A 6383: Enables students to receive information from colleges and universities without disclosing their personally identifiable information via an opt-in system.
The bill aims to amend the education law to allow students to receive information from colleges and universities without disclosing their personally identifiable information. The bill permits colleges and universities to use student records for purposes explicitly authorized in their contracts. These purposes can include voluntary programs that connect students to nonprofit colleges, scholarship providers, and government agencies to provide information about educational, financial aid, and scholarship programs. The student's personally identifiable information will not be disclosed by the third-party contractor to these institutions. The bill will take effect immediately.
- What is the current status of A 6383?
- As of May 6, 2026, A 6383 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 education".
- Did A 6383 pass?
- Not yet. A 6383 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 6383, and where is it now?
- A 6383 was authored by Asm. Alicia Hyndman with 2 coauthors. Its committee of record is Assembly Education.
| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to education |
| Mar. 04, 2025 | referred to education |
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6383 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY March 4, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. HYNDMAN -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to enabling students to receive information from colleges and universities without disclosing their personally identifiable information The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subparagraph 2 of paragraph f of subdivision 5 of section 2 2-d of the education law, as added by section 1 of subpart L of part AA 3 of chapter 56 of the laws of 2014, is amended to read as follows: 4 (2) not use the education records for any other purposes than those 5 explicitly authorized in its contract, provided, however, a permitted 6 use which may be authorized by contract may include voluntary programs 7 through which students can affirmatively opt-in to be connected to 8 nonprofit colleges and scholarship providers and government agencies to 9 receive information about their educational, financial aid, and scholar- 10 ship programs and conditional offers of admission, subject to the 11 student's personally identifiable information not being disclosed by the 12 third party contractor to such institutions; 13 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD08133-01-5