New York S 3824: Prohibits elementary and secondary schools from withholding student transcripts for failure to pay tuition

Status: REFERRED TO EDUCATION (as of 2026-01-07)

State: New York · Session: 2025-2026 · Bill: S 3824

Sponsors: Luis R. Sepúlveda

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S03824 Summary:

BILL NOS03824A

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SAME ASSAME AS A04885-A

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SPONSORSEPULVEDA

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §640, Ed L

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Prohibits elementary and secondary schools from withholding student transcripts for failure to pay tuition.

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BILL NOS03824A

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01/30/2025REFERRED TO EDUCATION

03/06/2025AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO EDUCATION

03/06/2025PRINT NUMBER 3824A

01/07/2026REFERRED TO EDUCATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 3824--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 30, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. SEPULVEDA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Education -- committee
 discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
 to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to prohibiting elementary
 schools and secondary schools from withholding student transcripts for
 failure to pay tuition

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

 1 Section 1. The opening paragraph of subdivision 1 of section 640 of
 2 the education law, as added by chapter 180 of the laws of 2022, is
 3 amended to read as follows:
 4 No degree-granting institution, elementary school, secondary school,
 5 or licensed private career school, as defined by section five thousand
 6 one of this chapter, shall:
 7 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD08315-03-5

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