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A 5486: Prohibits the higher education services corporation from seeking recovery of awards made in error during certain academic years due to administrative error.
What A 5486 does, verified January 12, 2026
The state of New York is introducing a bill to prevent the Higher Education Services Corporation from seeking recovery for overpayments made to students. The bill aims to address administrative errors that resulted in students being incorrectly granted exclusion of parental income with a dependent for the 2022-2023, 2023-2024, or 2024-2025 academic years. The proposed law will take effect immediately, allowing affected students to avoid seeking recovery for overpayments due to these errors.
Bill journey
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5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: referred to higher education (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about A 5486
- What is the current status of A 5486?
- As of January 12, 2026, A 5486 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on January 7, 2026, was "referred to higher education".
- Did A 5486 pass?
- Not yet. A 5486 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 5486, and where is it now?
- A 5486 was authored by Asm. Alicia Hyndman. Its committee of record is Assembly Higher Education.
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to higher education |
| Feb. 14, 2025 | referred to higher education |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, February 14, 2025 · 166 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5486 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 14, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. HYNDMAN -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Higher Education AN ACT in relation to recovery for certain overpayments The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Notwithstanding any law, rule, or regulation to the contra- 2 ry, the higher education services corporation shall not seek recovery 3 for overpayment where, through administrative error by such corporation, 4 a student was incorrectly granted exclusion of parental income with a 5 dependent for the 2022--2023, 2023--2024, or 2024--2025 academic years 6 for the purposes of determining eligibility pursuant to section 667 of 7 the education 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. LBD09534-01-5
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