Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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May 04, 2022 |
signed chap.182 |
Apr 27, 2022 |
delivered to governor |
Mar 23, 2022 |
returned to senate passed assembly |
Mar 07, 2022 |
ordered to third reading cal.463 substituted for a9391 |
Feb 16, 2022 |
referred to higher education delivered to assembly passed senate |
Feb 03, 2022 |
advanced to third reading |
Feb 02, 2022 |
2nd report cal. |
Feb 01, 2022 |
1st report cal.404 |
Jan 05, 2022 |
referred to higher education returned to senate died in assembly |
Jun 01, 2021 |
referred to higher education delivered to assembly passed senate |
May 19, 2021 |
advanced to third reading |
May 12, 2021 |
2nd report cal. |
May 11, 2021 |
1st report cal.1031 |
May 05, 2021 |
referred to higher education |
Senate Bill S6529
Signed By Governor2021-2022 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) 11th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - Signed by Governor
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
co-Sponsors
(D) 20th Senate District
2021-S6529 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A9391
- Law Section:
- Education Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §5003, Ed L
2021-S6529 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S6529 SPONSOR: STAVISKY TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the education law, in relation to prohibiting discrimi- nation, intimidation and retaliation against students of proprietary schools who file a written complaint or exercise their right of private action against a proprietary school PURPOSE OF THE BILL: To prohibit discrimination, intimidation, and retaliation against students of proprietary schools who file a written complaint or exercise their right of private action against a proprietary school. SUMMARY OF THE PROVISIONS OF THE BILL: Section 1 of the bill would amend Education Law § 5003(1)(c) by adding a new subparagraph (5) providing that no owner, operator, licensed person- nel, or agent thereof of a proprietary school shall discriminate, intim-
2021-S6529 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6529 2021-2022 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E May 5, 2021 ___________ Introduced by Sen. STAVISKY -- (at request of the State Education Department) -- 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 prohibiting discrimi- nation, intimidation and retaliation against students of proprietary schools who file a written complaint or exercise their right of private action against a proprietary school THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Paragraph c of subdivision 1 of section 5003 of the educa- tion law is amended by adding a new subparagraph 5 to read as follows: (5) NO OWNER, OPERATOR, LICENSED PERSONNEL, OR AGENT THEREOF OF A LICENSED PRIVATE CAREER SCHOOL SHALL DISCRIMINATE, INTIMIDATE, OR RETAL- IATE AGAINST ANY PERSON WHO FILES A WRITTEN COMPLAINT PURSUANT TO THIS PARAGRAPH. § 2. Subdivision 8 of section 5003 of the education law, as amended by chapter 381 of the laws of 2012, is amended to read as follows: 8. Private right of action. A student injured by a violation of this article may bring an action against the owner or operator of a licensed private career school for actual damages or one hundred dollars, which- ever is greater. A court may, in its discretion, award reasonable attor- ney's fees to a prevailing plaintiff. NO OWNER, OPERATOR, LICENSED PERSONNEL, OR AGENT THEREOF OF A LICENSED PRIVATE CAREER SCHOOL SHALL DISCRIMINATE, INTIMIDATE, OR RETALIATE AGAINST ANY STUDENT WHO BRINGS A PRIVATE RIGHT OF ACTION AGAINST THE OWNER OR OPERATOR OF A LICENSED PRIVATE CAREER SCHOOL PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION. § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD09755-01-1
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