New York A 3587: Relates to prohibiting colleges from denying formerly incarcerated individuals admittance to college based solely on their incarceration

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A03587 Summary:

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Relates to prohibiting colleges from denying formerly incarcerated individuals admittance to college based solely on their incarceration.

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BILL NOA03587 

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01/28/2025referred to higher education

01/07/2026referred to higher education

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 3587

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 28, 2025
 ___________

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

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to prohibiting colleges
 from denying formerly incarcerated individuals admittance to college
 based solely on their incarceration

 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 section 6438-d
 2 to read as follows:
 3 § 6438-d. College admittance for people previously incarcerated.
 4 Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, no person
 5 who has previously been incarcerated, shall be denied admittance to any
 6 institution of higher education, based solely on such incarceration.
 7 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding
 8 the date on which it shall have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD06136-01-5

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