Assembly Bill A4260

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to a fee waiver for applications to SUNY and CUNY

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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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2025-A4260 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §209-a, add §6303-b, Ed L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A8340

2025-A4260 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes a fee waiver for applications to SUNY and CUNY if a prospective student, either a high school senior, or a person completing a gap year, submits and completes the FAFSA form.

2025-A4260 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4260
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 31, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  CUNNINGHAM -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
   ALVAREZ, GIBBS -- read once and referred to the  Committee  on  Higher
   Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to fee waivers for appli-
   cations to the state university of New York and the city university of
   New York

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 209-a of the education law, as added by chapter 926
 of the laws of 1968, is amended to read as follows:
   § 209-a.  Applications for admission to college.   1.  Notwithstanding
 any  other  provision  of this chapter to the contrary, no rule or regu-
 lation shall be adopted by the school authorities,  school  officers  or
 board  of  education  of  a  school  district which limits the number of
 requests for the processing of college applications that may be  submit-
 ted by the pupils in a secondary school under their or its jurisdiction.
 Nothing  contained  in  this  section shall prohibit school authorities,
 school officers or boards of education from establishing rules of proce-
 dure for the submission of such requests.
   2. (A) IF A PUPIL IN THE FINAL YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL OR IN  A  GAP  YEAR
 COMPLETES  AND  SUBMITS  THE  FREE  APPLICATION  FOR FEDERAL STUDENT AID
 (FAFSA), SUCH PUPIL SHALL BE AWARDED A FEE WAIVER FOR APPLICATION TO THE
 STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK.
   (B) FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, THE TERM  "GAP  YEAR"  SHALL
 MEAN THE FIRST YEAR AFTER HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION.
   3. THE STATE UNIVERSITY TRUSTEES SHALL ADOPT ANY RULES AND REGULATIONS
 NECESSARY  FOR  THE  ADMINISTRATION  OF THIS SECTION, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
 LIMITED TO, SPECIFYING THE FORM AND TIMELINES  FOR  SUBMITTING  THE  FEE
 WAIVER FOR APPLICATION.
   §  2.  The  education law is amended by adding a new section 6303-b to
 read as follows:

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06557-01-5

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