF GRADU-
 ATION, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT A STUDENT SHALL  NOT  BE  PREVENTED  FROM
 GRADUATING  IF SUCH STUDENT DOES NOT COMPLETE ONE OF THE FORMS OR APPLI-
 CATIONS DESCRIBED HEREIN.
   3. DATA SHARING AGREEMENTS. (A) IN ENABLING LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES
 TO COMPLY WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISION TWO OF  THIS  SECTION,  THE
 CORPORATION  SHALL ENTER INTO DATA SHARING AGREEMENTS WITH SUCH AGENCIES
 WHICH SHALL COMPLY WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS  SUBDIVISION.  SUCH  DATA
 SHALL  CONSIST OF A LIST OF HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS FOR WHICH THE FAFSA OR A
 TAP APPLICATION HAS BEEN SUBMITTED  AND/OR  ACCEPTED,  AS  DESCRIBED  IN
 PARAGRAPH  (B)  OF THIS SUBDIVISION. SUCH DATA SHARING AGREEMENTS SHALL,
 AT A MINIMUM, STIPULATE THAT:
   (I) ALL INFORMATION RECEIVED OR  ACCESSED  BY  THE  LOCAL  EDUCATIONAL
 AGENCY  SHALL BE DEEMED CONFIDENTIAL AND PROPRIETARY TO THE CORPORATION.
 ALL SUCH INFORMATION MAY NOT BE USED  FOR  ANY  PURPOSE  OTHER  THAN  TO
 ASSIST SUCH AGENCIES IN COMPLYING WITH SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION.
   (II)  THE  LOCAL  EDUCATIONAL AGENCY AND CORPORATION SHALL BE BOUND BY
 THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE TWO OF THE STATE TECHNOLOGY  LAW,  THE  FAMILY
 EDUCATIONAL RIGHTS AND PRIVACY ACT OF 2001 (20 U.S.C. § 1232G); SUBPARA-
 GRAPH  (E)  OF  PARAGRAPH  (3)  OF SUBDIVISION (A) OF SECTION 483 OF THE
 FEDERAL HIGHER EDUCATION ACT, 20 USC §1090(A)(3)(E),  SECTION  TWO-D  OF
 THIS  CHAPTER,  AND  OTHER APPLICABLE LOCAL, STATE, AND FEDERAL STATUTES
 WHICH PROTECT THE PRIVACY OF STUDENT DATA.
   (III) INFORMATION RECEIVED FROM THE CORPORATION SHALL BE STORED  ELEC-
 TRONICALLY  AND  ENCRYPTED,  PASSWORD-PROTECTED,  STORED  ON A LAPTOP OR
 COMPUTER WITH A SCREEN-LOCK, AND SUBJECT TO ANY OTHER  PRECAUTIONS  THAT
 THE CORPORATION FEELS NECESSARY TO STIPULATE IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT THE
 INFORMATION IS STORED SECURELY.
   (IV)  THE  LOCAL  EDUCATIONAL  AGENCY SHALL DESIGNATE A SINGULAR CHIEF
 AUTHORIZING OFFICER WHO SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR IDENTIFYING AND AUTHOR-
 IZING THE PERSONNEL WHO WILL HAVE ACCESS TO THE STUDENT  DATA  DESCRIBED
 HEREIN.  SUCH AUTHORIZATION SHALL BE LIMITED TO ONLY THOSE PERSONNEL WHO
 REQUIRE SUCH ACCESS IN ORDER TO CARRY OUT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION
 AND SUCH PERSONNEL SHALL HAVE SUCH ACCESS REVOKED UPON  A  DETERMINATION
 BY THE OFFICER THAT SUCH ACCESS IS NO LONGER NEEDED.
 S. 8148                             3
 
