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NY A10468
Bill
Status
5/29/2024
Primary Sponsor
Jo Simon
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AI Summary
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Requires SUNY and CUNY to adopt policies recognizing specific documentation types as sufficient to establish a student's disability status, including IEPs, Section 504 plans, evaluations from licensed professionals, disability records from other higher education institutions, and military service-related disabilities.
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Mandates that institutions' disability eligibility determination processes be transparent and explicit, with information disseminated to students, parents, and faculty in accessible formats during orientation and on public websites.
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Allows institutions to request additional documentation only for IEPs or Section 504 plans that were not in effect immediately before the student exited high school.
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Permits institutions to establish less burdensome criteria than those specified in the bill for determining disability status.
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Requires institutions to engage in an interactive process to establish reasonable accommodations and takes effect January 1, 2025.
Legislative Description
Establishes the "removing barriers to higher education success act" which directs the state university and city university to adopt policies that makes certain documentation submitted by an enrolled or admitted student sufficient to establish that such student is an individual with a disability.
Last Action
referred to higher education
5/29/2024