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Senate Bill S8663

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to establishing a transfer student appeal process

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2025-S8663 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §320, Ed L

2025-S8663 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes a transfer student appeal process to provide students with an option to pursue a second opinion regarding the status of their transfer credits from out-of-state schools, out-of-country schools, or non-public schools.

2025-S8663 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S8663 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8663
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 7, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  ASHBY  -- 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 establishing a  trans-
   fer student appeal process
 
   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 section 320 to
 read as follows:
   § 320. TRANSFER  STUDENT  APPEAL  PROCESS.  1.  THE  COMMISSIONER,  IN
 CONSULTATION  WITH  THE  OFFICE  OF STANDARDS AND INSTRUCTION WITHIN THE
 DEPARTMENT, SHALL ESTABLISH A TRANSFER STUDENT APPEAL PROCESS THAT OPER-
 ATES SOLELY AT THE STATE LEVEL.
   2. THE APPEAL PROCESS  ESTABLISHED  PURSUANT  TO  THIS  SECTION  SHALL
 PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH AN OPTION TO PURSUE A SECOND OPINION REGARDING THE
 STATUS OF THEIR TRANSFER CREDITS FROM OUT-OF-STATE SCHOOLS, OUT-OF-COUN-
 TRY SCHOOLS, OR NON-PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
   3.  A  STUDENT MAY ONLY USE THE APPEAL PROCESS AFTER THEY HAVE ALREADY
 COMPLETED THE TRANSFER  CREDIT  PROCESS  AT  THE  SCHOOL  DISTRICT  THEY
 ENROLLED INTO.
   4.  DECISIONS MADE THROUGH THE APPEALS PROCESS ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO
 THIS SECTION SHALL BE CONSIDERED FINAL.
   5. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PROMULGATE ANY RULES AND REGULATIONS  NECES-
 SARY FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS SECTION.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
 repeal of any rule or regulation necessary  for  the  implementation  of
 this  act  on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed
 on or before such effective date.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14319-01-5

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