A 3487: Mandates that no employee or officer of the university shall determine the specific details of a student's immigration status except when required by federal law, pursuant to a court order or as required in connection with tuition or financial aid eligibility.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3487 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY January 28, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. GONZALEZ-ROJAS -- read once and referred to the Committee on Higher Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to immigration status of registered students 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. Immigration status of registered students. 1. Notwithstand- 4 ing any provision of law to the contrary, no employee or officer of the 5 university shall determine the specific details of a student's immi- 6 gration status except when required by federal law, pursuant to a court 7 order or as required in connection with tuition or financial aid eligi- 8 bility. 9 2. The board of trustees shall promulgate standards for all colleges 10 and universities within the system to ensure that a student shall not be 11 asked any questions on immigration status other than any required deter- 12 mination as required by subdivision one of this section that the student 13 is an immigrant. In no case shall a student be required to provide any 14 information on a student's lawful immigration status, status as a refu- 15 gee, or status as an immigrant from any specific nation. 16 § 2. The education law is amended by adding a new section 6206-a to 17 read as follows: 18 § 6206-a. Immigration status of registered students. 1. Notwithstand- 19 ing any provision of law to the contrary, no employee or officer of the 20 university shall determine the specific details of a student's immi- 21 gration status except when required by federal law, pursuant to a court 22 order or as required in connection with tuition or financial aid eligi- 23 bility. 24 2. The board of regents shall promulgate standards for all colleges 25 and universities within the system to ensure that a student shall not be EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD07890-01-5 
 A. 3487 2 1 asked any questions on immigration status other than any required deter- 2 mination as required by subdivision one of this section that the student 3 is an immigrant. In no case shall a student be required to provide any 4 information on a student's lawful immigration status, status as a refu- 5 gee, or status as an immigrant from any specific nation. 6 § 3. Severability. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section or part 7 of this act shall be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to 8 be invalid and after exhaustion of all further judicial review the judg- 9 ment shall not be deemed to affect, impair or invalidate the remainder 10 thereof, but shall be confined in its operation to the clause, sentence, 11 paragraph, section or part of this act directly involved in the contro- 12 versy in which the judgement shall have been rendered. 13 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.