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A11041 • 2025

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

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

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Sponsor
Phara Souffrant Forrest
Last action
2026-04-23
Official status
In Assembly Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Student Appeals for Tuition Rates

This bill requires public universities and colleges in New York to create an appeals process for students who are denied the state resident tuition rate.

What This Bill Does

  • Creates a way for students to appeal if they are not given the lower state resident tuition rate at any public university or college.
  • Requires each institution to set reasonable time limits for filing and responding to appeals.
  • Makes sure that information about the appeals process is available on each school's website.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Students who are denied the state resident tuition rate
  • Public universities and colleges in New York

Terms To Know

state resident tuition rate
The lower cost of attending a public university or college for students who live in the state.

Limits and Unknowns

  • Does not specify what happens if an appeal is denied.
  • It's unclear how long it will take for this bill to become law and be implemented.

Bill History

  1. 2026-04-23 Assembly

    REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

Official Summary Text

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

Current Bill Text

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S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          11041

                                  I N  A S S E M B L Y

                                     April 23, 2026
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by M. of A. FORREST -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee 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 25 to read as follows:
    15    25. 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
    23  RIGHT  TO  SUCH  APPEAL  AND SUCH APPEALS PROCESS SHALL BE POSTED ON THE
    24  INSTITUTION'S WEBSITE.
    25    § 3. Section 6306 of the education law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
    26  subdivision 13 to read as follows:

         EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00147-03-6
        A. 11041                            2

     1    13. THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF EACH COMMUNITY COLLEGE SHALL ESTABLISH AN
     2  APPEALS  PROCESS  FOR  ANY  STUDENT,  REGARDLESS OF SUCH STUDENT'S IMMI-
     3  GRATION STATUS, WHO HAS BEEN DENIED THE STATE RESIDENT TUITION RATE  FOR
     4  ATTENDING SUCH COMMUNITY COLLEGE. THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF EACH COMMUNI-
     5  TY COLLEGE SHALL ESTABLISH A REASONABLE TIME PERIOD FOR THE FILING OF AN
     6  APPEAL  AFTER A PROSPECTIVE STUDENT HAS RECEIVED WRITTEN NOTIFICATION OF
     7  A DENIAL OF THE STATE RESIDENT TUITION RATE AND A REASONABLE TIME PERIOD
     8  FOR THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE TO RESPOND TO SUCH AN APPEAL.  INFORMATION  ON
     9  THE RIGHT TO SUCH APPEAL AND SUCH APPEALS PROCESS SHALL BE POSTED ON THE
    10  COMMUNITY COLLEGE'S WEBSITE.
    11    §  4.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
    12  have become a law.