New York A 7390: Relates to college admission and financial aid for students who have received a high school diploma from certain online high school programs

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A07390 Summary:

BILL NOA07390A

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SAME ASSAME AS S06705

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SPONSORHyndman

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COSPNSRSayegh

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§661, 355, 6306 & 6206, Ed L

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Provides that students who receive a high school diploma from an online high school program located within the United States that is accredited in accordance with the Job Corps Policy and Requirements Handbook shall be eligible for admission to colleges and financial aid.

Go to top A07390 Actions:

BILL NOA07390A

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03/25/2025referred to higher education

03/31/2025amend (t) and recommit to higher education

03/31/2025print number 7390a

06/16/2025reference changed to ways and means

06/17/2025reported referred to rules

06/17/2025reported 

06/17/2025rules report cal.866

06/17/2025ordered to third reading rules cal.866

06/17/2025substituted by s6705

&nbspS06705 AMEND= STAVISKY

&nbsp03/20/2025REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

&nbsp04/30/20251ST REPORT CAL.903

&nbsp05/01/20252ND REPORT CAL.

&nbsp05/05/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

&nbsp06/05/2025PASSED SENATE

&nbsp06/05/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

&nbsp06/05/2025referred to higher education

&nbsp06/17/2025substituted for a7390a

&nbsp06/17/2025ordered to third reading rules cal.866

&nbsp06/17/2025passed assembly

&nbsp06/17/2025returned to senate

&nbsp12/01/2025DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR

&nbsp12/05/2025SIGNED CHAP.606

Go to topA07390 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:WAYS AND MEANS Chair:Pretlow 
DATE:06/17/2025AYE/NAY:32/0 Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules PretlowAyeRaAye

GlickAyeFitzpatrickAye

ColtonAyeHawleyAye

CookAyeBlankenbushAye

BenedettoAyePalmesanoAye

WeprinAyeWalshAye

RamosAbsentDeStefanoAye

BraunsteinAyeManktelowAye

McDonaldAyeSmullenAye

RozicAyeGiglioAye

DinowitzAye

MagnarelliAye

BronsonAye

DilanAye

SeawrightAye

HyndmanAye

WalkerAye

Bichotte HermelAye

SimonAye

CruzAye

OtisAye

SolagesAye

HunterAye

EpsteinAbsent

SeptimoAbsent

Committee:RULES Chair:Glick 
DATE:06/17/2025AYE/NAY:30/0 Action: Favorable HeastieExcusedBarclayAye

PretlowAyeHawleyAye

CookAyeBlankenbushAye

GlickAyeRaAye

DinowitzAyeBrabenecAye

ColtonAyePalmesanoAye

MagnarelliAyeReillyAye

PaulinAyeSmithAye

Peoples-StokesAyeJensenAye

BenedettoAye

LavineAye

LupardoAye

BraunsteinAye

DavilaAye

HyndmanAye

RozicAye

BronsonAye

HevesiAye

HunterAye

TaylorAye

CruzAye

VanelAye

Go to topA07390 Floor&nbspVotes:

There are no Assembly votes for this bill in this legislative session.

Go to topA07390 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 7390--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 25, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. HYNDMAN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Higher Education -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
 reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to college admission and
 financial aid for students who have received a high school diploma
 from certain online high school programs

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

 1 Section 1. Paragraph f of subdivision 4 of section 661 of the educa-
 2 tion law, as amended by section 1 of part Z of chapter 58 of the laws of
 3 2011, is amended to read as follows:
 4 f. For students who first receive aid pursuant to this chapter in
 5 academic year two thousand seven--two thousand eight or thereafter, must
 6 have (i) a certificate of graduation from a school providing secondary
 7 education from a state within the United States; or (ii) the recognized
 8 equivalent of such certificate; or (iii) received a passing score on a
 9 federally approved ability to benefit test that has been identified by
 10 the board of regents as satisfying the eligibility requirements of this
 11 section and has been independently administered and evaluated as defined
 12 by the commissioner; or (iv) received a high school diploma, or the
 13 equivalent thereof, from an online high school program located within
 14 the United States that is accredited in accordance with paragraph four
 15 of appendix three hundred two of the Job Corps Policy and Requirements
 16 Handbook (Guidelines for the Ongoing Quality Monitoring of Job C