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Senate Bill S3982

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Requires the establishment of an appeals process for students who are denied the state resident tuition rate at any public university or college

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2025-S3982 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A940
Current Committee:
Senate Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§355, 6206 & 6306, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S1392
2011-2012: S1140
2013-2014: S2835, A4424
2015-2016: S1928, A5900
2017-2018: S3629, A6977
2019-2020: S4786, A2992
2021-2022: S5047, A3111, A9729
2023-2024: S6129, A4655

2025-S3982 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the establishment of an appeals process for students who are denied the state resident tuition rate at any public university or college.

2025-S3982 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S3982 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3982
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 31, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  PARKER, BAILEY, JACKSON -- 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 establishing an
   appeals process for students denied the state resident tuition rate at
   a public college or university

   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 REQUIRE THAT EACH INSTITUTION
 OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY ESTABLISH AN APPEALS PROCESS  FOR  ANY  STUDENT,
 REGARDLESS OF SUCH STUDENT'S IMMIGRATION STATUS, WHO HAS BEEN DENIED THE
 STATE  RESIDENT TUITION RATE FOR ATTENDING SUCH INSTITUTION. EACH INSTI-
 TUTION SHALL ESTABLISH A REASONABLE TIME PERIOD FOR  THE  FILING  OF  AN
 APPEAL  AFTER A PROSPECTIVE STUDENT HAS RECEIVED WRITTEN NOTIFICATION OF
 A DENIAL OF THE STATE RESIDENT TUITION RATE AND A REASONABLE TIME PERIOD
 FOR THE INSTITUTION TO RESPOND TO SUCH AN  APPEAL.  INFORMATION  ON  THE
 RIGHT  TO  SUCH  APPEAL  AND SUCH APPEALS PROCESS SHALL BE POSTED ON THE
 INSTITUTION'S WEBSITE.
   § 2. Section 6206 of the education law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 subdivision 24 to read as follows:
   24.  THE  BOARD OF TRUSTEES SHALL REQUIRE THAT EACH INSTITUTION OF THE
 CITY UNIVERSITY ESTABLISH AN APPEALS PROCESS FOR ANY STUDENT, REGARDLESS
 OF SUCH STUDENT'S IMMIGRATION STATUS, WHO  HAS  BEEN  DENIED  THE  STATE
 RESIDENT  TUITION  RATE FOR ATTENDING SUCH INSTITUTION. EACH INSTITUTION
 SHALL ESTABLISH A REASONABLE TIME PERIOD FOR THE  FILING  OF  AN  APPEAL
 AFTER  A  PROSPECTIVE  STUDENT  HAS  RECEIVED  WRITTEN NOTIFICATION OF A
 DENIAL OF THE STATE RESIDENT TUITION RATE AND A REASONABLE  TIME  PERIOD
 FOR  THE  INSTITUTION  TO  RESPOND TO SUCH AN APPEAL. INFORMATION ON THE
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00147-01-5
 S. 3982                             2

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