NY A05551

Requires all four-year higher education institutions in New York that use early decision admissions to report detailed data annually to the Commissioner of Education by July 1st

Mandates reporting of acceptance rates, application deadlines, and decision timelines for early decision, early action, and general admission plans, including total applications received for each category

Requires demographic and socioeconomic data on admitted students including racial/ethnic identity, Pell Grant recipients, family income, financial aid amounts, and high school type (public, charter, private, independent, or homeschooled)

Commissioner must publish all reported data on the Department of Education website by September 1st each year, with a drop-down menu allowing users to access information by institution

Institutions that willfully violate reporting requirements face civil penalties of 10% of state aid received in the prior fiscal year, though the commissioner may allow institutions to cure violations before imposing fines