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NY A00453

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/8/2025

Primary Sponsor

Sarah Clark

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Origin

Assembly

2025-2026 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Requires all colleges in New York to annually complete, publish, and prominently display their Common Data Set survey responses on their websites

  • Mandates the Commissioner of Education compile all college responses and publish them on the department's website with a drop-down menu for selecting individual colleges

  • Requires the department to create a digital statewide map allowing users to view college data based on geographic location, plus a search function

  • Common Data Set includes information on admissions, financial aid, annual expenses, academic offerings, graduation rates, student demographics, faculty, class sizes, and degrees conferred

  • Grants the Commissioner authority to set civil penalties for colleges that willfully violate these requirements; takes effect 90 days after becoming law

Legislative Description

Requires colleges to publish responses to the survey created by the Common Data Set Initiative, relating to admissions and financial aid process, annual expenses, academic offerings, graduation rate, student demographics, instructional faculty and class sizes, and degrees conferred, on an annual basis.

Last Action

referred to higher education

1/7/2026

Committee Referrals

Higher Education1/8/2025

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