   (V)  ALL RECORDS MAINTAINED BY THE LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY CONTAINING
 THE INFORMATION DESCRIBED IN THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL BE  SUBJECT  TO  AUDIT
 AND INSPECTION BY THE CORPORATION AND STATE AND FEDERAL AUDITORS.
   (B) THE LIST OF STUDENTS WHO HAVE COMPLETED A FAFSA OR TAP APPLICATION
 SHALL INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:
   (I) THE STUDENT'S LAST NAME;
   (II) THE STUDENT'S FIRST NAME AND MIDDLE INITIAL;
   (III) THE STUDENT'S ZIP CODE, BUT NOT FULL ADDRESS;
   (IV)  THE  SCHOOL'S  IDENTIFICATION NUMBER FOR THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR
 EDUCATION STATISTICS AS WELL AS ANY OTHER  NUMBER  THAT  THE  DEPARTMENT
 USES TO IDENTIFY A SCHOOL;
   (V) IF FILED, THE DATE THAT THE FAFSA OR TAP APPLICATION WAS SUBMITTED
 TO THE CORPORATION; AND
   (VI)  IF  SUBMITTED,  THE  DATE  THAT THE FAFSA OR TAP APPLICATION WAS
 ACCEPTED.
   (C) THE PRESIDENT SHALL PUBLISH  ONLINE  IN  A  CLEAR  AND  ACCESSIBLE
 MANNER  AN  UNFILLED  VERSION OF THE DATA SHARING AGREEMENT DESCRIBED IN
 THIS SUBDIVISION.
   4. WAIVER FORM. (A) THE LOCAL EDUCATIONAL  AGENCY  SHALL  ENSURE  THAT
 EACH HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR WHO DOES NOT COMPLETE A FAFSA OR TAP APPLICATION
 SUBMITS  THE  WAIVER FORM DESCRIBED IN THIS SUBDIVISION. SUCH FORM SHALL
 BE SIGNED BY BOTH THE SENIOR AND THE SENIOR'S PARENT OR LEGAL  GUARDIAN,
 OR,  IF THE SENIOR IS EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER AND LEGALLY EMANCI-
 PATED OR AN UNACCOMPANIED YOUTH, SIGNED SOLELY BY THE SENIOR, AND  SHALL
 CERTIFY  THAT  THE SENIOR UNDERSTANDS WHAT THE FAFSA AND TAP APPLICATION
 IS BUT HAS CHOSEN NOT TO FILE.  SUCH  SENIOR,  OR  SENIOR'S  PARENTS  AS
 APPLICABLE, SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED TO STATE THE REASON FOR THE FAILURE TO
 FILE SUCH FAFSA OR TAP APPLICATION.
   (B)  THE COMMISSIONER SHALL CREATE A UNIFORM WAIVER FORM, AVAILABLE TO
 ALL LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES COVERED IN THIS SECTION,  AND  POST  SUCH
 FORM IN A PROMINENT AND ACCESSIBLE LOCATION ON THE DEPARTMENT'S WEBSITE.
 SUCH  FORM SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE IN THE TWELVE MOST COMMON NON-ENGLISH
 LANGUAGES SPOKEN BY LIMITED-ENGLISH PROFICIENT INDIVIDUALS IN THE STATE,
 BASED ON THE DATA IN THE MOST RECENT AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY PUBLISHED
 BY THE UNITED STATES CENSUS  BUREAU.  THE  COMMISSIONER  MAY,  IN  THEIR
 DISCRETION,  OFFER  SUCH  FORM IN UP TO FOUR ADDITIONAL LANGUAGES BEYOND
 THE TWELVE MOST COMMON LANGUAGES. SCHOOL DISTRICTS SHALL BE REQUIRED  TO
 USE  THE WAIVER FORM DESCRIBED IN THIS PARAGRAPH WHEN COMPLYING WITH THE
 PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION AND SHALL NOT BE PERMITTED  TO  CREATE  THEIR
 OWN VERSIONS OF SUCH FORM.
   (C)  IF  THE  LOCAL  EDUCATIONAL  AGENCY  DETERMINES THAT A STUDENT IS
 UNABLE TO COMPLETE A REQUIREMENT OF  THIS  SECTION,  SUCH  AGENCY  SHALL
 COMPLETE AND SUBMIT A WAIVER FORM ON THE STUDENT'S BEHALF.
   5.  NOTICE  TO  STUDENTS.  (A)  LOCAL  EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES SHALL GIVE
 NOTICE OF THE REQUIREMENT TO COMPLETE A FAFSA, TAP  APPLICATION,  AND/OR
 WAIVER  AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION NO LESS THAN FOUR
 TIMES THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR FOR HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS,  AND  NO  LESS
 THAN  TWO  TIMES  THROUGHOUT  THE  SCHOOL  YEAR FOR HIGH SCHOOL JUNIORS.
 INCLUDED IN SUCH NOTICE SHALL BE AN EXPLANATION OF STATE-SPONSORED SCHO-
 LARSHIPS AND FINANCIAL AID OPPORTUNITIES.
   (B) LOCAL  EDUCATIONAL  AGENCIES  SHALL  DIRECT  STUDENTS  TO  SUPPORT
 SERVICES  THAT  MAY  BE  AVAILABLE  TO ASSIST STUDENTS IN COMPLETING THE
 FAFSA AND TAP APPLICATION AS NECESSARY, INCLUDING  BUT  NOT  LIMITED  TO
 PROGRAMS OPERATED BY THE CORPORATION, POSTSECONDARY IMMIGRATION RESOURCE
 CENTERS, COLLEGE READINESS ORGANIZATIONS, COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS,
 AND LEGAL RESOURCE ORGANIZATIONS.
 S. 8148                             4
 
