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Assembly Bill A7962

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires certain colleges and universities vet all information displayed on their websites and marketing materials to ensure the information is accurate and impartial

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2023-A7962 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§355 & 6206, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A10245
2025-2026: A5102

2023-A7962 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires certain colleges and universities vet all information displayed on their websites and marketing materials to ensure the information is accurate and impartial.

2023-A7962 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7962
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              August 18, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. K. BROWN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Higher Education
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  education law, in relation to requiring certain
   colleges and universities  vet  all  information  displayed  on  their
   websites and marketing materials to ensure the information is accurate
   and impartial

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 355 of the education law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 22 to read as follows:
   22. THE STATE UNIVERSITY TRUSTEES SHALL ADOPT A POLICY REQUIRING  THAT
 EACH INSTITUTION OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK VET ALL INFORMATION
 DISPLAYED ON THEIR WEBSITES AND MARKETING MATERIALS TO ENSURE THE INFOR-
 MATION IS ACCURATE AND IMPARTIAL.
   §  2.  Section  6206  of  the education law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 22 to read as follows:
   22. THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES SHALL ADOPT A  POLICY  REQUIRING  THAT  EACH
 INSTITUTION  OF  THE  CITY  UNIVERSITY  OF  NEW YORK VET ALL INFORMATION
 DISPLAYED ON THEIR WEBSITES AND MARKETING MATERIALS TO ENSURE THE INFOR-
 MATION IS ACCURATE AND IMPARTIAL.
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the first of July  next  succeeding
 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.
                                                            LBD06294-01-3

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