New York A 6418: Relates to providing access to laptops for high school and higher education students and textbooks for higher education students

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A06418 Summary:

BILL NOA06418 

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SAME ASSAME AS S06194

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SPONSORHyndman

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Amd §753, add Art 15-D §730, Ed L

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Relates to providing access to laptops for high school and higher education students and textbooks for higher education students; provides access to laptops and textbooks without charge.

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BILL NOA06418 

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03/04/2025referred to education

01/07/2026referred to education

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6418

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 4, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. HYNDMAN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Education

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to providing access to
 laptops for high school and higher education students and textbooks
 for higher education students

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

 1 Section 1. Section 753 of the education law is amended by adding a new
 2 subdivision 6 to read as follows:
 3 6. Beginning in the two thousand twenty-six--two thousand twenty-seven
 4 school year, within amounts appropriated therefor, each school district
 5 in the state shall implement a program to provide each student in the
 6 district in grades nine through twelve a laptop without charge.
 7 § 2. The education law is amended by adding a new article 15-D to read
 8 as follows:
 9 ARTICLE 15-D
 10 ACCESS TO HIGHER EDUCATION TEXTBOOKS AND LAPTOPS
 11 Section 730. Access to higher education textbooks and laptops.
 12 § 730. Access to higher education textbooks and laptops. 1. (a) Begin-
 13 ning in the two thousand twenty-six--two thousand twenty-seven school
 14 year, within amounts appropriated therefor, every institution of the
 15 state university of New York and every institution of the city universi-
 16 ty of New York shall implement a program to provide any student who
 17 attends such institution a laptop without charge.
 18 (b) Beginning in the two thousand twenty-six--two thousand twenty-sev-
 19 en school year, within amounts appropriate therefor, every private
 20 college or university within the state shall implement a program to
 21 provide any qualifying student who attends such institution a laptop
 22 without charge. For the purposes of this paragraph, "qualifying
 23 student" shall mean a student who provides such private college or
 24 university documentation of financial need based upon information

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD10029-01-5

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 1 provided on such student's free application for federal student aid
 2 (FAFSA).
 3 2. (a) Beginning in the two thousand twenty-six--two thousand twenty-
 4 seven school year, within amounts appropriated therefor, every institu-
 5 tion of the state university of New York, every institution of the city
 6 university of New York and every private college or university within
 7 the state shall implement a program to provide free college textbooks to
 8 every student attending such institution.
 9 (b) Such program shall provide each student with a voucher to purchase
 10 necessary textbooks with the condition all textbooks shall be returned
 11 at the end of each semester in a serviceable condition.
 12 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

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