A 3693: Allows CUNY community college students to transfer all earned credits to a New York state university.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3693 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY January 30, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. WILLIAMS -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Higher Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to transferring credits from a CUNY community college to a New York state university The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 6303 of the education law is amended by adding a 2 new subdivision 3-a to read as follows: 3 3-a. City university of New York community college curricula shall be 4 designed to enable students the ability to transfer credits for such 5 curricula to a state university. Such transferable credits shall be 6 accepted by a state university or accepted as an equivalent credit to a 7 course provided by such university. 8 § 2. The education law is amended by adding a new section 208-b to 9 read as follows: 10 § 208-b. City university of New York community college credentials; 11 transfers. The state university shall collaborate with the city univer- 12 sity of New York trustees to ensure students the ability to transfer 13 curricula credits from a city university of New York community college 14 to a state university. Such transferable credits shall be accepted by a 15 state university or accepted as an equivalent credit to a course 16 provided by such university. 17 § 3. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall 18 have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or 19 repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of 20 this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed 21 on or before such effective date. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD04919-01-5