S 3982: Requires the establishment of an appeals process for students who are denied the state resident tuition rate at any public university or college.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3982 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE January 31, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sens. PARKER, BAILEY, JACKSON -- 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 establishing an appeals process for students denied the state resident tuition rate at a public college or university The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 355 of the education law is amended by adding a new 2 subdivision 22 to read as follows: 3 22. The state university trustees shall require that each institution 4 of the state university establish an appeals process for any student, 5 regardless of such student's immigration status, who has been denied the 6 state resident tuition rate for attending such institution. Each insti- 7 tution shall establish a reasonable time period for the filing of an 8 appeal after a prospective student has received written notification of 9 a denial of the state resident tuition rate and a reasonable time period 10 for the institution to respond to such an appeal. Information on the 11 right to such appeal and such appeals process shall be posted on the 12 institution's website. 13 § 2. Section 6206 of the education law is amended by adding a new 14 subdivision 24 to read as follows: 15 24. The board of trustees shall require that each institution of the 16 city university establish an appeals process for any student, regardless 17 of such student's immigration status, who has been denied the state 18 resident tuition rate for attending such institution. Each institution 19 shall establish a reasonable time period for the filing of an appeal 20 after a prospective student has received written notification of a 21 denial of the state resident tuition rate and a reasonable time period 22 for the institution to respond to such an appeal. Information on the EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD00147-01-5 
 S. 3982 2 1 right to such appeal and such appeals process shall be posted on the 2 institution's website. 3 § 3. Section 6306 of the education law is amended by adding a new 4 subdivision 12 to read as follows: 5 12. The board of trustees of each community college shall establish an 6 appeals process for any student, regardless of such student's immi- 7 gration status, who has been denied the state resident tuition rate for 8 attending such community college. The board of trustees of each communi- 9 ty college shall establish a reasonable time period for the filing of an 10 appeal after a prospective student has received written notification of 11 a denial of the state resident tuition rate and a reasonable time period 12 for the community college to respond to such an appeal. Information on 13 the right to such appeal and such appeals process shall be posted on the 14 community college's website. 15 § 4. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall 16 have become a law.