Bill Text: NY A01423 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Enacts the "fair college admissions act"; prohibits degree-granting institutions of higher education from giving preference to applicants based on such applicant's familial relationship to an alumni of such institution.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-06-03 - print number 1423b [A01423 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A01423-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         1423--B

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 17, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  WALKER,  RIVERA, FORREST, SHRESTHA, MAMDANI,
          RAMOS, BICHOTTE HERMELYN -- Multi-Sponsored by  --  M.  of  A.  SIMON,
          TAYLOR  -- read once and referred to the Committee on Higher Education
          -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered  reprinted  as  amended
          and  recommitted  to said committee -- recommitted to the Committee on
          Higher Education in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- commit-
          tee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and  recom-
          mitted to said committee

        AN  ACT  to  amend  the education law, in relation to prohibiting legacy
          preference in admissions policies at degree granting  institutions  of
          higher education

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as
     2  the "fair college admissions act".
     3    §  2.  The  education  law is amended by adding a new section 239-c to
     4  read as follows:
     5    § 239-c. Prohibition on legacy preference in admissions  policies.  1.
     6  No  degree-granting  institution of higher education in this state shall
     7  provide any manner of preferential treatment in the admission process to
     8  applicants on the basis of such applicant's  familial  relationships  to
     9  alumni of such institution.
    10    2.  If  after  providing  notice  and an opportunity for a hearing the
    11  department   determines that a degree  granting  institution  of  higher
    12  education has engaged in a knowing pattern or practice of violating this
    13  section, then  such institution may be liable for a civil penalty not to
    14  exceed fifty  thousand dollars.
    15    §  3.  This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding
    16  the date on which it shall have become a law.  Effective immediately the
    17  addition, amendment, and/or repeal of any rule or  regulation  necessary
    18  for  the implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized
    19  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.
                                                                   LBD03099-08-4