SF4269 Summary

• Postsecondary institutions cannot inquire about or consider criminal records during the initial application process, but may inquire about convictions for violent felonies or sexual assault within the previous five years after making an admission offer.

• Applicants whose admission offers are rescinded based on criminal history must receive a written explanation and opportunity to appeal the decision.

• Commissioner of corrections must collect information on incarcerated federal student aid borrowers at intake and assist them in enrolling in federal income-driven repayment plans with no monthly payments or interest accrual for borrowers below federal poverty guidelines.

• Postsecondary education enrollment and participation satisfies employment requirements for persons placed on supervised release by the corrections commissioner.

• Commissioner of corrections cannot establish prison education partnerships with private for-profit institutions or institutions that charge incarcerated students higher per-credit rates than nonincarcerated students.

• Repeals restrictions that prohibited the commissioner of corrections from paying for college education programs beyond associate degree level for inmates convicted of first- or second-degree murder.