New York S 9612: Relates to certificate of residence policies for community colleges

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S09612 Summary:

BILL NOS09612 

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SAME ASSAME AS A10541

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SPONSORHINCHEY

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §6305, Ed L

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Authorizes the state university trustees to promulgate rules or regulations relating to late fees and exceptions for students submitting certificate of residence forms, and a reconciliation process for such forms received after the list of non-resident students was sent to a county.

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BILL NOS09612 

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03/30/2026REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

04/07/2026COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

04/07/2026ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.691

04/07/2026SUBSTITUTED BY A10541

&nbspA10541 AMEND= Powers

&nbsp03/10/2026referred to higher education

&nbsp03/17/2026reported referred to ways and means

&nbsp03/26/2026reported 

&nbsp03/26/2026advanced to third reading cal.340

&nbsp03/30/2026passed assembly

&nbsp03/30/2026delivered to senate

&nbsp03/30/2026REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

&nbsp04/07/2026SUBSTITUTED FOR S9612

&nbsp04/07/20263RD READING CAL.961

&nbsp04/07/2026PASSED SENATE

&nbsp04/07/2026RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

&nbsp06/05/2026delivered to governor

&nbsp06/05/2026signed chap.124

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 9612

 IN SENATE

 March 30, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. HINCHEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to certificate of resi-
 dence policies for community colleges

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivisions 3 and 4 of section 6305 of the education law,
 2 subdivision 3 as amended by chapter 542 of the laws of 2022 and subdivi-
 3 sion 4 as amended by section 2 of part V of chapter 57 of the laws of
 4 2013, are amended and a new subdivision 4-a is added to read as follows:
 5 3. The chief fiscal officer of each county, as defined in section 2.00
 6 of the local finance law, shall, upon application and submission to such
 7 chief fiscal officer of satisfactory evidence in-person or electron-
 8 ically, issue to any person desiring to enroll in a community college as
 9 a non-resident student, a certificate of residence form showing that
 10 said person is a resident of said county. No such chief fiscal officer
 11 shall require a person desiring to enroll in a community college as a
 12 non-resident student to disclose or furnish his or her social security
 13 number. If the chief fiscal officer of a county refuses to issue such a
 14 certificate on the ground that the person applying therefor is not a
 15 resident of such county, or that such person is not subject to rules or
 16 regulations promulgated under subdivision four-a of this section, the
 17 person applying may appeal, in writing, electronically or by mail, to
 18 the chancellor of the state university. The chancellor of the state
 19 university, or such officers or employees thereof as shall be designated
 20 by the chancellor in a manner authorized by the state university trus-
 21 tees, shall make a determination after a hearing, upon ten days' notice
 22 to such chief fiscal officer of the county, and such determination shall
 23 be final and binding on the county. Such person shall, upon registration
 24 for each college year, file with the college such a certificate of resi-
 25 dence form issued not earlier than two months prior thereto, and such
 26 certificate of residence form shall be valid for a period of one year
 27 from the date of issuance. The state university trustees shall be

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD15184-01-6

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 1 authorized to promulgate regulations to effectuate the provisions of
 2 this subdivision.
 3 4. If, pursuant to subdivision two of this section, a community
 4 college elects to charge to and collect an allocable portion of the
 5 operating costs and a further sum on account of capital costs of such
 6 college from each county which has issued a certificat