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NY A04772
Bill
Status
2/6/2025
Primary Sponsor
Eric Brown
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AI Summary
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Prohibits students from receiving any New York State tuition assistance awards (TAP) if they have knowingly engaged in promoting antisemitism that incites imminent lawless action, constitutes "true threats" as defined in Virginia v. Black (2003), or constitutes "fighting words" per Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire (1942)
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Defines "antisemitism" using the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance's working definition from May 26, 2016, including its contemporary examples
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Applies the prohibition to multiple tuition assistance programs including part-time student awards, supplemental tuition assistance for educationally disadvantaged students, and workforce credential program assistance
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Directs the Higher Education Services Corporation of New York to establish guidelines for determining when a student has engaged in prohibited antisemitic activity and procedures for restoring or resuming tuition assistance eligibility
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May be cited as "the combating campus antisemitism act" and takes effect immediately upon passage
Legislative Description
Enacts "the combating campus antisemitism act"; prohibits the granting of tuition assistance awards to any student who has knowingly engaged in promoting antisemitism in a manner that is directed to inciting or producing imminent lawless action and is likely to incite or produce such action, that constitutes "true threats"; makes related provisions.
Last Action
referred to higher education
1/7/2026