Bill Text: NY A06705 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Expands the definition of unfair educational practices.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - referred to higher education [A06705 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A06705-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6705

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                     March 25, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  M. of A. ZEBROWSKI, BARRON, GOTTFRIED, O'DONNELL, STECK,
          PICHARDO, COOK, JOYNER -- Multi-Sponsored  by  --  M.  of  A.  HEVESI,
          SIMON,  SOLAGES  --  read once and referred to the Committee 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.
                                                                   LBD05758-01-1