   (C)  LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES SHALL MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO ENSURE THAT
 UNACCOMPANIED YOUTH ARE PROVIDED OR CONNECTED WITH RESOURCES  NEEDED  TO
 COMPLETE A FAFSA OR TAP APPLICATION AS APPROPRIATE.
   6. DATA REPORTING. (A) THE CORPORATION SHALL COMPILE DATA ON FAFSA AND
 TAP  APPLICATION  SUBMISSION  AND ACCEPTANCE RATES FOR EACH LOCAL EDUCA-
 TIONAL AGENCY COVERED BY THIS SECTION  AND  PUBLISH  SUCH  DATA  ON  ITS
 WEBSITE  FOR  EACH  MONTH OF THE YEAR.   REPORTED DATA SHALL INCLUDE THE
 NUMBER OF FAFSA AND TAP APPLICATIONS SUBMITTED AND ACCEPTED:
   (I) BOTH IN TOTAL AND DISAGGREGATED  BY  SCHOOL,  COUNTY,  AND  PUBLIC
 SCHOOL DISTRICT; AND
   (II)  DISAGGREGATED  BY  LEVEL  OF  PARENTAL  EDUCATION, RACIAL AND/OR
 ETHNIC IDENTITY OF THE STUDENT, INCOME, AGE,  GENDER,  AND  STUDENT  AID
 INDEX, AS AVAILABLE TO THE CORPORATION AND WHERE POSSIBLE.
   (B)  THE CORPORATION SHALL PUBLISH THE DATA DESCRIBED IN THIS SUBDIVI-
 SION IN A CLEAR AND ACCESSIBLE MANNER ON ITS WEBSITE.
   (C) THE CORPORATION SHALL CREATE  AN  ONLINE  DASHBOARD  WHICH  TRACKS
 FAFSA  AND  TAP  APPLICATION  SUBMISSION  AND  ACCEPTANCE  RATES FOR THE
 CURRENT YEAR. THE CORPORATION SHALL ALSO PUBLISH A TABLE WHICH  COMPARES
 SUCH  RATES  TO THE RATES OF PRIOR YEARS BEGINNING IN THE YEAR FOLLOWING
 THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION.
   7. NO PENALTY. A STUDENT WHO DOES NOT FULFILL THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS
 SECTION SHALL NOT BE PENALIZED  OR  PUNISHED  ON  SUCH  BASIS  AND  THIS
 SECTION SHALL NOT AFFECT A STUDENT'S ABILITY TO GRADUATE.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the first of July one year after
 the date on which it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the
 addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule  or  regulation  necessary
 for  the implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized
 to be made and completed on or before such effective date.

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Senate Bill S8148

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Education Committee

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2023-S8148 (ACTIVE) - Details

2023-S8148 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2023-S8148 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

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2023-S8148 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2023-S8148 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S8148 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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