Assembly Bill A9157B

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                  9157

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 29, 2016
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  RODRIGUEZ  --  read once and referred 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.  The education law is amended by adding a new part  6    to
article 3 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.
  S  190.  AUTOMATIC  APPLICATION  PROGRAM; ESTABLISHED. THERE IS HEREBY
ESTABLISHED AN AUTOMATIC APPLICATION PROGRAM TO BE ADMINISTERED  BY  THE
BOARD OF REGENTS.
  S  191.  PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS. 1. THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AND
THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK SHALL PROMULGATE STANDARDS FOR THE AUTO-
MATIC APPLICATION OF GRADUATING HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN NEW YORK STATE.
  2. IT SHALL BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF EVERY HIGH SCHOOL:
  (A) TO PROVIDE AN ONLINE ACCOUNT FOR EACH STUDENT IN THE BEGINNING  OF
THEIR  SENIOR  YEAR  THROUGH WHICH STUDENTS MAY APPLY FOR ADMISSION INTO
THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AND THE CITY UNIVERSITY  OF  NEW  YORK,
SUCH  ONLINE  ACCOUNT HAVING BEEN CREATED BY THE OFFICE OF HIGHER EDUCA-
TION IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE BOARD OF REGENTS;
  (B) TO SUBMIT TO THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AND THE CITY UNIVER-
SITY OF NEW YORK THE DEMOGRAPHIC AND ACADEMIC INFORMATION,  INCLUDING  A
TRANSCRIPT AND/OR DIPLOMA, REQUIRED ON AN APPLICATION FOR ADMISSION INTO
SUCH INSTITUTION OF EACH STUDENT AT THE BEGINNING OF THEIR SENIOR YEAR.
  3.  A  STUDENT MAY DECLINE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE AUTOMATIC APPLICATION
PROGRAM BY DECISION MADE PRIOR TO THE BEGINNING OF THEIR JUNIOR YEAR.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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  4. A STUDENT WHO APPLIES PURSUANT TO THE AUTOMATIC APPLICATION PROGRAM
AND MEETS THE STANDARDS PROMULGATED BY THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW  YORK
AND  THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS
SECTION SHALL BE ACCEPTED FOR ADMISSION INTO SUCH UNIVERSITIES.
  5.  STUDENT  DATA  SHALL  BE DELETED NO LATER THAN TWO YEARS AFTER THE
CREATION OF SUCH STUDENT'S ONLINE ACCOUNT.
  S 192. DATA PUBLICATION. THE OFFICE OF HIGHER EDUCATION,  IN  CONJUNC-
TION  WITH  THE  BOARD  OF  REGENTS, SHALL COLLECT AND PUBLISH AN ANNUAL
REPORT OF STUDENTS ADMITTED THROUGH THE AUTOMATIC  APPLICATION  PROGRAM.
THE  REPORT  SHALL  INCLUDE  DATA  OF ACCEPTED STUDENTS DISAGGREGATED BY
RACE, ETHNICITY, SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS,  GEOGRAPHIC  LOCATION,  AND  HIGH
SCHOOL INSTITUTION.
  S  193. PROGRAM PROMOTION. THE OFFICE OF HIGHER EDUCATION, IN CONJUNC-
TION WITH THE BOARD OF REGENTS, SHALL CREATE AND IMPLEMENT A PROGRAM  TO
INFORM  HIGH SCHOOLS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC ABOUT THE AUTOMATIC APPLICA-
TION PROGRAM.
  S 194. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY. THE BOARD  OF  REGENTS  SHALL  PROMULGATE
SUCH  REGULATIONS  OF  THE COMMISSIONER AS MAY BE NECESSARY TO CARRY OUT
THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of August next succeeding
the date on which it shall have become a law.

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                 9157--A

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 29, 2016
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  RODRIGUEZ  --  read once and referred to the
  Committee on Higher Education -- committee discharged,  bill  amended,
  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

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.    The education law is amended by adding a new part 6  to
article 3 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.
  S 190. AUTOMATIC APPLICATION PROGRAM;  ESTABLISHED.  THERE  IS  HEREBY
ESTABLISHED  AN  AUTOMATIC APPLICATION PROGRAM TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE
DEPARTMENT.
  S 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 EVERY HIGH SCHOOL:
  (A)  TO PROVIDE AN ONLINE ACCOUNT FOR EACH STUDENT IN THE BEGINNING OF
THEIR SENIOR YEAR THROUGH WHICH STUDENTS MAY APPLY  FOR  ADMISSION  INTO
THE  STATE  UNIVERSITY  OF NEW YORK AND THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK,
SUCH ONLINE ACCOUNT HAVING BEEN CREATED BY THE DEPARTMENT;
  (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.
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SION INTO SUCH INSTITUTION OF EACH STUDENT AT  THE  BEGINNING  OF  THEIR
SENIOR YEAR.
  3.  A  STUDENT MAY DECLINE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE AUTOMATIC APPLICATION
PROGRAM BY DECISION MADE PRIOR TO THE BEGINNING OF THEIR JUNIOR YEAR AND
AT ANY TIME OR POINT IN THE APPLICATION  PROCESS.  THE  STUDENT  RETAINS
SOLE  DISCRETION  OVER WHETHER TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION. THE APPLICATION
FEE SHALL BE BORNE BY THE STUDENT.
  4. A STUDENT WHO APPLIES PURSUANT TO THE AUTOMATIC APPLICATION PROGRAM
AND MEETS THE STANDARDS PROMULGATED BY THE DEPARTMENT PURSUANT TO SUBDI-
VISION ONE OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE ACCEPTED  FOR  ADMISSION  INTO  SUCH
UNIVERSITIES.
  5.  STUDENT DATA SHALL BE DELETED IN COMPLIANCE WITH FEDERAL AND STATE
REGULATIONS.
  6. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL PROVIDE ESTIMATES OF ANTICIPATED FINANCIAL AID
BASED ON DATA SUBMISSIONS ON STUDENT APPLICATIONS PRIOR TO SUBMISSION OF
THE APPLICATION.
  S 192. DATA PUBLICATION. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL COLLECT AND  PUBLISH  AN
ANNUAL  REPORT  ASSESSING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE AUTOMATIC APPLICATION
PROGRAM. THE REPORT SHALL INCLUDE DATA OF  ACCEPTED  STUDENTS  DISAGGRE-
GATED BY RACE, ETHNICITY, SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS, GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION, AND
HIGH SCHOOL INSTITUTION.
  S  193. PROGRAM PROMOTION. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL CREATE AND IMPLEMENT A
PROGRAM TO INFORM HIGH SCHOOLS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC ABOUT THE AUTOMAT-
IC APPLICATION PROGRAM.
  S 194. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY.  THE  DEPARTMENT  SHALL  PROMULGATE  SUCH
REGULATIONS  OF  THE  COMMISSIONER  AS MAY BE NECESSARY TO CARRY OUT THE
PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of August next succeeding
the date on which it shall have become a law.