Senate Bill S7894

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Establishes an automatic application program for state high school students into SUNY and CUNY

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Archive: Last 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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2021-S7894 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A10540
Current Committee:
Senate Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 3 Part 6 §§190 - 194, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A9157
2017-2018: A450
2019-2020: A2837
2023-2024: S7030

2021-S7894 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes an automatic application program for state high school students into SUNY and CUNY.

2021-S7894 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S7894 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7894
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 18, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  CLEARE -- 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 establishing an  auto-
   matic application system
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Article 3 of the education law is amended by adding  a  new
 part 6 to read as follows:
                                  PART VI
                       AUTOMATIC APPLICATION PROGRAM
 SECTION 190. AUTOMATIC APPLICATION PROGRAM; ESTABLISHED.
         191. PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.
         192. DATA PUBLICATION.
         193. PROGRAM PROMOTION.
         194. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY.
   §  190.  AUTOMATIC  APPLICATION  PROGRAM; ESTABLISHED. THERE IS HEREBY
 ESTABLISHED AN AUTOMATIC APPLICATION PROGRAM TO BE ADMINISTERED  BY  THE
 DEPARTMENT.
   § 191. PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS. 1. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL PROMULGATE STAND-
 ARDS FOR THE AUTOMATIC APPLICATION OF GRADUATING HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN
 NEW  YORK  STATE  THAT COMPLY WITH THE FEDERAL FAMILY EDUCATIONAL RIGHTS
 AND PRIVACY ACT.   NO PERSONAL  INFORMATION  SHALL  BE  SHARED  WITH  AN
 EXTERNAL  ENTITY  WITHOUT  THE  EXPRESS  CONSENT  FROM  A STUDENT HAVING
 ATTAINED THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN OR, IN THE CASE OF STUDENTS SEVENTEEN YEARS
 OF AGE OR YOUNGER, PARENTAL CONSENT.
   2. IT SHALL BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF  THE  DEPARTMENT  TO  CREATE  AND
 MAINTAIN A CENTRALIZED ACADEMIC DATABASE:
   (A)  TO PROVIDE AN ONLINE ACCOUNT FOR EACH STUDENT IN THE BEGINNING OF
 THEIR SENIOR YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL THROUGH WHICH STUDENTS  MAY  APPLY  FOR
 ADMISSION  INTO THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AND THE CITY UNIVERSITY
 OF NEW YORK;
   (B) TO PRELOAD THE DEMOGRAPHIC AND ACADEMIC INFORMATION  AVAILABLE  TO
 THE  DEPARTMENT  INTO SUCH ACCOUNT REQUIRED ON AN APPLICATION FOR ADMIS-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03045-01-1
              

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