Bill Text: NY A04843 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires institutions of higher education to publish a list of all courses offered to include the instructor, instructional materials needed or recommended, and expected number of students to be enrolled; requires such institutions to provide information on instructional materials to bookstores, other than those operated by the institution and provide equal access to students; requires institutions of higher education to adopt and publish a policy for complying with such provisions.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - referred to higher education [A04843 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-A04843-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4843 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 3, 2017 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ENGLEBRIGHT -- read once and referred to the Committee on Higher Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the provision of information relating to courses offered by institutions of higher education and the instructional material required therefor The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new article 128 to 2 read as follows: 3 ARTICLE 128 4 COURSE AND INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIAL INFORMATION 5 Section 6370. Course catalog. 6 6371. Bookstores. 7 6372. Compliance. 8 6373. Violations. 9 § 6370. Course catalog. 1. Every institution of higher education 10 shall, not less than sixty days prior to the commencement of each semes- 11 ter or trimester, in which courses of instruction are offered by such 12 institution, issue and make available a list of all courses to be 13 offered during the semester or trimester which shall include for each 14 course: 15 (a) the name of the course; 16 (b) the name of the person or persons providing instruction in the 17 course; 18 (c) a description and listing of all instructional materials required 19 or recommended for students enrolled in the course; and 20 (d) the number of students reasonably expected to be enrolled in the 21 course. 22 2. The listing of courses required pursuant to subdivision one of this 23 section shall be provided to all students and prospective students of EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD03632-01-7A. 4843 2 1 the institution of higher education, and to any other person submitting 2 a request therefor within one business day of such request. 3 3. In addition to the information required to be provided by subdivi- 4 sion one of this section, upon submission of a request by any person and 5 within one business day thereof, every institution of higher education 6 shall provide every such person with all information relating to 7 instructional materials that is provided to the store or stores operated 8 by such institution and engaged in the sale of instructional materials. 9 4. All information required pursuant to this section shall be provided 10 without a fee or charge. 11 § 6371. Bookstores. 1. It shall be the policy of this state to allow 12 all persons engaged in the sale of instructional materials for courses 13 provided at institutions of higher education, to compete on an equal 14 basis for the sale of such materials to students. To fulfill such poli- 15 cy, every institution of higher education shall: 16 (a) permit any person regularly engaged in the sale of instructional 17 materials and who submits a request therefor to participate in any 18 program providing information on the purchase of instructional materials 19 by students, including used materials; 20 (b) provide any person regularly engaged in the sale of instructional 21 materials and who submits a request therefor to receive a list of the 22 names and addresses of all students of such institution not less than 23 sixty days prior to the commencement of each semester or trimester; 24 (c) authorize any person regularly engaged in the sale of instruc- 25 tional materials to advertise the sale of such materials in any publica- 26 tion or other public medium operated by such institution in which the 27 sale of instructional materials is advertised by such institution; and 28 (d) subject to the rules and regulations of the commissioner and in 29 cooperation with persons regularly engaged in the sale of instructional 30 materials, provide access to means established by such institution for 31 the provision of credit to and billing of students for the purchase of 32 instructional materials sold by such persons on the same basis as the 33 sale of such materials when made by such institution. 34 2. No institution of higher education shall impose a fee upon any 35 person regularly engaged in the sale of instructional materials, for the 36 utilization of any of the requirements of subdivision one of this 37 section, which is higher than the fee imposed upon the entity operated 38 by such institution that is engaged in the sale of educational materi- 39 als. 40 § 6372. Compliance. Every institution of higher education shall estab- 41 lish and publish a written policy providing the means by which such 42 institution shall comply with the provisions of this article. Such poli- 43 cy shall provide for the appointment of a compliance officer, who shall 44 be responsible for such institution's compliance with the provisions of 45 this article. 46 § 6373. Violations. Any institution of higher education which violates 47 the provisions of this article shall be subject to a civil fine of not 48 more than one thousand dollars for each such violation. 49 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding 50 the date on which it shall have become a law; provided, that any rules, 51 regulations and actions necessary for the implementation of the 52 provisions of this act on its effective date are authorized and directed 53 to be completed on or before such date.
