New York A 5400: Relates to adverse information in credit reports of certain furloughed federal government employees

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A05400 Summary:

BILL NOA05400 

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Requires the department of education create an online database of seats available for non-public and public institutions who offer college opportunity programs and provide such information to authorized high school counselors.

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02/13/2025referred to education

01/07/2026referred to education

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5400

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 13, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. RAGA -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Education

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring the depart-
 ment of education to create a database tracking college opportunity
 program seats at non-public and public institutions

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 6 of section 6451 of the education law is
 2 renumbered subdivision 7 and a new subdivision 6 is added to read as
 3 follows:
 4 6. The commissioner shall establish a database requiring non-public
 5 institutions transmit the number of seats such non-public institutions
 6 have available for prospective students relying on the provisions of
 7 this section. Such database shall be available on a website created by
 8 the department and shall:
 9 (a) be available to authorized high school counselors;
 10 (b) include each non-public institution's application guidelines and
 11 deadlines;
 12 (c) be updated every time a non-public institution reaches a certain
 13 threshold of seats taken, which shall follow increments of twenty
 14 percent of seats taken until all such seats are filled;
 15 (d) include ease of access accommodations for those with disabilities
 16 as well as an arrangement of interactive hyperlinks; and
 17 (e) be updated annually on the first day of March or at the close of
 18 each non-public institution's application deadline.
 19 § 2. Section 6452 of the education law is amended by adding a new
 20 subdivision 6 to read as follows:
 21 6. The trustees shall establish a database requiring public insti-
 22 tutions transmit the number of seats such public institutions have
 23 available for prospective students relying on the provisions of this

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD04136-01-5

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 1 section. Such database shall be available on a website created by the
 2 department and shall:
 3 (a) be available to authorized high school counselors;
 4 (b) include each public institution's application guidelines and dead-
 5 lines;
 6 (c) be updated every time a public institution reaches a certain
 7 threshold of seats taken, which shall follow increments of twenty
 8 percent of seats taken until all such seats are filled;
 9 (d) include ease of access accommodations for those with disabilities
 10 as well as an arrangement of interactive hyperlinks; and
 11 (e) be updated annually on the first day of March or at the close of
 12 each public institution's application deadline.
 13 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

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