Enacts the "fair college admissions act"; prohibits degree-granting institutions of higher education from giving preference to applicants based on such applicant's familial relationship to an alumni of such institution.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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1423--B
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 17, 2023
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Introduced by M. of A. WALKER, RIVERA, FORREST, SHRESTHA, MAMDANI,
RAMOS, BICHOTTE HERMELYN -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. SIMON,
TAYLOR -- read once and referred to the Committee on Higher Education
-- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended
and recommitted to said committee -- recommitted to the Committee on
Higher Education in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- commit-
tee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recom-
mitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to prohibiting legacy
preference in admissions policies at degree granting institutions of
higher education
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
2 the "fair college admissions act".
3 § 2. The education law is amended by adding a new section 239-c to
4 read as follows:
5 § 239-c. Prohibition on legacy preference in admissions policies. 1.
6 No degree-granting institution of higher education in this state shall
7 provide any manner of preferential treatment in the admission process to
8 applicants on the basis of such applicant's familial relationships to
9 alumni of such institution.
10 2. If after providing notice and an opportunity for a hearing the
11 department determines that a degree granting institution of higher
12 education has engaged in a knowing pattern or practice of violating this
13 section, then such institution may be liable for a civil penalty not to
14 exceed fifty thousand dollars.
15 § 3. This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding
16 the date on which it shall have become a law. Effective immediately the
17 addition, amendment, and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary
18 for the implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized
19 to be made and completed on or before such effective date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD03099-08-4
