New York A 3735: Excludes certain graduate students from mandatory fees

Status: REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION (as of 2026-01-07)

State: New York · Session: 2025-2026 · Bill: A 3735

Sponsors: Harry B. Bronson, Christopher Eachus, Jo Anne Simon, Sarah Clark

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A03735 Summary:

BILL NOA03735 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORBronson (MS)

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COSPNSRClark, Simon, Eachus

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MLTSPNSRLupardo, Mitaynes

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Amd §§355 & 6206, Ed L

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Excludes certain graduate students from mandatory fees.

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BILL NOA03735 

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01/30/2025referred to higher education

01/07/2026referred to higher education

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 3735

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 30, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. BRONSON, CLARK, SIMON, EACHUS -- Multi-Sponsored
 by -- M. of A. LUPARDO, MITAYNES -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Higher Education

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to excluding certain
 graduate students from mandatory fees

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

 1 Section 1. Paragraph h of subdivision 2 of section 355 of the educa-
 2 tion law is amended by adding a new subparagraph 11 to read as follows:
 3 (11) All current and future mandatory fees owed on or after January
 4 first, two thousand twenty-seven, with the exclusion of the graduate
 5 student association student activities fee, shall not be charged to a
 6 graduate student serving a full-time or half-time appointment as a grad-
 7 uate teaching assistant, graduate assistant, graduate research assist-
 8 ant, graduate research associate, or a graduate teaching associate.
 9 § 2. Subdivision 7 of section 6206 of the education law is amended by
 10 adding a new subparagraph (g) to read as follows:
 11 (g) All current and future mandatory fees owed on or after January
 12 first, two thousand twenty-seven, with the exclusion of the graduate
 13 student association student activities fee, shall not be charged to a
 14 graduate student serving as a graduate assistant, adjunct instructor,
 15 adjunct lecturer, adjunct college laboratory technician or a non-teach-
 16 ing adjunct staff member.
 17 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD05897-01-5

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