New York S 9034: Phases out certain mandatory university fees for certain graduate students and adjunct staff

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S09034 Summary:

BILL NOS09034B

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SAME ASSAME AS A10334-A

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SPONSORSTAVISKY

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COSPNSRBASKIN, GALLIVAN, GONZALEZ, HARCKHAM, HINCHEY, JACKSON, MAYER, PALUMBO, RAMOS, RYAN C, SKOUFIS,
 WEBB

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§355 & 6206, Ed L

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Provides that beginning in the 2026-2027 academic year, certain graduate students shall be required to pay 25% of all current and future mandatory university fees; provides that in the 2027-2028 academic year and thereafter, no mandatory university fees shall be charged to certain graduate students and adjunct staff, with the exclusion of the graduate student association student activity fee.

Go to top S09034 Actions:

BILL NOS09034B

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01/27/2026REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

02/06/2026AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HIGHER EDUCATION

02/06/2026PRINT NUMBER 9034A

05/06/2026AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO HIGHER EDUCATION

05/06/2026PRINT NUMBER 9034B

06/03/2026COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

06/03/2026ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1643

06/03/2026SUBSTITUTED BY A10334A

&nbspA10334 AMEND=A Solages

&nbsp02/20/2026referred to higher education

&nbsp05/18/2026amend (t) and recommit to higher education

&nbsp05/18/2026print number 10334a

&nbsp05/29/2026reference changed to ways and means

&nbsp06/01/2026reported referred to rules

&nbsp06/01/2026reported 

&nbsp06/01/2026rules report cal.314

&nbsp06/01/2026ordered to third reading rules cal.314

&nbsp06/01/2026passed assembly

&nbsp06/01/2026delivered to senate

&nbsp06/01/2026REFERRED TO RULES

&nbsp06/03/2026SUBSTITUTED FOR S9034B

&nbsp06/03/20263RD READING CAL.1643

&nbsp06/03/2026PASSED SENATE

&nbsp06/03/2026RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 9034--B

 IN SENATE

 January 27, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. STAVISKY, BASKIN, GALLIVAN, GONZALEZ, HARCKHAM,
 HINCHEY, JACKSON, MAYER, PALUMBO, RAMOS, C. RYAN, SKOUFIS, WEBB --
 read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to
 the Committee on Higher Education -- committee discharged, bill
 amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
 tee -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
 amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to phasing out certain
 mandatory university fees for certain graduate students and adjunct
 staff

 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 12 to read as follows:
 3 (12) (i) Beginning in the two thousand twenty-six--two thousand twen-
 4 ty-seven academic year, all current and future mandatory university
 5 fees, with the exclusion of the graduate student association student
 6 activity fee, shall be charged to a state university of New York gradu-
 7 ate student serving a full-time or half-time appointment as a graduate
 8 teaching assistant, graduate assistant, graduate research assistant,
 9 graduate research associate, or graduate teaching associate at the rate
 10 of twenty-five percent of all mandatory university fees, with the exclu-
 11 sion of the graduate student association student activity fee.
 12 (ii) Beginning in the two thousand twenty-seven--two thousand twenty-
 13 eight academic year and thereafter, no mandatory university fees shall
 14 be charged to those serving as a full-time or half-time graduate teach-
 15 ing assistant, graduate assistant, graduate research assistant, graduate
 16 research associate or graduate teaching associate, with the exclusion of
 17 the graduate student association student activity fee.
 18 § 2. Section 6206 of the education law is amended by adding a new
 19 subdivision 25 to read as follows:
 20 25. a. Beginning in the two thousand twenty-six--two thousand twenty-
 21 seven academic year, all current and future mandatory university fees,
 22 with the exclusion of the graduate student association student activity

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
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