Assembly Bill A4396

                            
 
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                                   4396
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 2, 2017
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 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  LUPINACCI  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Higher Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in  relation  to  updating  reporting
   requirements for institutions of higher education
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 607 of the education law, as added by  chapter  343
 of the laws of 1977, is amended to read as follows:
   § 607. Required  disclosure  to PROSPECTIVE AND matriculated students.
 1. The commissioner of education shall promulgate rules and  regulations
 to  reflect  and  administer  the  intent  of section 493A of the Higher
 Education Act of 1965 as last amended by P.L. 94-482 concerning institu-
 tional and financial aid for students WHO ATTEND HIGHER EDUCATION INSTI-
 TUTIONS THAT RECEIVE STATE AID DOLLARS.
   2. The information, [to be disseminated through but  not  limited  to,
 college  catalogues  or  bulletins]  TO  BE COLLECTED THROUGH THE HIGHER
 EDUCATION DATA SYSTEM AND POSTED ON  THE  STATE  EDUCATION  DEPARTMENT'S
 WEBSITE  IN A TIMELY AND USER-FRIENDLY MANNER, shall include in addition
 to that information cited  by  congress,  [job  placement  and  graduate
 school placement statistics where available.] STATISTICS ON:
   A. STUDENTS WHO PARTICIPATE IN REMEDIAL EDUCATION AT, OR THROUGH, EACH
 INSTITUTION AND THE GRADUATION RATES OF SUCH STUDENTS;
   B.  THE  CREDENTIALS  BEING SOUGHT BY STUDENTS DISAGGREGATED BY DEGREE
 AND CERTIFICATE;
   C. THE INSTITUTIONAL AND PROGRAM-SPECIFIC LEVELS OF:
   (1) THE PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS WHO RECEIVE (I)  FEDERAL  GRANTS;  (II)
 FEDERAL  LOANS;  (III)  STATE  GRANTS;  (IV)  PRIVATE LOANS; (V) PRIVATE
 GRANTS; (VI) INSTITUTIONAL GRANTS; OR (VII) INSTITUTIONAL LOANS;
   (2) THE AVERAGE AMOUNT OF TOTAL FEDERAL LOAN DEBT UPON STUDENT  GRADU-
 ATION ASSUMED BY STUDENTS WHILE ENROLLED AT THE INSTITUTION;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   (3)  THE AVERAGE AMOUNT OF TOTAL PRIVATE LOAN DEBT UPON STUDENT GRADU-
 ATION ASSUMED BY STUDENTS WHILE ENROLLED AT THE INSTITUTION;
   (4)  THE  AVERAGE AMOUNT OF TOTAL FEDERAL LOAN DEBT OF STUDENTS WHO DO
 NOT COMPLETE A PROGRAM OF STUDY TWO YEARS AFTER THE STUDENTS' LAST KNOWN
 ENROLLMENT IN ANY INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION;
   (5) THE AVERAGE AMOUNT OF TOTAL PRIVATE LOAN DEBT OF STUDENTS  WHO  DO
 NOT COMPLETE A PROGRAM OF STUDY TWO YEARS AFTER THE STUDENTS' LAST KNOWN
 ENROLLMENT IN ANY INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION;
   (6)  STUDENT  TRANSFER  RATES  BY  SECTOR  OF  TRANSFER WHICH SHALL BE
 DEFINED AS THE PERCENTAGE OF  STUDENTS  WHO  LEAVE  AN  INSTITUTION  AND
 SUCCESSFULLY ENROLL IN AND COMPLETE A PROGRAM OF STUDY AT ANOTHER INSTI-
 TUTION,  INCLUDING  WHETHER  THE  RECEIVING INSTITUTION IS A PUBLIC FOUR
 YEAR INSTITUTION, PUBLIC TWO YEAR INSTITUTION, PUBLIC LESS THAN TWO YEAR
 INSTITUTION, PRIVATE NONPROFIT FOUR YEAR INSTITUTION, PRIVATE  NONPROFIT
 TWO  YEAR INSTITUTION, PRIVATE NONPROFIT LESS THAN TWO YEAR INSTITUTION,
 PRIVATE FOR PROFIT FOUR YEAR INSTITUTION, PRIVATE FOR  PROFIT  TWO  YEAR
 INSTITUTION, OR PRIVATE FOR PROFIT LESS THAN TWO YEAR INSTITUTION;
   (7) RATES OF CONTINUATION TO HIGHER LEVELS OF EDUCATION;
   (8)  THE  PERCENTAGE  OF  STUDENTS  WHO  RECEIVE THE DEGREE LEVEL THEY
 INITIALLY SOUGHT;
   (9) THE OUTCOME MEASURES DESCRIBED IN SUBPARAGRAPHS  ONE  THROUGH  SIX
 DISAGGREGATED ON THE BASIS OF THE FOLLOWING STUDENT TYPES:
   (I) STUDENTS WHO RECEIVE A FEDERAL PELL GRANT.
   (II) STUDENTS WHO RECEIVED A LOAN, BUT NOT A FEDERAL PELL GRANT.
   (III) STUDENTS WHO DID NOT RECEIVE A FEDERAL LOAN.
   (IV)  STUDENTS  WHO ARE IDENTIFIED AS VETERANS OR MEMBERS OF THE ARMED
 FORCES WHO RECEIVED ASSISTANCE UNDER THE POST-9/11 VETERANS  EDUCATIONAL
 ASSISTANCE PROGRAM UNDER THE UNITED STATES CODE CHAPTER 33 OF TITLE 38.
   (V) ENROLLMENT STATUS INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING:
   (A) FIRST-TIME, FULL-TIME STUDENTS,
   (B) FIRST-TIME, PART-TIME STUDENTS,
   (C) NON-FIRST-TIME, FULL-TIME STUDENTS,
   (D) NON-FIRST-TIME, PART-TIME STUDENTS.
   (VI) ENROLLMENT INTENSITY WHILE ENROLLED AT THE INSTITUTION, INCLUDING
 THE FOLLOWING:
   (A) FULL-TIME ONLY,
   (B) PART-TIME ONLY,
   (C) MIXED ENROLLMENT, BOTH FULL- AND PART-TIME.
   (10) EARNING METRICS WHICH SHALL INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING:
   (I) MEDIAN ANNUAL EARNINGS AND EMPLOYMENT METRICS DISAGGREGATED BY
   (A) EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM;
   (B) CREDENTIAL RECEIVED;
   (C) EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION; AND
   (D) STATE OF EMPLOYMENT.
   (II)  MEDIAN  ANNUAL  EARNINGS  AND EMPLOYMENT METRICS FOR EACH OF THE
 CATEGORIES DESCRIBED IN SUBCLAUSES (A) THROUGH (D) OF CLAUSE (I) OF THIS
 SUBPARAGRAPH FURTHER DISAGGREGATED FOR EACH OF THE FOLLOWING TIME  PERI-
 ODS:
   (A) TWO YEARS AFTER EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM COMPLETION;
   (B) SIX YEARS AFTER EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM COMPLETION; AND
   (C) FIFTEEN YEARS AFTER EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM COMPLETION.
   D. OTHER INFORMATION DEEMED NECESSARY BY THE COMMISSIONER.
   3. All material required by this section and all material contained in
 the bulletin shall be truthfully representative of the institution.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.