S 78 NY
Requires colleges, universities, professional, proprietary, and graduate schools to provide a notice of tuition liability policies
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Summary
This bill requires all colleges, universities, professional, proprietary, and graduate schools in New York to provide written notice to all students of the institution's tuition liability policy. The notice must be provided in clear and conspicuous language and must include information about policies related to exceptions to tuition liability and the process for requesting such exceptions. Schools must provide notice in both hard copy and electronic form, and students must acknowledge their understanding of the policy and receipt of the notice. Schools must also provide additional notices to students throughout the academic year regarding the tuition liability policy and its exceptions, and the bill takes effect 90 days after enactment.
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Requires colleges, universities, professional, proprietary and graduate schools to provide written notice to all students of the institution's tuition liability policy.
Sponsor (1)
- John Liu Democratic · primary
4 coauthors / cosponsors
- Joseph P. Addabbo Jr. Democratic · cosponsor
- Robert Jackson Democratic · cosponsor
- Rachel May Democratic · cosponsor
- Lea Webb Democratic · cosponsor
Action history (20)
- Jan 8, 2025 REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION · upper
- Feb 3, 2025 1ST REPORT CAL.221 · upper
- Feb 4, 2025 2ND REPORT CAL. · upper
- Feb 5, 2025 ADVANCED TO THIRD READING · upper
- Feb 11, 2025 PASSED SENATE · upper
- Feb 11, 2025 DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY · upper
- Feb 11, 2025 REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION · lower
- Jan 7, 2026 DIED IN ASSEMBLY · lower
- Jan 7, 2026 RETURNED TO SENATE · lower
- Jan 7, 2026 REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION · upper
- Feb 10, 2026 1ST REPORT CAL.307 · upper
- Feb 11, 2026 2ND REPORT CAL. · upper
- Feb 24, 2026 ADVANCED TO THIRD READING · upper
- Feb 25, 2026 PASSED SENATE · upper
- Feb 25, 2026 DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY · upper
- Feb 25, 2026 REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION · lower
- May 4, 2026 SUBSTITUTED FOR A705 · lower
- May 4, 2026 ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.392 · lower
- May 4, 2026 PASSED ASSEMBLY · lower
- May 4, 2026 RETURNED TO SENATE · lower
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Bill No.: Summary Actions Committee Votes Floor Votes Memo Text LFIN Chamber Video/Transcript S00078 Summary: BILL NO S00078   SAME AS SAME AS A00705
  SPONSOR LIU   COSPNSR ADDABBO, JACKSON, MAY, WEBB   MLTSPNSR   Add §212-d, Ed L   Requires colleges, universities, professional, proprietary and graduate schools to provide written notice to all students of the institution's tuition liability policy.
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STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________
78
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
(Prefiled)
January 8, 2025 ___________
Introduced by Sens. LIU, ADDABBO, JACKSON, WEBB -- 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 requiring colleges, universities, professional, proprietary, and graduate schools to provide a notice of tuition liability policies
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 212-d 2 to read as follows: 3 § 212-d. Notice of tuition liability policies. 1. All colleges, 4 universities, professional, proprietary and graduate schools shall 5 provide written notice to all students of the institution's tuition 6 liability policy. Such notice shall be provided in clear and conspicuous 7 language and include notice of policies related to exceptions of tuition 8 liability and process for requesting any such exception. 9 2. Notice shall be provided to the student in both hard copy and elec- 10 tronic form, and the student shall acknowledge understanding of the 11 policy as well as receipt of notice. All colleges, universities, profes- 12 sional, proprietary and graduate schools shall provide additional 13 notices to all students of the tuition liability policy and its 14 exceptions throughout the academic year. 15 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 16 have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD00534-01-5
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