New York S 5632: Implements a students' bill of rights for city university of New York institutions

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S05632 Summary:

BILL NOS05632D

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SAME ASSAME AS A10650

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SPONSORJACKSON

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COSPNSRCLEARE, GONZALEZ, PARKER

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MLTSPNSR

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Add Art 129-C §6450, Ed L

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Implements a students' bill of rights for city university of New York institutions to guarantee certain rights to students at such institutions.

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BILL NOS05632D

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02/26/2025REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

03/03/2025AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HIGHER EDUCATION

03/03/2025PRINT NUMBER 5632A

05/28/2025AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HIGHER EDUCATION

05/28/2025PRINT NUMBER 5632B

05/29/2025AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HIGHER EDUCATION

05/29/2025PRINT NUMBER 5632C

06/04/2025AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO HIGHER EDUCATION

06/04/2025PRINT NUMBER 5632D

01/07/2026REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5632--D

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 26, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. JACKSON, CLEARE, GONZALEZ, PARKER -- read twice and
 ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on
 Higher Education -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
 reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- committee
 discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
 to said committee -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
 reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- committee
 discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
 to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to implementing a
 students' bill of rights for city university of New York institutions

 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 article 129-C
 2 to read as follows:
 3 ARTICLE 129-C
 4 IMPLEMENTATION BY COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES OF A STUDENTS' BILL OF
 5 RIGHTS
 6 Section 6450. Students' bill of rights.
 7 § 6450. Students' bill of rights. 1. As used in this section, the
 8 following terms shall have the following meanings:
 9 a. "Institution" shall mean any college or university in the city
 10 university of New York.
 11 b. "School-sponsored media" means any material that is prepared, writ-
 12 ten, published, or broadcast by a student journalist at an institution,
 13 distributed or generally made available to members of the student body
 14 or the public. "School-sponsored media" shall not include media intended
 15 for distribution or transmission solely in the classroom in which the
 16 media is produced.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD10141-11-5

 S. 5632--D 2

 1 c. "Student journalist" means a student enrolled in an institution who
 2 gathers, compiles, writes, edits, photographs, records, or prepares
 3 information for dissemination in school-sponsored media.
 4 d. "Student media advisor" means an individual employed, appointed, or
 5 designated by an institution to supervise or provide instruction relat-
 6 ing to school-sponsored media.
 7 2. Every institution shall adopt written rules implementing this
 8 section by amending its code of conduct or other comparable policies. A
 9 copy of such rules and policies shall be provided by each institution to
 10 all students enrolled in said institution using a method and manner
 11 appropriate to its institutional culture. Each institution shall also
 12 post such rules and policies on its website in an easily accessible
 13 manner to the public.
 14 3. Every institution shall adopt and implement the following
 15 "Students' Bill of Rights":
 16 a. (i) The elected student leader shall be able to message the student
 17 body through e-mail, or a substantially equivalent system utilized by
 18 the institution to communicate with the student body, with prior
 19 approval from the campus office of student life to ensure that the
 20 communication with students complies with federal, state and local law,
 21 and institution policies. Such prior approval shall be made in a timely
 22 and efficient man