| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| May 24, 2016 |
print number 475a |
| May 24, 2016 |
amend and recommit to education |
| Jan 06, 2016 |
referred to education |
| Jan 07, 2015 |
referred to education |
Senate Bill S475A
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Education Committee
Actions
Bill Amendments
2015-S475 - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A5536
- Current Committee:
- Senate Education
- Law Section:
- Education Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add Art 2-A §20, Ed L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
-
2009-2010:
S8493
2011-2012: S503
2013-2014: S12, A3173
2017-2018: S4897, S8697, A1946
2019-2020: S6772
2021-2022: S2773
2023-2024: S1916
2025-2026: S3824
2015-S475 - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S475
TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the education law, in relation to
prohibiting secondary schools and colleges from withholding student
transcripts for failure to pay tuition
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL : Allows students to obtain their
academic transcript in the event tuition has not been paid.
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS :
Section 1 Amends the education law by adding a new Article 2-A.
Prohibits public or private educational institutions from withholding
student transcripts in the event such student has not paid tuition.
Creates a Class A misdemeanor for failure to comply with this section.
Section 2 Effective Date
EXISTING LAW : None
JUSTIFICATION : As a result of the current recession, difficulties
with paying tuition have become more and more common. Whether the
student is paying for his or her own education, or parents are paying
for their child's tuition, it is the student who suffers. The problem
is exacerbated in situations when a student's transcript needs to be
sent from one school to another. Schools frequently will not release
2015-S475 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
475
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
(PREFILED)
January 7, 2015
___________
Introduced by Sen. DIAZ -- 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 prohibiting secondary
schools and colleges from withholding student transcripts for failure
to pay tuition
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 article 2-A to
read as follows:
ARTICLE 2-A
PROHIBITION AGAINST WITHHOLDING STUDENT TRANSCRIPTS
SECTION 20. PROHIBITION AGAINST WITHHOLDING STUDENT TRANSCRIPTS.
S 20. PROHIBITION AGAINST WITHHOLDING STUDENT TRANSCRIPTS. 1. NO
PUBLIC OR PRIVATE ELEMENTARY OR SECONDARY SCHOOL OR COLLEGE AS DEFINED
IN SECTION TWO OF THIS CHAPTER SHALL WITHHOLD A STUDENT'S TRANSCRIPT FOR
FAILURE TO PAY PAST OR PRESENTLY DUE TUITION.
2. WILLFUL FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL
BE A CLASS A MISDEMEANOR.
S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
ing 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.
LBD00037-01-5
2015-S475A (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A5536
- Current Committee:
- Senate Education
- Law Section:
- Education Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add Art 2-A §20, Ed L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
-
2009-2010:
S8493
2011-2012: S503
2013-2014: S12, A3173
2017-2018: S4897, S8697, A1946
2019-2020: S6772
2021-2022: S2773
2023-2024: S1916
2025-2026: S3824
2015-S475A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S475A
TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the education law, in relation to
prohibiting secondary schools and colleges from withholding student
transcripts for failure to pay tuition
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL : Allows students to obtain their
academic transcript in the event tuition has not been paid.
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS :
Section 1 Amends the education law by adding a new Article 2-A.
Prohibits public or private educational institutions from withholding
student transcripts in the event such student has not paid tuition.
Creates a Class A misdemeanor for failure to comply with this section.
Section 2 Effective Date
EXISTING LAW :
None
JUSTIFICATION :
As a result of the current recession, difficulties with paying tuition
have become more and more common. Whether the student is paying for
2015-S475A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
475--A
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
(PREFILED)
January 7, 2015
___________
Introduced by Sen. DIAZ -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Education -- recommitted
to the Committee on Education in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8
-- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended
and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to prohibiting secondary
schools and colleges from withholding student transcripts for failure
to pay tuition
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 article 2-A to
read as follows:
ARTICLE 2-A
PROHIBITION AGAINST WITHHOLDING STUDENT TRANSCRIPTS
SECTION 20. PROHIBITION AGAINST WITHHOLDING STUDENT TRANSCRIPTS.
S 20. PROHIBITION AGAINST WITHHOLDING STUDENT TRANSCRIPTS. 1. NO
PUBLIC OR PRIVATE ELEMENTARY OR SECONDARY SCHOOL OR COLLEGE AS DEFINED
IN SECTION TWO OF THIS CHAPTER SHALL WITHHOLD A STUDENT'S TRANSCRIPT FOR
FAILURE TO PAY PAST OR PRESENTLY DUE TUITION.
2. WILLFUL FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL
BE PUNISHABLE BY A FINE OF FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS PER VIOLATION.
S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
ing 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.
LBD00037-05-6
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