Bill Text: NY A03343 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 3343

Introduced

Bill Title: Expands the definition of unfair educational practices.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - referred to higher education [A03343 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A03343-Introduced.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          3343

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    February 2, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced by M. of A. ZEBROWSKI, STECK, COOK, JOYNER -- Multi-Sponsored
          by  -- M. of A. HEVESI, SIMON -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Higher Education

        AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to  expanding  the  defi-
          nition of unfair educational practices

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

     1    Section 1. Subdivision 3 of  section  313  of  the  education  law  is
     2  amended by adding a new paragraph (f) to read as follows:
     3    (f)  To  deny  a person admittance to an educational institution based
     4  solely on a previous incarceration, with the exception of  incarceration
     5  as  a  result of a violent felony offense as defined in section 70.02 of
     6  the penal law or a felony sex offense as defined in section 70.80 of the
     7  penal law.
     8    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.






         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD07228-01-3