A 705 New York Assembly · 2025 Regular Session

Requires colleges, universities, professional, proprietary, and graduate schools to provide a notice of tuition liability policies

Summary

Requires colleges, universities, professional, proprietary and graduate schools to provide written notice to all students of the institution's tuition liability policy.

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Jan 8, 2025 Last action May 4, 2026

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What changed between versions

A705 → A705A · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was amended to require colleges and universities to provide tuition liability notices annually in electronic form, rather than in both hard copy and electronic formats. The amendment also removed the specific requirement for students to acknowledge receipt and understanding of the policy.

Scope change

The bill's scope remains the same regarding which institutions must comply, but the frequency of the requirement changed from an unspecified annual or continuous basis to a strict 'at least annually' schedule.

REQUIREMENT

Changed the required format for the tuition liability notice from both hard copy and electronic to electronic form only.

Added a specific frequency requirement that the notice must be provided at least annually.

Removed the mandate that students must acknowledge their understanding and receipt of the notice.

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Committee

Amendments

Mar 13, 2026

Introduced

AMEND BY RESTORING TO ORIGINAL PRINT 705

lower

Jan 7, 2026

Committee

REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS

lower

May 28, 2025

Committee

REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS

lower

May 21, 2025

Lower · Passed

PRINT NUMBER 705A

lower

May 21, 2025

Lower · Passed

AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HIGHER EDUCATION

lower

Jan 8, 2025

Committee

REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

lower

1 primary · 1 co-sponsor