Bill Text: NY S07980 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires SUNY and CUNY to inform eligible high school seniors at NY public high schools of their college options and inform them of their acceptance to community college; and to invite them to apply to a state college and provide financial aid information.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-04 - REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION [S07980 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S07980-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7980

                    IN SENATE

                                     January 4, 2024
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        Introduced by Sen. GOUNARDES -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education

        AN  ACT  to  amend  the education law, in relation to requiring SUNY and
          CUNY to inform eligible high school seniors of their  college  options
          and inform them of their acceptance to community college

          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 section  355-f
     2  to read as follows:
     3    §  355-f.  State  university of New York personalized direct admission
     4  letters. The state university shall send a letter by  October  first  of
     5  each calendar year to every high school senior who is on track to gradu-
     6  ate  from  a  public  high school in New York state indicating that they
     7  have been accepted to their local state university of New York community
     8  college, as defined in section three hundred fifty of this article.  The
     9  letter shall be addressed to the student by  name  and  invite  them  to
    10  apply to all of the state university of New York's state-operated insti-
    11  tutions,  as  defined  in  section  three hundred fifty of this article,
    12  which they are eligible to apply to as high school seniors.  The  letter
    13  shall  provide financial aid options and opportunities for financial aid
    14  assistance, scholarship opportunities,  information  on  the  enrollment
    15  process,  and information to help connect students to individuals at the
    16  state university who can assist  with  the  enrollment  and  application
    17  process.   The letter shall include information on how to access the net
    18  price calculator on the state university's website.  For the purposes of
    19  this section, the "net price calculator" shall mean a tool to  calculate
    20  net  price  at  a  college.   Nothing in this section shall prohibit the
    21  state university of New York from requiring information from high school
    22  seniors to finalize their community college acceptance or from requiring
    23  student information in the enrollment process.
    24    § 2. The education law is amended by adding a new  section  6206-a  to
    25  read as follows:
    26    §  6206-a.  City  university of New York personalized direct admission
    27  letters. The city university of New York shall send a letter by  October

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13777-02-3
        S. 7980                             2

     1  first  of each calendar year to every high school senior who is on track
     2  to graduate from a public high school in the city of New York indicating
     3  that they have been accepted to all city university of New York communi-
     4  ty  colleges,  as defined in section sixty-two hundred two of this arti-
     5  cle.  The letter shall be addressed to the student by  name  and  invite
     6  them  to  apply to the city university of New York's senior colleges, as
     7  defined in section sixty-two hundred two of  this  article.  The  letter
     8  shall  provide financial aid options and opportunities for financial aid
     9  assistance, scholarship opportunities, enrollment  assistance,  informa-
    10  tion on the enrollment process, and information to help connect students
    11  to individuals at the city university who can assist with the enrollment
    12  and  application process. The letter shall include information on how to
    13  access the net price calculator on the city  university  of  New  York's
    14  website.    For the purposes of this section, the "net price calculator"
    15  shall mean a tool to calculate net price at a college.  Nothing in  this
    16  section  shall  prohibit  the city university of New York from requiring
    17  information from high school seniors to finalize their community college
    18  acceptance or from requiring student information in the enrollment proc-
    19  ess.
    20    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately and  shall  apply  to  the
    21  academic  year  next succeeding the date on which it shall have become a
    22  law.