New York A 7400: Implements a students' bill of rights for state university of New York and city university of New York institutions

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A07400 Summary:

BILL NOA07400B

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SAME ASSAME AS S05632-D

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SPONSOREpstein

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COSPNSRCunningham, Valdez, Levenberg, Alvarez, Burdick

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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 NOA07400B

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03/25/2025referred to higher education

05/30/2025amend and recommit to higher education

05/30/2025print number 7400a

06/02/2025amend (t) and recommit to higher education

06/02/2025print number 7400b

12/08/2025enacting clause stricken

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 7400--B

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 25, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. EPSTEIN, CUNNINGHAM, VALDEZ, LEVENBERG, ALVAREZ,
 BURDICK -- read once and referred 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 commit-
 tee

 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.
 17 c. "Student journalist" means a student enrolled in an institution who
 18 gathers, compiles, writes, edits, photographs, records, or prepares
 19 information for dissemination in school-sponsored media.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD10141-12-5

 A. 7400--B 2

 1 d. "Student media advisor" means an individual employed, appointed, or
 2 designated by an institution to supervise or provide instruction relat-
 3 ing to school-sponsored media.
 4 2. Every institution shall adopt written rules implementing this
 5 section by amending its code of conduct or other comparable policies. A
 6 copy of such rules and policies shall be provided by each institution to
 7 all students enrolled in said institution using a method and manner
 8 appropriate to its institutional culture. Each institution shall also
 9 post such rules and policies on its website in an easily accessible
 10 manner to the public.
 11 3. Every institution shall adopt and implement the following
 12 "Students' Bill of Rights":
 13 a. (i) The elected student leader shall be able to message the student
 14 body through e-mail, or a substantially equivalent system utilized by
 15 the institution to communicate with the student body, with prior
 16 approval from the campus office of student life to ensure that the
 17 communication with students complies with federal, state and local law,
 18 and institution policies. Such prior approval shall be made in a timely
 19 and efficient manner. Any denial of part of or an entire communication
 20 shall be made in writing with a citation to the provision of law or
 21 institution policy which would be violated by such communication.
 22 (ii) No expression made by an elected student leader which is
 23 protected by this paragraph shall be deemed to be